My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I picked up this book at a hotel kiosk when I was desperate for some light reading as a respite from a three day marathon session of writing. Oh my gosh it was bad! How is it that books like this have so many readers? The story is set in the distant future, but it seems the only purpose for that is so the author doesn’t have to get bogged down with story complications that she doesn’t want to develop or research. There doesn’t seem to be any consistency as to what is contemporary and what is futuristic. For example, food magically appears from an “auto chef”. This is futuristic. But people still drive around in cars that seem awfully like our cars and crimes and guns and communication devices seem like today’s. To me, this all just reads like sloppy writing. The protagonist also has a very rich husband which also just makes it easy for the author in terms of plot. Any time there could be complications in her investigation, the husband magically supplies the solution by buying it for her. Sigh. This book will be going out in my blue box.
So…you know JD Robb is Nora Roberts, right? Sounds like quite a misfire!
~kc