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Juno (2007), Edition: First Edition, 304 pages
Description
It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires andother supernaturals are real. Fast-forward 13 years: TV reporter Delilah Streetused to cover the small-town bogeyman beat back in Kansas, but now, inhigh-octane Las Vegas -- which is run by a werewolf mob -- she findsherself holding back the gates of Hell itself. But at least she has a hot newguy and one big bad wolfhound to help her out...
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LibraryThing member imayb1
The main character, orphan Delilah Street, is quickly driven from her Kansas home and she heads to Las Vegas chasing after information of a woman who looks just like her, seen on a popular TV show. Once in 'Vegas, providence takes over her life and weird things begin happening-- weird things
Many occurrences in the book were way too convenient to be believable, even (or perhaps especially) considering the genre. The initial plot lines which drove Del to Nevada were cut off shortly after she arrived. Her new-found sexuality was a bit contrived. The main storyline of Del and Ric-the-psychic-detective-love-interest working an old murder case is solved about three-quarters of the way through the book, making the rest of the read somewhat tedious. I don't feel the conclusion was worth sticking around for, either, since loose ends were left dangling all over the page, while characters simultaneously planned for an obvious sequel. For all that Del is supposedly self-sufficient, there's a lot of damsel-saving going on, too.
The book could have been written much more tightly and I feel it should have answered more of its own questions in 394 pages. I wouldn't recommend this one.
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including the attention of TV moguls, werewolves, vampires, and a psychic detective (of sorts). Many occurrences in the book were way too convenient to be believable, even (or perhaps especially) considering the genre. The initial plot lines which drove Del to Nevada were cut off shortly after she arrived. Her new-found sexuality was a bit contrived. The main storyline of Del and Ric-the-psychic-detective-love-interest working an old murder case is solved about three-quarters of the way through the book, making the rest of the read somewhat tedious. I don't feel the conclusion was worth sticking around for, either, since loose ends were left dangling all over the page, while characters simultaneously planned for an obvious sequel. For all that Del is supposedly self-sufficient, there's a lot of damsel-saving going on, too.
The book could have been written much more tightly and I feel it should have answered more of its own questions in 394 pages. I wouldn't recommend this one.
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LibraryThing member kd9
I bought this novel because I thought it would be mystery/detective fiction. WRONG! It is straight out romance.
An ex-television-reporter from Kansas moves to Las Vegas to find out why her body double was featured as a corpse on CSI. Since she is an orphan, could she have had a twin sister? She
Does she find her sister? Does she find out who is the male corpse or why the lovers were killed? Does she find out why the ghoul producer of CSI rents her a cottage and pays her to investigate the couple's death? Does she find out what her inappropriate shaggy dog that she adopts on a whim really is? NO, no, a thousand times no. This is not just the start of an endless series, but not even a standalone book. The author doesn't have the decency to clear up even one mystery that she poses. She just piles on inconsistency on improbability and glues it all together with sex. Very disappointing.
An ex-television-reporter from Kansas moves to Las Vegas to find out why her body double was featured as a corpse on CSI. Since she is an orphan, could she have had a twin sister? She
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meets a hot Latin corpse dowser and finds out that she also has some undefined psychic powers, too. She becomes obsessed with the intertwined bodies they discover together in Sunset Park. Although she is black Irish with dark hair, white skin and blue eyes, she acts like a stereotypical blonde -- barging into dangerous situations, charming werewolves and vampires alike. A virgin, she takes to hot, graphic outdoor sex like a nymphomaniac.Does she find her sister? Does she find out who is the male corpse or why the lovers were killed? Does she find out why the ghoul producer of CSI rents her a cottage and pays her to investigate the couple's death? Does she find out what her inappropriate shaggy dog that she adopts on a whim really is? NO, no, a thousand times no. This is not just the start of an endless series, but not even a standalone book. The author doesn't have the decency to clear up even one mystery that she poses. She just piles on inconsistency on improbability and glues it all together with sex. Very disappointing.
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LibraryThing member boxlady
The writing to me was terrible I had to force my self to finish it. I really dont see what every one was raving about the story sucks... she stumbles in to everything or it falls in her lap.
LibraryThing member auntiesuze
I think "Meh" pretty much sums it up for me.
LibraryThing member dulcibelle
I really enjoyed this new offering by Douglas. Delilah Street is an investigative reporter who moves to Las Vegas and gets involved in solving a decades old crime. Delilah reminds me somewhat of Eve Dallas from the . . . In Death series by J. D. Robb - she's not quite as hard boiled, but the
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characters have similar backgrounds. More than just paranormal fluff, this book includes a gripping mystery and just enough sizzle to keep things interesting. I look forward to future titles in this series. Show Less
LibraryThing member Canalmania
Good start to new series, well drawn characters. A few twists to the usual urban fantasy
LibraryThing member butterflybaby
The first bok in the Delilah Street series. I liked the book, it definetly is written to be a series. The heroine is smart, witty and feminine. I've been a fan of Carole Nelson Douglas's characters since Midnight Louie.
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
This one shows some potential but, like others, I'm not sure if some of it couldn't have ended up cut out and a tighter story created. I am curious about what happens next and about some of the secrets that are lurking behind things but sometimes it came out as too pat.
Delia Street has moved to
It's readable but somehow it's a bit confused and unsure what it really wants to be.
