Eye of the Beholder
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Setting: Avalon, Arizona, present day
Sensuality Rating: 7Perennial favorite Jayne Ann Krentz weaves a complicated tale of metaphysics and murder, romance and revenge, in Eye of the Beholder. J.L. Trask--"Trask" to friends and enemies alike--has returned to Avalon, Arizona, 12 years after his father's mysterious death, to not only fulfill his dream of opening a world-class resort hotel but also to hunt down his father's killer. There he encounters none other than Alexa Chambers, stepdaughter of one of his father's former partners, whom Trask suspects of playing a role in the murder. Alexa is biding her time in Avalon, working tirelessly behind the scenes to regain her reputation as an expert in 20th-century antiques and art after having been framed in a forgery scandal that rocked the art world a year earlier. Alexa's best chance to redeem herself is by verifying the authenticity of the Art Deco collection at Trask's new hotel. Thrown together by the project, the two find it difficult to ignore the lasting animosity of a past encounter--not to mention the passionate heat they experience in each other's company. And as Trask grows ever closer to discovering who the true killer is, dark forces conspire against him, endangering not only his life but Alexa's as well. Once again, Krentz combines elements of romance and mystery in a winning union. --Alison Trinkle |
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Typical Krentz book
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I liked this book more than I thought I would. I've read a number of Krentz' books before this, and though they've all been decent, I didn't particularly find anything special about them. I only bought this book because it was $0.50 used.
Eye of the Beholder had an intriguing plot. Nothing earth-shatteringly original, but still interesting. I didn't have any trouble keeping my head in the story. I wasn't bored at all. And Krentz does a nice job of keeping the reader guessing about who is causing all the trouble. She doesn't make it glaringly obvious, nor does it come out of the blue.
The romance fits nicely into the story. The mixture between the suspense and the romance is fairly well done. I liked Alexa and Trask as characters, and they worked well together as a couple. They had good chemistry.
As I've found with the other Krentz books I've read, though, she always stays fairly close to the surface with the characters and the romance. She never really digs down deeper into the emotions, motivations and whatnot. The characters and romance aren't superficial, exactly, but just very basic. Everything is very in the moment in her stories. The characters don't have any deep discussions or talks about their feelings. It's all just kind of...'there it is'. I don't even think the characters out right said "I love you" to each other in this book, yet they got engaged. I just always come away from her books feelings like something was missed.
But overall, it was a decent book. I enjoyed reading it.
Rating: 3.5 / 5 |
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