Chelsea Cain has made this her stock in trade, and this second book in her Gretchen Lowell series is a runaway freight train. The kind of book that is so suspenseful, so full of thrills, that I literally cannot pry the book out of my hands. In mystery/suspense novels, I also want the author to make me care about the characters, but I also want what I call The White-Knuckle Factor. I want to become emotionally invested in their lives and struggles, which makes the happily-ever-after all that much sweeter. In romance, I want the author to make me care about the characters. While both are genre fiction, I expect different things from each of them. Martins Minotaur 2 Sep 08Īs much as I love a good romance novel, I started out my reading life as a mystery reader. Suspense/thriller fiction hardcover released by St. Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
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