Don't Close Your Eyes

Don't Close Your Eyes by Betsy Brannon Green copyright 2003

First, I chose this author due to many friends and acquaintances convincing me that I would enjoy them. I did, but with qualifications. This murder mystery has some really great plot twists and intelligent likeable characters. The suspense was well moderated and it certainly fits within "modern prude" guidelines. Second, it isn't much over 200 pages. With my timeframe these days, that is a plus.

My only problem with the whole thing, and yes, I guess I am a snob, is the LDS angle. I generally have a problem with LDS fiction simply because the references to religion seem contrived and arbitrary. The storyline itself generally doesn't depend upon them. I guess I wonder why Mormon fiction authors seem so determined to make the readers feel warm and fuzzy over (usually) one of the main characters joining the church and falling in love with another main character of same religious preferences. Isn't that handy how in stories life ends up so conveniently wrapped up in a nice religiously moral way? Drives me nuts. Anyway, if that sort of thing doesn't annoy you, and you enjoy a mystery with a very tame love angle you'll read this book with pleasure.

An apology

I need to apologize for my ignoring this blog for so long. Sadly, I have had very limited amounts of recreational reading time since the first of the year. What time I have had I have spent reading The Charlie Bone series of books with my son. They are a lot of fun, and I recommend them to fantasy lover young and old.