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A review by acesarrows
The Lost Night by Jayne Castle
2.0
2.5 stars.
I really think that [a:Jayne Ann Krentz|2387|Jayne Ann Krentz|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1312411698p2/2387.jpg], and her pseudonyms, have been phoning it in lately.
What happened to the snappy dialogue, great plots, and tension-filled romances of the past?
I liked [b:The Lost Night|13483502|The Lost Night (Rainshadow, #1; Harmony, #9)|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1337370384s/13483502.jpg|19017916], but I didn't love it. I thought it was a bit better than [b:Canyons of Night|10273328|Canyons of Night (Rainshadow, #0.5; Harmony, #8; Looking Glass Trilogy, #3; Arcane Society, #12)|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327203751s/10273328.jpg|15173853], but still not fantastic.
Our hero and heroine, Rachel and Harry, were both great characters, but there was no tension between them. There were also much fewer first-person descriptions of their feelings for one another, which made the entire "I love you forever" scene a bit of a stretch.
There was too much external dialogue between them.
I think that, Darwina, the dust bunny was the best character.
The plotline and 'mystery' were thin and seemed to have been added in as an afterthought.
Do I still love the world of Harmony that Castle has created? Yes.
Will I read the next one in the series? Yes.
Do I wish they picked up a bit on plot, tension and characterization? Oh, yes.
First read in September 2012.
Re-read August 2014.
re-read March 2015
I really think that [a:Jayne Ann Krentz|2387|Jayne Ann Krentz|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1312411698p2/2387.jpg], and her pseudonyms, have been phoning it in lately.
What happened to the snappy dialogue, great plots, and tension-filled romances of the past?
I liked [b:The Lost Night|13483502|The Lost Night (Rainshadow, #1; Harmony, #9)|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1337370384s/13483502.jpg|19017916], but I didn't love it. I thought it was a bit better than [b:Canyons of Night|10273328|Canyons of Night (Rainshadow, #0.5; Harmony, #8; Looking Glass Trilogy, #3; Arcane Society, #12)|Jayne Castle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327203751s/10273328.jpg|15173853], but still not fantastic.
Our hero and heroine, Rachel and Harry, were both great characters, but there was no tension between them. There were also much fewer first-person descriptions of their feelings for one another, which made the entire "I love you forever" scene a bit of a stretch.
There was too much external dialogue between them.
I think that, Darwina, the dust bunny was the best character.
The plotline and 'mystery' were thin and seemed to have been added in as an afterthought.
Do I still love the world of Harmony that Castle has created? Yes.
Will I read the next one in the series? Yes.
Do I wish they picked up a bit on plot, tension and characterization? Oh, yes.
First read in September 2012.
Re-read August 2014.
re-read March 2015