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Scouting Jasmine (2011)

by Jennifer Rardin(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0316187461 (ISBN13: 9780316187466)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Orbit

review 1: I had hoped that these short stories about Jaz and Vayl would make it to the UK after being posthumously published in the States. Finally my prayers have been answered.This was a sweet little story, told from Vayls POV, which was a great change from the series as a whole. Their relationship was always a slow burner - but this story makes it incredibly clear that Vayl wanted Jaz, to protect her, to watch her, from the first moment.Set just five months after Jaz lost Matt and her crew of Helsingers, it's clear that Jaz feels she has nothing to lose, she just has the mission and if she dies in the process it means nothing to her (except if she happens to come across a vamp that took part in the most painful experience of her life - which she does in the course of this missi... moreon).But it means something to Vayl, to see him struggle to remain hidden, because he wants to help her. It's not in his nature to sit back, and he does help, which is good, because otherwise Jaz may not have made it to the end of the mission.This is a reconaissance mission for Vayl, to see his potential new partner in action and he really enjoys himself. It was great to read, just a shame it wasn't longer.
review 2: This was a quick little read. We get to see everything from Vayl's point of view, and he's basically observing Jaz while she's out on a job. There's little to no dialogue in this story, but regardless it still moves at a fast pace. I like that we get to see the beginning of Vayl's feeling towards Jaz, and we get to see an "outsiders" view of Jaz since the main body of the series is told from her point of view. There's also some "bonus material" (nothing new), that is the beginning chapter of Once Bitten, Twice Shy the first book in the series (originally publisjed in 2007). I liked the inclusion of this little snippet of the first book. When I first started reading the first book I thought the book was written in a strange kind of disjointed way, but after reading Scouting Jasmine and then the little snippet of Once Bitten, Twice Shy I understood the way Jaz and Vayl acted a little better, and it makes me excited to continue on with the series. Until Then! less

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