Playing With Fire by Gena Showalter Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Playing With Fire
Book Review: Playing With Fire
Summary: 5 Stars
Belle Jamison leads an ordinary life, sort of. She can't keep a job and she has no love life. She's just about to lose her job at a coffee shop when a strange thing happens. During a melee, a scientist slips Belle a compound that gives her supernatural powers. Now she can start fires, freeze people and control the elements. Pretty cool, huh?
While Belle is suffering with what she thinks is the flu, or food poisoning, government agent Rome Masters enters her life. Rome knows he should turn Belle over to his employers, but he can't quite do that. He wants her to help him with a problem. While running from two different groups of people, the pair fight a powerful attraction that has built between them.
Playing with Fire is a fantastic blend of humor, warmth, sex, and adventure. Belle is an unlikely heroine, who struggles to control her new abilities. Rome is a sexy agent that I fell in love with the minute he entered the room. Together, Belle and Rome make a powerful pair. One of the things I loved the most about them was the care and concern they showed not only for each other, but for their family members.
Playing with Fire is a roller coaster ride that will take a reader through spills, chills and thrills. When it's over you'll be wondering what's next for the fascinating characters, and their unique supporting cast, which includes fun loving Tanner and a sexy agent who can plug himself into an electrical socket, literally. The tagline on this novel says "Tales of an Extra Ordinary Girl." This book definitely lives up to its boast.
Amelia
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
Book Review: Playing With Fire
Summary: 4 Stars
Corpse Whisperer
Let me start off by saying I'm not a fan of first person. So I was initially put off when I first picked up this book. But I gave it a second try and I'm glad.
The story of a barrista who suddenly has contol of the four elements really sucked me in. I really felt for her. She was never very good at anything and now she had to conquer not just one super power, but four.
Had me laughing out loud sometimes.
cmr
Book Review: So bad i couldn't even finish!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this book for a quick read for a long drive. Well, it's been 3 months since that car trip and the quick read has turned into one of the worse books i have ever read. I'm amazed that it's getting such good reviews!
I haven't finished the book, so i won't comment about the ending, but the characters that have been introduced have been flat, boring, and stereotypical. The story was corny, but it could have worked if the characters weren't so predictable.
The female, Belle, was your typical obnoxious sassy leading female! She uses cliche's like no ones business, and i t so annoying i kept hoping that she would set herself on fire! She actually said this line in the book, "Don't make me go PMS on your a**!" I'm sorry but who says things like that? What woman would say that? If i had not read another of showalters book before, i might have thought that it was a man trying to delve into the woman's psyche and that was all he could come up with.
Not only was the leading lady horrible lady, but the 'chemistry' between the Belle and her love interest was so contrived that it was laughable. How could anyone be attracted to that annoying female?
It was just horrible book, plain and simple. I regret not keeping my receipt so that i could have returned it and gotten my money back. Save yours and don't buy this one.
Book Review: Super Reader
Summary: 3 Stars
A slacker waitress has an encounter with a scientist, and this leaves her with the beginnings of the development of elemental superpowers.
She then comes into contact with an agent for the OASS, who tells her what has happened to her, and what the story will be from now on. He, of course, is no normal guy, being a superhuman shapeshifter himself. Naturally, he also gives her the horn, but has an ex-wife and kid to complicate matters.
Showalter seems to be able to put a bit more depth of plot into her books than some, that makes it easier to take.
Book Review: The best thing about this book....
Summary: 4 Stars
Was Tanner. The excellent, witty, sexually inexperianced teen who helps Belle harness her abilities. Rome was a good character and I liked the ex-wife, kid dynamic. It was new and gave the book a little something extra but for whatever reason I couldn't engage in this book like I have her others. It felt long, and really dragged at the end. Usually with a good book I refuse to put it down until I've reached the HAPPILY EVER AFTER but I found myself putting this one down on more then a few occasions and finishing it took FOREVER. I was hoping Gena's next project, The Nymph King, would have her usual flare but based on the sneak preview in Playing with Fire its not looking good. I gave this book four stars because I love, love, love Tanner. His parts made me laugh out loud. Without him the book would get two stars at best.