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I thought 'Voices' had just the right blend of suspense and mystery and, of course, romance. Ms. Stewart writes characters you just can't help rooting for. It might be good to read 'Brown Eyed Girl' first just to get a feel for the characters, but 'Voices' will stand proud all on its own. And while you're shopping, if you happen to see any other books by Mariah Stewart - grab 'em! You won't be dissappointed !
Unlike BEG, "Voices Carry" falls victim to the classic romantic suspense blunder. It tried too hard to be both a romance, and a mystery, and so did neither very well. The romance worked well in the beginning, creating a convincing tension between Genna and John. He left her to get his life straightened out after a brush w/ a serial killer, but he failed to tell her where he was going, or why. Genna has her own issues with abandonment, and she was crushed by his leaving. At the beginning of the book, we find them struggling to be friends and co-workers again. There is no bitterness, just a wary feeling between John, who loves her deeply, and Genna, who is cautious about getting involved again.
Then, in the middle of all of this, we follow the characters though a series of unrelated cases, none of which ends up having ANY bearing on the book later, losing any hope for a passable romantic tension. 3/4 of the way through the book, we finally pick up the main suspense plot, and the romantic angle resolves itself abotu fifty pages BEFORE the end! The entire conclusion was both anti-climatic and flat.
I was so impressed by BEG, I will give Mariah Stewart another chance, (though I might not rush out to by the next one new) and I hope that she is still getting an angle on romantic suspense. If she writes another like BEG, she will indeed be the new star of the genre, but she'll have to do much better than this one.
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