Tasting Fear
Shannon McKenna
Tasting Fear is a combined novel of three novellas, based on
three sisters who, after finding their foster mother dead embark on an
adventure full of intrigue and romance.
A killer, bent on the destruction of the three girls is
looking for priceless sketches, their mother, an Italian countess happens to
possess. After accidentally killing the countess, the killer must rely on his
talents in order to find out what he must from her daughters; Nancy, Nell, and
Vivi D'Onofrio, the
three Irish women adopted as young girls by Lucia D'Onofrio.
Lucia, having gotten the upper hand by
dying long before the thief could get the answers he wanted leaves clues for
the three sisters, starting with some very pretty expensive jewelry.
To be honest however, while I enjoy a good
romance, it’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed a contemporary, and this is
perhaps not the best book to get me back into them. The story had a great plot
line, but the story itself was a little dull. The characters started out great
with a strong sense of who they were, but as the story went along, I got a
sense that they tended to be a bit dry.
The story starts out very dramatic with the
death of the Countess, and Marco, but fades a little. The only real drama was
during the killer’s point of view, and only because he seemed like a disturbed
individual.
That is not to say that this was a bad
book, I’m sure given the right reader, that this book is terrific, that reader
is just not me.
I appreciate getting to read the book, I’m
sure the author put a lot work into it, and I applaud her that ability, but
this was just not the book for me. I intend to give this book another try a
little later, but for now, I’m just going to leave it at that, and give it a 3.
However, keep in mind that I have never read a book by Shannon McKenna before,
and this book alone is not enough to keep me from checking out her other
stories.
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