Review: Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie

Trust Me on This

Jennifer Crusie {Facebook | Twitter}
Publisher: Loveswept
Publication Date: June 2, 1997
Audio Book {5hrs}
Source: Public Library
Genre: Contemporary
Characters: Dennie Banks, Alec Prentice
Challenge: 100+, Whisper Stories

Dennie Banks is an investigative reporter chasing down the biggest story of her career. Alec Prentice is a government agent working undercover to catch an elusive grifter. When they meet by accident, it’s a case of mistaken identities at first sight. What they don’t mistake is the instant attraction they have for each other, an attraction they’ll do everything in their power to resist—because Dennie thinks that Alec is running interference for her interview subject, and Alec suspects that Dennie is linked to his swindler. As the confusion grows, so do their feelings for each other, and what begins as a romantic comedy of errors may just end in the love affair of a lifetime.

Trust Me on This is a short, funny read. Dennie and Alec are both using each other for the purpose of their jobs. Dennie, a reporter, needs him for an interview and Alec, an investigator, needs her to catch a con man.

This one was pretty fast-paced. The secondary characters provided a nice comedic outlet. They were all likeable, but there wasn’t enough to form any kind of relationship with them. Of those secondary characters, I did however enjoy Alec’s aunt Victoria.

Trust Me on This is a nice light-hearted read for a day of lounging around.

Read by Angela Dawe
Duration: 5 hours
Brilliance Audio
Narration: B

Review: Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie

Title: Wild Ride
Author: Jennifer Crusie
Published: March 16, 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Audio Book
Source: Public Library
Characters: Mary Alice Brannigan, Ethan Wayne
My Rating:

Synopsis

Mary Alice Brannigan doesn’t believe in the supernatural. Nor does she expect to find that Dreamland, the decaying amusement park she’s been hired to restore, is a prison for the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world. Plus, there’s a guy she’s falling hard for, and there’s something about him that’s not quite right.

But rocky romances and demented demons aren’t the only problems in Dreamland: Mab’s also coping with a crooked politician, a supernatural raven, a secret government agency, an inexperienced sorceress, an unsettling inheritance, and some mind-boggling revelations from her past. As her personal demons wreck her new found relationship and real demons wreck the park, Mab faces down immortal evil and discovers what everybody who’s ever been to an amusement park knows: The end of the ride is always the wildest

At first I was a little confused because I was expecting a romance. Although there were some sexual interludes, I won't exactly call it a romance. It was paranormal without the romance. With that being said, I still loved it!

Every time Jennifer and Bob have teamed up, they've had a winner! (Agnes and the Hitman is still my all-time favorite!) Ther's always humor to be had in a Cruise novel, which was one of my main draws to this book, wanting to have that same feeling I had for Agnes. As always, it was witty as hell. (lol) I haven't come across a Jennifer Crusie heroine I didn't love.

Mab and Ethan are now part of the Guardia, which stands guard over powerful demons that are being held captive at Dreamland, so there's a lot of action-packed scenes with little time for romance. Both Ethan and Mab do of course find love, but there is no drawn out love affair type scenarios. Without giving to much away, I will say that Mab and Ethan don't end up with who you think they will.

Spotlight: Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie

Each Monday, I thought I would try and spotlight a different book that I find interesting from reading the blurb. I'm going to start this week off with Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie. I absolutely loved the last time Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer teamed up for Agnes and the Hitman, so of course I'll being reading this one soon. I'm number five on my local library's wait list for it.

Title: Wild Ride
Author: Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer
Published: March 16, 2010

The Blurb:

The New York Times bestselling duo of Crusie and Mayer team up again with a hilarious paranormal novel that shows why the wildest ride at the Dreamland Amusement Park isn’t the roller coaster

Mary Alice Brannigan doesn’t believe in the supernatural. Nor does she expect to find that Dreamland, the decaying amusement park she’s been hired to restore, is a prison for the five Untouchables, the most powerful demons in the history of the world. Plus, there’s a guy she’s falling hard for, and there’s something about him that’s not quite right.

But rocky romances and demented demons aren’t the only problems in Dreamland: Mab’s also coping with a crooked politician, a supernatural raven, a secret government agency, an inexperienced sorceress, an unsettling inheritance, and some mind-boggling revelations from her past. As her personal demons wreck her newfound relationship and real demons wreck the park, Mab faces down immortal evil and discovers what everybody who’s ever been to an amusement park knows: The end of the ride is always the wildest.