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Fireworks
written by Elizabeth White
Studio : Zondervan
by Zondervan
Publisher : Zondervan
Released : 2006-04-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780310262244
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 20 reviews)
List Price : $12.99
Our Price : $0.99
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Product Description |
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Following a devastating explosion, insurance investigator Susannah Tait, a former ATF Agent, is sent to investigate pyrotechnics expert Quinn Baldwin. Susannah is sure someone deliberately set the deadly charge--and it looks like Quinn is the culprit. Can Quinn and Susannah overcome distrust---and an enemy working behind the scenes---to find the truth? |
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Not memorable, but not bad |
This story was fairly well written, but it was rather bland and forgettable, and most of the characters never came to life for me. This was the best line from the book: "A couple of years ago she'd come face-to-fang with a diamondback rattler in her garage. Though diamondbacks were a protected species in Arizona, the snake had somehow managed to commit suicide on the end of her shovel."
The author almost lost me very early in the book (10%, or location 495 in my Kindle) when Quinn and Susannah are in a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Mobile, Alabama and Quinn says, "This is where the chain started. We're talking the real deal." In fact, the first Krispy Kreme doughnut store was in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and is still in business today - or at least it was when I stopped there for doughnuts on my last trip to the States in July of 2009. That made me doubt the veracity of the other "facts" in the book, but I decided not to worry about the fine points of pyrotechnics and simply enjoy the story.
If you're looking for a light, easy read and don't mind an over-riding theme of Christianity, you'll enjoy the book.
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Good Clean Read |
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ok I've got 2 say this wasn't the type of book that you just can't put down. It was a little slow at times, but, I have to disagree with the negative reviewers that get the book for FREE then complain that the book was too religous. It was Free....If you think it's boring or has too many references to the bible then just delete it. You have not lost anything, it was FREE. I myself like to read about characters who have strong christian values. I don't want to read smut and read cursing, ect. The story makes me desire to be more fruitful in my christian walk, like the characters in this book, instead of standing on the sideline and just saying "I'm a christian". Reading the story made me desire to have that joy of leading someone to the Lord. All heaven rejoices when one soul comes to the Truth & knowledge of Christ. I admire the author for writting a faith based book. And by the way, I also disagree with one of the reviewer who said that it was too easy when Susannah gave her life over to God. It is easy coming to Jesus. It was for me anyway. I was wild & carefree and I didn't need anyone. I had my whole life under control, so I thought, but the Holy spirit spoke to my heart, alot like Susannah in this book. So I do know for a fact that you can be heading one direction and then God can do a "Suddenly" and totally tur you around. |
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Suprised to find this to be a Christian book. |
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I had no idea when I purchased this book that it was Christian in any way, but there is no doubt now that I have finished it that there is definately a southern Christian influence. Don't get me wrong I liked the book and I am a Christian myself I was just suprised to find it to be such when nothing I read indicated that it was. Good romance story not your typical that is for sure, but all the same good. |
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FIREWORKS |
I ENJOYED THE BOOK. LOVED THE SMALL TOWN FOLKSY PEOPLE AND THE WAY THEY SUPPORTED EACH OTHER. OF COURSE, I WOULD HAVE LOVED A BIT OF SEX THROWN IT BUT ALAS! IT WASNT TO BE........
WORTH YOUR TIME |
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Skim if you must but don't read! |
I got this book free on Kindle and I was really disappointed with it. I read the first few chapters and was pretty bored. So I skimmed the rest of the book. Skimming the book and getting it for free is the only reason why I gave it two stars.
The good: The only really good thing about this book is that it's clean.
The bad: The characters in this book were completely two dimensional and unbelievable. Susannah supposedly had a Masters in chemistry but she didn't sound intelligent and did some pretty stupid things in the book. She was a horrible investigator. Her love interest was insanely perfect and therefore annoying. The dialog felt forced most of the time and was very unrealistic. I laughed a lot while reading this book (and it wasn't at parts that were meant to be funny). The book came off as way too "preachy" for my taste. The storyline fell flat in my opinion.
I would not recommend reading this book. Skim it if you're insanely bored and you can get this book free... But do so at your own risk! |
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