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A review by redhickory
Charmed & Ready by Candace Havens
3.0
This is the second in the Bronwyn series. It has the same diary format, which is written as if things are happening in the moment, which I find a little irritating for a diary – she wants us to believe she carries her journals everywhere – even to drunken parties, where she goes off to the toilet to write in them (yeah, right!!).
I also find the way the relationship between Sam and Bronwyn is developed is mixed, with it sometimes being very juvenile. The voice is not quite consistent – one minute valley girl, and teenager-ish and the next minute mature adult – having said that I can be inconsistent, so I guess it is OK for characters to be and hopefully this will level out as more books are added to the series and the author really decides who Bronwyn is.
The mysteries have some very predictable elements but others not so, and are interesting enough to keep me reading. Despite all the flaws I enjoyed the book and will definitely be reading the 3rd.
I also find the way the relationship between Sam and Bronwyn is developed is mixed, with it sometimes being very juvenile. The voice is not quite consistent – one minute valley girl, and teenager-ish and the next minute mature adult – having said that I can be inconsistent, so I guess it is OK for characters to be and hopefully this will level out as more books are added to the series and the author really decides who Bronwyn is.
The mysteries have some very predictable elements but others not so, and are interesting enough to keep me reading. Despite all the flaws I enjoyed the book and will definitely be reading the 3rd.