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Pirates of the Caribbean anyone?—More specifically aspects of Dead Man's Chest and At Worlds End. Elizabeth and Juan could be modern versions of, well, Elizabeth and Will. Euralie could be Tia Dalma. Jean Laffitte makes a credible Davey Jones and The Dead Man's Ferry could be The Flying Dutchman. There's even a cursed treasure that enslaves it's possessors. All we're really missing is the monkey.

I realise some of this is a case of using the same source myths as inspiration and also probably an unavoidable case of being influenced by what's around you. I mean, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has become huge. It was everywhere for a while. But there are A LOT of similarities. The ship is even in need of a new captain. Sound familiar? Honestly, with the exception of being set in modern times and a change of most of the names I might be tempted to call this fan fiction...fun fan fiction, but still fan fiction.

Enough about that, moving on. This is a fun romp through the Bayou. Elizabeth is a fun, strong willed heroine who manages to find herself in a whole heap of trouble. Juan is her love interest. Normally I'd call him our hero, but honestly he's in and out and the reader never gets to know him well enough to qualify for a main character tag, in my opinion. He's a bit of a place holder, really.

I enjoyed the read, but I was confused about a couple things. Why didn't Eddie just shoot Diego at any of the numerous opportunities he had, for example? Why was his identity as an agent kept secret from Elizabeth? It doesn't seem necessary. Why would Jean, or maybe Maria, ever even have made a map to their treasure in the first place? They obviously didn't need it.

I also couldn't quite stomach the schmaltzy ending. I appreciate a happy ending and all but this was jut a little too...too, "Oh Juan, I love you soooo much" sort of over the top, borderline cheesy, feel good, true love inspired sap that moves from HEA to...to...to schmaltz. Not a fan, me.

For the most part, I thought the writing was fine. The name Elizabeth was said far, far too often to feel natural though. This wasn't a habit that was used for everyone, but when speaking to Elizabeth, everyone seemed to need to say her name. I got sick of it after a while. But that was my only real complaint other than the strange episode thing.

Why was broken into episodes? I read the compilation, so it doesn't really effect me, but I could technically review each of them separately, I read them all. But I simply I don't understand this whole episodic trend. How does one rate three middle chapters of a book for example, without consideration for preceding or following chapters?

Final say? I enjoyed it. It was a fun read. But that's about it. Then again, all a reader sometimes wants is a little light fluff to pass the time.


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Voodoo Love And The Curse of Jean Lafitte Treasure Boxed Set edition by Victoria Richards Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews

I had purchased a copy of this book before the opportunity to review was presented by the author. As always, I was not compensated for this review, and all conclusions are my own responsibility.

First in the "Voodoo Love" series, and it starts off the series with every element checked off with panache. Elizabeth is a character with a skewed sense of humor that very much reminded me of Evonovich's Stephanie Plum. The book proceeds with rapid fire dialogue, with funny nearly slapstick, portrayal of the scene around her.

At the heart of the story is the curse around the hidden treasure of Jean Lafitte, and just why Elizabeth has a coin from the treasure. Just how much she remembers beyond the drowning of her lover Juan, and just why he is in her living room.

Combining action, humour, some really sexy scenes and the myriad of beliefs that are common in the bayou country of Louisiana; the story rolls from one highlight to the next. Characters are well developed and their interactions are believable. There are a few nice twists that fit well into a serialized story - while this section is neatly wrapped and tied with a bow; there are no complete ends to any of the intermingled stories. A great start off for a series that hopefully, will center on Elizabeth and her new Louisiana roots.
I bought this first episode of Voodoo Love by Victoria Richards because I've just finished another one of hers, The Banshee's Embrace. I'm always happy when I discover a new author, and I think I'm going to be buying most of what Victoria dishes up, if these two are anything to go by.

At first I wasn't certain about the episodic approach - haven't bought a story in this way before - but you know, it's not a bad idea. If the author's good enough, then you'll buy each episode until you get to the end, and if they don't deliver, then you can stop after one or two or whatever episodes. This just isn't something that was a viable option when all we had were (gasp!) paper books. Although I must say I still enjoy curling up with a 'real' book.