Delia Street has moved to
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Vegas, finding herself on CSI as a corpse in a world a little like ours but with Vampires and Werewolves and other creatures out of myth and legend who came out of hiding in 2000. Las Vegas is under the thumb of werewolves, but the vampires don't agree. Delia searches for the truth, as an orphan she wants to find if she has relatives and this corpse may tell her something.It's readable but somehow it's a bit confused and unsure what it really wants to be.
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LibraryThing member Uffer
I went into this book expecting a strong female lead. From time to time, I got that. Unfortunately, there was a little too much needing-to-be-rescued, and that whole discovering-her-sensuality bit made my teeth hurt. Passive, turning with the wind, and just irritating after a while.
There are a
I'm somewhat underwhelmed by secretive and over-controlling love interest Ric (and if you have a dog you are assuming is as smart as that one, and he takes an apparently unreasonable dislike to somebody, why not trust his judgement there as well as everywhere else?).
Oh, and on the subject of The Dog, I'm glad that the author was kind enough to supply Delilah with somebody /else/ to do her thinking for her. I'm certain I wasn't the only one rolling their eyes every time the dog did something blatantly weird and it was passed over as if nothing unusual had happened.
It wasn't unreadable. It just didn't seem particularly well thought-out. I won't be buying the next one, as I am having trouble convincing myself this one was worth the cover price.
There are a
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couple of false trails laid out for us right at the beginning, but these are left lying, probably not even 'for later' as they are Kansas-local and the scene quickly switches to Las Vegas. We are left wondering, therefore, what exactly the reptilian makers of corned beef on the hoof were up to and why they got a mention in the first place. Also, the question has to be asked: if your house and everything you own is destroyed by an attack by a weather witch, do you really just sort of go 'oh, ok' and leave town? That's leaving aside the constructive dismissal and sexual harassment...I'm somewhat underwhelmed by secretive and over-controlling love interest Ric (and if you have a dog you are assuming is as smart as that one, and he takes an apparently unreasonable dislike to somebody, why not trust his judgement there as well as everywhere else?).
Oh, and on the subject of The Dog, I'm glad that the author was kind enough to supply Delilah with somebody /else/ to do her thinking for her. I'm certain I wasn't the only one rolling their eyes every time the dog did something blatantly weird and it was passed over as if nothing unusual had happened.
It wasn't unreadable. It just didn't seem particularly well thought-out. I won't be buying the next one, as I am having trouble convincing myself this one was worth the cover price.
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LibraryThing member jimmaclachlan
Eminently forgettable, unfortunately. Not bad, but it's only been a couple of months since I read it & I had to read the description to bring back any real memory of it. So the writing wasn't terrible, but the story line wasn't that interesting, either.
LibraryThing member lexilewords
Okay let me be fair here--the first...9 chapters are like listening to someone monologue their life. Its a bit repetitive, somewhat awkward and stiff, but interesting enough. Around Chapter 10 however, when Delilah lands herself in Las Vegas (for various reasons), it starts getting more
Unfortunately the narrative remains scattered and the plot keeps swerving back and forth. A lot is left to obvious plot devices to keep the 'action' moving and I swear to god if she had mentioned that she was vampire bait one more time I would have ax'ed her right then and there. In the span of one chapter she says it no less then six times, all variations on 'I have pale skin, black hair and vampires find me simply irresistible'. Well bully for you, but don't keep slapping us in the face with it.
What sucks though is I really like this premise, Delilah isn't so bad so long as she keeps her vampire bait comments to herself and the world itself is intriguing (if a little aimless). I came into the Delilah Street novels because of the short story from the anthology Unusual Suspects in which Delilah solves a CineSim 'murder'. That was so much fun! I'm starting to wonder though if perhaps the stories are better left as short fiction. Less cluttering of the narrative, less repetitious information. I mean I was a interested in the back story between the characters from the SS, but Carole managed to get the feel of the character across in way less space.
I am still intrigued by the set up and world, and thankfully I have book 2 awaiting me, but I'll have to think about wanting to read Book 3 (due out in the fall) if Book 2 doesn't pick up things and give it a firmer course.
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interesting. We have much more interaction with people other then herself, the blossoming of her paranormal skills and heck its Las Vegas. That's interesting for me.Unfortunately the narrative remains scattered and the plot keeps swerving back and forth. A lot is left to obvious plot devices to keep the 'action' moving and I swear to god if she had mentioned that she was vampire bait one more time I would have ax'ed her right then and there. In the span of one chapter she says it no less then six times, all variations on 'I have pale skin, black hair and vampires find me simply irresistible'. Well bully for you, but don't keep slapping us in the face with it.
What sucks though is I really like this premise, Delilah isn't so bad so long as she keeps her vampire bait comments to herself and the world itself is intriguing (if a little aimless). I came into the Delilah Street novels because of the short story from the anthology Unusual Suspects in which Delilah solves a CineSim 'murder'. That was so much fun! I'm starting to wonder though if perhaps the stories are better left as short fiction. Less cluttering of the narrative, less repetitious information. I mean I was a interested in the back story between the characters from the SS, but Carole managed to get the feel of the character across in way less space.
I am still intrigued by the set up and world, and thankfully I have book 2 awaiting me, but I'll have to think about wanting to read Book 3 (due out in the fall) if Book 2 doesn't pick up things and give it a firmer course.
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Original publication date
2007-10-24
Physical description
304 p.; 6.8 inches
ISBN
0809572036 / 9780809572038
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