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The Caledonian Inheritance (2013)

by Derrolyn Anderson(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

DerrolynAnderson

series

The Athena Effect

review 1: This series is just so much fun! Every time it seems like our amazing aura-readers may be safe, the stupid, bad-penny professor screws them over again! Why haven't they killed that guy?This book is dedicated to Layla's story. I don't like her even a tiny bit as much as Cali, or Cal, but she gets a bit better as we delve deeper into her character. She is a shopaholic, a prissy girl, high maintenance, and used to manipulating everyone around her. So, she meets one guy who seems like a Niles Crane kinda guy, and then a hottie latin cop. I'm on Team Latino Hot Stuff.
review 2: This is killing me. I hate cliff hanger endings with books/series I like because then I'm just dying to know what happens and of course I don't get to know. Especially since there was this gi... moreant buildup during the entire book! We know that something is going to happen. I really enjoyed how Layla was the emphasis in this book, which is pretty easy to figure out based on the cover. Cali and Cal take a backseat to her story, and her growth. She's very much like Cali; she's extremely knowledgeable and sophisticated in somethings, utterly ignorant in others. I cracked up laughing when we find out she has never been through a drive-thru! Because really, for kids like me that was a staple of any childhood, how could you not have ever ordered off that big plastic screen?We didn't really learn anything new in this book, and that's maybe the only thing I wasn't satisfied with. There was progression as far as Teddy and Blackwell both coming close to getting their hands on Layla, but we're no further to discovering anything that we didn't know before, like Layla's father's identity. That being said though, I was happy with the book. It moved along and kept me entertained throughout. The other guy's part didn't really seem necessary, although I'll admit I thought Blackwell hired him at first. But I loved Layla's development from starting with the shallow (yet sophisticated) guy to the down-to-earth, real guy. Derrolyn has a gift at making relationships flow naturally and seem unhurried, which I love. Generally my tastes veer away from the love stories because they're so damn predictable and over the top. You meet someone once and you're soulmates!? No. With this series, with Cali and Cal and with Layla and Ramon, it felt natural. They were hesitating at first, but followed the natural flow of events. It's not like in other romance novels where the guy says something like "you have beautiful eyes" and the girl goes "oh no will he ever like me!?" I hate that. You obviously know the guy's interested, stop being difficult! But that's not an issue here, and I can't stress enough how much I truly appreciate that about this novel/series. I'm curious to see how Agent Kim's part will play out. It's easy to see she's a love interest for Michael, but I do hope she has a larger part to play in the end for the entire group, particularly Cali and Layla. I've come to really like and care about these characters, so I can't deny I want a happy ending for all involved. Not including Blackwell or Teddy, of course. less

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