Book Review: Seduce Me In Dreams by Jacquelyn Frank

So I don't know if a lack of real ending is catching but this book doesn't have one. Well of course the book ends and what not but the plot just sort of patters out. One of the high ranking commander wants the main guy dead but you never find out why. In fact they capture the high ranking commander guy and then wipe his mind so no one really ever knows why he wanted to kill the main guy.

As a conflict this attempt at being murdered isn't really that great. There is all this set up for something awful to happen to the covert ops team and then nothing really happens. None of them even get in a really dangerous situation. There are several opportunities for this story to have some heft and every single one is ignored.

I miss the Nightwalker and Shadowwalker series, that is where Frank knew what she was doing. These other books seem to be forced. They don't flow the way her writing used to.

Pleasure by Jacquelyn Frank

I am a big fan of side characters. They always are quirky, or silent and they add another layer. But lots of authors ignore their side characters and make me dream up stories myself. Frank was nice enough to delve in to a side character as well as a main character in this latest installment of her series.

I have read most of Franks novels about the Nightwalkers and Shadowdwellers. I am pleased to say that Frank has a rare ability to give me a different plot each time. Of course the majority of the books are about two people in love but the same gimick is not pulled twice with Frank.

The first story of Sagan, gives depth were the story really needed some. I hate how there is always the character that is silent and strong and then suddenly in their story they are hella chatty. This is not the case. Sagan does not play the yo-yo card when it comes to his character.

Guin and Malaya's story is the one Frank has been taunting us with from the first shadowdweller book. It was such a great moment to finally give us the relationship we had all be waiting for.

All in all, anything Frank writes is worth a look.