A review by caitlinxmartin
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
3.0
Kay Hooper's Special Crimes Unit books have always been reliable escapist fiction in the romantic thriller category with paranormal elements thrown in for good measure. They pretty much all work on the same premise - our vulnerable heroine is just trying to grow into her psychic abilities, our hero is closed off and dangerous, and there's a serial killer they're both trying to put away. This isn't Literature, but that's okay - sometimes you want a hamburger and sometimes you want prime rib.
I haven't read one of these awhile and I could tell - there is enough stuff referring to events in previous novels that I haven't read that actual footnotes are included - I guess so readers can go back and get the ones they haven't read.
Overall these have always been great junk fiction reads, but with this one I suspect that Ms. Hooper is preparing to jump the shark (if she hasn't done so already). She's just got far too many balls in the air right now and she isn't juggling them all that well. It's clear that she's trying to bring all her characters together, but the stage is pretty crowded right now. I hope she thins the herd and narrows her focus back down to the basics - romance novel formulaic though the basics may be, that is what she excels at.
I haven't read one of these awhile and I could tell - there is enough stuff referring to events in previous novels that I haven't read that actual footnotes are included - I guess so readers can go back and get the ones they haven't read.
Overall these have always been great junk fiction reads, but with this one I suspect that Ms. Hooper is preparing to jump the shark (if she hasn't done so already). She's just got far too many balls in the air right now and she isn't juggling them all that well. It's clear that she's trying to bring all her characters together, but the stage is pretty crowded right now. I hope she thins the herd and narrows her focus back down to the basics - romance novel formulaic though the basics may be, that is what she excels at.