Melanie's Week in Review - November 30, 2014

Everything is all tinsel and bright lights this week as every shop and business starts to turn on their Christmas lights. I can't believe that its almost December and I don't look very close to completing my Goodreads reading challenge. Perhaps I can pull out some stops in the next few weeks. But for this week what did I read?

I finally found that Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronvitch was available on Kindle and not for too of an exorbitant amount. I have been loving the Peter Grant series and there was a huge shocker at the of book 4, Broken Homes. I will be writing a full review on this book so keep a look out for it but what I can say here is that Aaronovitch continues to craft a great story and avoids repetitive themes or extraneous re-capping of the events in previous books. You may have enough time, if you are super speedy to catch up on the series before you get to my review.


I then looked through my recent book purchases for a quick easy read and decided on Jinn and Juice by Nicole Peeler. I am not sure what caused me to pick this book over the many others I have to read. I think in part it was the beautiful cover. I guess I am a bit of a sucker for a pretty book cover. Jinn and Juice is Lyla's story of how she was cursed to being a jinni for a thousand years and just when everything looks like it will be lifted she is 'bound' again by the hunky Magi named Oz. He wants her to find a young girl and will release Lyla after she helps him out. Nearly every mythical character plays a part in the chaotic life of the gorgeous jinni but the clock is ticking on Lyla's curse.

If you are in certain age groups the TV show 'I Dream of Genie' and the movie 'Aladdin' will be twirling through your brain when you read this book. I thought it was just OK. I am not certain I want to continue the series. I read the first few books of Peeler's Jane True series but despite liking Peeler's characters I just wasn't that engaged with the story or the decisions her heroine's make. I think that this is due to the fact that her characters are ruled more by libido than by common sense and that always turns me off with modern heroines. If you like a lot of action, lots of sexy but no actual sex and a sassy, belly dancing heroine then give this book a go.

That is all I finished this week. I am hoping to finish off the books I started in previous weeks but haven't yet been able to finish.  Wish me luck but until next week, Happy Reading.