Anyway, I digress. Back to Voodoo Love. This first episode got me in right away, with two people in distress, clinging to each other in the middle of a hurricane after a helicopter crash. Who couldn't resist reading on to find out what had happened, and why, and where this was all going?

I liked Juan from the start, because he was more worried about saving Elizabeth than saving his own skin, which sets him up as the kind of guy you like to read about. (I've read too many books where I have NO clue why the heroine wants to bother with the 'hero'. Not in this case.) Of course, I was intrigued by his fate when he discovers that he will have to 'spend eternity paying for his mistake'.

As Episode #1 rolls along, we gradually find out more about what Elizabeth is doing now while we wait for Juan to show up again (because we're sure he will; we just don't know how he'll manifest!) Victoria Richards demonstrated her mastery of creating interesting characters in the previous book I read, and she does exactly the same here even the minor characters are well-developed. Eddie, Elizabeth's 'fake' husband, is a likeable guy, so I will be interested in seeing how he develops through the series. I was a bit puzzled by the reference to Eddie being a 'fake' husband, but the heroine also refers to it as a 'marriage of convenience', so I'm assuming they are really married, but not for love.

One more thing The heroine is tagged as a 'gun-totin' hottie', but to be honest, I am not really sure WHY she likes to tote guns. Maybe I'll find out in one of the future episodes. The bit about the gun firing by mistake in front of council members came across as being a bit slapstick and didn't really work for me, but this was a small hiccup in an overall good read. I did wonder WHY Elizabeth and Juan blew up a Coast Guard helicopter, but then I downloaded Voodoo Love (Episode 2) (Dead Men Do Tell Tales) and found that this question was answered. Good.

Verdict I really like Victoria's writing, and this story is well-paced. Now I'm off to download Episode 3.
Pirates of the Caribbean anyone?—More specifically aspects of Dead Man's Chest and At Worlds End. Elizabeth and Juan could be modern versions of, well, Elizabeth and Will. Euralie could be Tia Dalma. Jean Laffitte makes a credible Davey Jones and The Dead Man's Ferry could be The Flying Dutchman. There's even a cursed treasure that enslaves it's possessors. All we're really missing is the monkey.

I realise some of this is a case of using the same source myths as inspiration and also probably an unavoidable case of being influenced by what's around you. I mean, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has become huge. It was everywhere for a while. But there are A LOT of similarities. The ship is even in need of a new captain. Sound familiar? Honestly, with the exception of being set in modern times and a change of most of the names I might be tempted to call this fan fiction...fun fan fiction, but still fan fiction.

Enough about that, moving on. This is a fun romp through the Bayou. Elizabeth is a fun, strong willed heroine who manages to find herself in a whole heap of trouble. Juan is her love interest. Normally I'd call him our hero, but honestly he's in and out and the reader never gets to know him well enough to qualify for a main character tag, in my opinion. He's a bit of a place holder, really.

I enjoyed the read, but I was confused about a couple things. Why didn't Eddie just shoot Diego at any of the numerous opportunities he had, for example? Why was his identity as an agent kept secret from Elizabeth? It doesn't seem necessary. Why would Jean, or maybe Maria, ever even have made a map to their treasure in the first place? They obviously didn't need it.

I also couldn't quite stomach the schmaltzy ending. I appreciate a happy ending and all but this was jut a little too...too, "Oh Juan, I love you soooo much" sort of over the top, borderline cheesy, feel good, true love inspired sap that moves from HEA to...to...to schmaltz. Not a fan, me.

For the most part, I thought the writing was fine. The name Elizabeth was said far, far too often to feel natural though. This wasn't a habit that was used for everyone, but when speaking to Elizabeth, everyone seemed to need to say her name. I got sick of it after a while. But that was my only real complaint other than the strange episode thing.

Why was broken into episodes? I read the compilation, so it doesn't really effect me, but I could technically review each of them separately, I read them all. But I simply I don't understand this whole episodic trend. How does one rate three middle chapters of a book for example, without consideration for preceding or following chapters?

Final say? I enjoyed it. It was a fun read. But that's about it. Then again, all a reader sometimes wants is a little light fluff to pass the time.