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When A Mullo Loves A Woman (2000)

by JoAnne Kenrick(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: Full review reposted from Yummy Men & Kick-Ass Chicks where I guest-reviewed it...My Review:This was a totally original story line for a novel, involving gypsy magic, ghosts, and a bit of voodoo thrown in. Pearl is the heroine in the story and throughout 75% of the story, she doesn't understand what is happening. Thrown into the mix is Celeste, Pearl's best friend and roommate, who seems to know more than she is letting on 1/2 the time and completely flighty the other 1/2 of the time. There is also Evan who seems to have a love interest in Pearl, but his ex, Amy, keeps showing up and he is definitely sending mixed signals. Finally, there is Mr. M (M for mysterious, although later we find out his name is actually Adam) who shows up out of the blue at strange intervals with ... morevague warnings. Regardless of his mystery, Pearl is immediately drawn to him.There is a lot going on with this book from ghosts to murders, from family secrets to past lives. At times, it gets to feeling a little disjointed esp. when the characters' attitudes in the book jump from one extreme to another within a scene. There is a jumble of story lines going on that vaguely intersect, but I would have preferred that a few things, like the serial murder story line, be left out of the mix completely, because in the end they really didn't affect the story. Personally, I would have really preferred the story to have focused more on Pearl and Adam because I really did enjoy their love story. I enjoyed how their story line built up slowly to reveal their connection. And while I thought that there were a few issues with the way that Celeste's character was written, I really enjoyed the shocker with her too...it took me completely by surprise. If you are looking for something really different, this may just be the book for you.
review 2: I'm really happy to see this labelled as "Pearl Krizzy #1" as it leaves hope for more in the series. It seemed to take me awhile to read, but I believe that was mainly because of the fact that its an ebook which is a rather new thing for me. I will admit that sometimes I got a little bit caught up by a possible typo, but that can happen on about any book and I definitely don't think that should be noted by anyone who isn't a bit ocd about things like that such as me. If you are that kind of person, fix it in your head and move on because the story itself is well worth it. There was quite a bit of intrigue to keep you going through the book and I really wasn't sure what direction it was going to take. Was Pearl losing her mind? Was her roommate a total flake or was she indeed her best friend? With plenty of twists and turns to mess with your head, it wasn't hard to get a bit involved with the characters as you could empahtize with the main character's frustration. At a certain point in the book, I was ready to google "mullo" just to find out what it was, but I was afraid it would spoil something, so I kept going...finding out as Pearl did. Yeah, I know that it was in the description of the book on here, but since I won the book that wasn't how I chose it and I didn't want any spoilers. I definitely think this was a fun read, and am very interested in reading more stories by Ms. Kenrick. If you're a fan of paranormal fiction and you're looking for something a little bit different, I would highly recommend this book! less

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