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Customers find the humor entertaining and ridiculous. They also appreciate the plot, which has twists and turns at every corner. Readers describe the characters as kind, loyal, and loveable. They describe the writing as well-written and fun. They find the pacing fast and the book light. Customers praise the author as pretty good and an amazing talent. They mention the presentation as cute, quick, and easy. However, some customers feel the plot is weak and cliched.
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Pattie Cottrell –
Fantastic and FUN ! (Series Review)
I want to preface my review by first stating, that through no fault of the author, the Kindle version was poorly formatted, but not to the point of distraction, just not as well formatted as other Kindle offerings.I wanted to review each book read, but it’s far more fun doing it as a whole. I’d never heard of Ms. Halliday, but on a whim, I purchased all five (5) books at the same time. From the first page of the first book, “Spying in High Heels,” I was hooked. Ms. Halliday has such a gift for portraying her characters, that I felt as though I were the one right in the middle of it all.Her descriptions are vivid, her characters have depth and substance, and the storyline of each of the books was well written, crafted, described and believable. The last book, “Mayhem in High Heels” had laugh out loud funny spots, that truly sent me into gales of laughter. I’m afraid my family thought me slightly nuts as I’d sit outside reading a description of a character, and finding it so darn funny, that I literally couldn’t stop laughing.The main character, Maddie, lives in the Los Angeles area, and being a native Californian, I was able to relate to many of her descriptions and locales. That added a dimension for me that some of you might not be able to relate to, but it doesn’t take away from the books being well written.Each of the books has a great plot, storyline and they’re written in a way that gets you involved and I can’t say that I ever actually guessed “who done it,” so that made it all the more fun.The books certainly don’t have to be read in succession; that’s just how I like to do it so that I don’t get hooked, then have to wait for months for the next installment. I bought them, and started reading them in order. Each book is its own freestanding story, so it’s not like the second one is a continuation of the first one, but reading them in their numerical order makes it a little easier because things that happened in the previous book are referenced, but they don’t have any bearing on each book, its storyline or its outcome.The characters are truly funny, as are the predicaments they find themselves in and how they get into and out of them.I enjoyed each and every one of these books, and enjoyed the writing style of Ms. Halliday so much, that I’m certainly going to read more of her offerings.If you’re looking for a fun, fast, interesting and funny “who done it” series, this is a must have. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Thank you for reading my review.
Kindle Customer –
Lady in Distress-Modern Type #2
Highly popular with its projected audience, this could be considered a modern version of the Lady in Distress sub-genre of the mystery genre. No doubt the first modern variant would be the best known and liked of the pre-modern mysteries, the woman, usually young, finds herself in dire straits, an eligible bachelor comes along to save her bacon. Many variants, of course, are created by what kind of male comes to her rescue, it might be a Sherlock Holmes or Nero Wolfe, ineligible for love or marriage, or it might be a Sam Spade or Spencer, quite capable of playing the romantic role. The main point, however, is that the woman depends on the man to save her from Nemesis. Now the type I stipulate in the review title is far from the only variation of type 2, but it is the one into which this heroine falls: she is in trouble, there is a man involved who is a strong shoulder to lean upon, but, when it comes to solving the book’s, who dun it, she is the protagonist: whether by luck or her own skill, she comes up with the solution. I would save the numerous elderly types (of whom Miss Marple is the foremost historical example) for a different sub-group: they are certainly capable of more than holding their own with the men of the books, but they are too genteel to undermine the status of the males associated with them.At any rate, this is a series that is new to me. I would consider it to be a Romance with Mystery, since it is the romantic element that dominates, with the mystery being only a clothesline upon which the romantic adventures of the heroine can be hung. She is an active, though sometimes reluctant, active agent of problem solving, but more important than anything else is that she gets her man (at least by the end of the current book). Next book brings further doubt in that department (for this element is the heart of every book in the series.I enjoyed the book for what it was: humorous, surface, fluff, mostly drawing upon plots common to the type and from the pool of characters also available in the files. Despite the lack of complexity (built into the structure of the book as opposed to sort of randomly dropped in by the writer), the books are good humored, the heroine amusing and appealing, the plot adequate to the book’s needs. For those sensitive to these matters, there are a few pieces of business and language which might offend the really sensitive, but nothing of which most thirteen year old girls today have not been apprised.To readers of this type of book, I would recommend it as being very light in substance but among the better examples of the type.
Kindle CustomerHelene sharpe –
first time first book
It was great. It was funny. She was very strong. I love the theme and I can’t wait to read the next one.
joa n –
Loved the writing in this book. Was easy to read and author has a sense if humor. I would recommend these books.
mattes379 –
I enjoyed reading this witty story and really laughed out loud while reading more than once. A good mixture of suspense and entertainment.
Sissia –
Acquistato perché le recensioni precedenti lo paragonavano ad un libro di Evanovich ma non è proprio così, non proseguirò con questa serie.
C. M. Donaldson –
I love my murder mysteries and this was particularly hard to put down as at the end of every other chapter there was a cliff-hanger – a revelation that astonished and spoiled all asumptions previously made about the involvement of the characters. The story also swings between serious and comical but the storyline is superb and the characters utterly believable. Maddie Springer who designs children’s shoes, is an ordinary person with an ordinary life and an ordinary lawyer boyfriend, Richard. She then swings from this to investigating a murder and a 20 million dollar emmbezzlement trying to clear Richard’s name even though the odds are against her efforts when he disappears and she’s left in a quandary as to his innocence, especially when things about him that she never knew start to surface. At one point she’s even a suspect herself. Then, it seems, someone wants her out of the way. And she has something important to reveal of her own, but the thorn in her side becomes one of the sexiest police officers she has ever met, Ramirez, and that further complicates matters. It’s then a race against time for all concerned. It was a great read and here begins my journey into the rest of the ‘High Heels’ series with gusto! Well done Gemma Halliday.
Chocolate –
Quelle bonne surprise! C’est un roman très sympathique, léger et drôle. Une lecture plaisante qui n’a d’autre ambition que de distraire et qui s’en acquitte fort bien. Cela n’est pas de la grande littérature, certes, mais cela n’a pas non plus l’ambition de l’être. C’est agréable, on passe un excellent moment. La lecture, c’est aussi fait pour ça! Ravie du premier numéro d’une série qui en compte 5, j’ai également lu le deuxième volet, “Killer in High Heels”, et l’ai trouvé aussi plaisant que le premier. Pour ceux et celles qui connaissent, je dirais que c’est une synthèse réussie de Janet Evanovich et Sophie Kinsella. Et si vous devenez fan, il existe un coffret des 5 ebooks de la série pour quelques euros seulement!