Tastine Fear

"Tasting Fear"

by Shannon McKenna

 

Formulaic and predictable, Tasting Fear is great for the reader who doesn't like suprises. The one book contains three stories about three sisters, each slightly different. That is the sisters are slightly different, the stories are not.  The stories are almost exactly the same, but for a fan of the genre that might be a good thing.  Although billed as "Super-sexy Suspense!" it can be recommended without hesitation to most.  It does have it's explicit moments, but everyone who has sex then gets married and the author even spouts the de rigueur safe sex message with each sex scene so it is really difficut to be too shocked. Die hard horror fans will be disapointed so I would instead save it for those who only want a little shiver.  The plot is thin, with more than one hole that is hard to overlook, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wanted more than casual escapism.  The writing does have a nice flow, the pace and patter make an entertaining read.  Good for followers of Eric Jerome Dicky.  Novelist also suggests Laurell K Hamilton, but I competely disagree.  Hamiltons characters are grittier, more real, and her writing has a sparce noir feel.  McKenna reads more like Phyilis Whitney, with a little bit of modern frankness.

 

 

 

 

J. Lorrie Gunde