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Teri Brown

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6+ verk 616 medlemmar 42 recensioner

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Verk av Teri Brown

Born of Illusion (2013) 327 exemplar
Read My Lips (2008) 108 exemplar
Velvet Undercover (2015) 90 exemplar

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Brown, Teri J.
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female
Nationalitet
USA
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Alfalfa, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA

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I read this book becuase I am a big Houdini fan.
Hard to judge it as I am not the intended audience.
It is written for teenagers and I am no longer a teen.
That said, however, I've read the Octavius nothing books and the monstrumologist series and they were able to satisfy an adult while maintaining their appeal.
It had some nice period references and she leaves the parentage question up in the air-so as not to totally defame Houdini
 
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cspiwak | 26 andra recensioner | Mar 6, 2024 |
Illusionist and magician Anna Van Housen tours the world with her stage-psychic mother and tries to hide her own budding powers. On the whole, a decent story, but Anna's consistently wrong assumptions about everyone around her are annoying and render it more predictable than any magic in 1920's New York story ought to be.
 
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jennybeast | 26 andra recensioner | Apr 14, 2022 |
3*
I loved Born of Illusion, the first book in this series. It was something new and fresh and I like the psychic powers and abilities of the people. It's a kind of book that I had never read before and the concept was new and exciting.

This second book, however, seemed lacking. I didn't really enjoy the love triangle that started in this book. Billy (Anna's second love interest) just seemed to be everywhere at any given time. I found it strange that he was on the same ship she was crossing over to England, and then would happen to be just about anywhere she went (sometimes planned and sometimes unplanned). He felt forced in those ways. He also felt bigger and better than real life with all the crazy perfection that he was detailed to have. The one imperfection we learn about seems bigger than life as well. His just didn't feel natural to me and that kind of ruined his character.

Anna's strength in the last book was one thing that I liked about the first book. I liked that she was so independent and wanted to break free of her mother's reigns. I liked that she was such a nicely rounded character. In this book, I feel that she lost some of that dimension. She pined after or was jealous of Cole's affections in just about every single chapter. I understand where those feelings were coming from, but I wanted her to suck it up for a couple pages and get some things done before pining and acting like a jealous lover. People should feel like with their first relationship especially if they aren't giving you real reason to suspect infidelity. That part just got old for me.

Once again, I liked the ideas behind this story, but certain parts felt rushed and I saw the "plot twist" from a mile away. Anyone who can't "see it coming" would seriously have something wrong with them. And then, after the climax of facing off with that that plot twist I was left with about a dozen questions because so much new information was introduced just in the climax alone and left me wondering it it will be discussed and figured out in the next book, or if everything from the climax will just be left hanging. I feel that only one thing was truly figured out and fixed while creating about 3 or 4 more issues and questions that should be discussed. I'm probably making no sense, but I didn't want to give away any spoilers.

I feel that 3 stars is probably generous considering I just ripped this apart, but love Teri Brown's writing and her overall concepts and ideas. She could have definitely spent a little more time developing this story and the relationships between characters, but overall, her ideas are good ones. Hopefully the next book in this series is put together a little more nicely.
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courty4189 | 4 andra recensioner | Mar 24, 2021 |
Teri Brown is a wonderful writer, with a beautifully pieces together plot. While it was pretty obvious the whole time who the kidnappers were, I enjoyed the simplicity of the plot along with the cute romance that budded between Cole and Anna throughout the entire story. I would definitely read more of Teri Brown's books.

I give this book a 3.5
 
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courty4189 | 26 andra recensioner | Mar 24, 2021 |

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Verk
6
Även av
1
Medlemmar
616
Popularitet
#40,815
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
42
ISBN
18
Språk
2

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