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Allegheny Ecstasy
Cole Donovan's cunning plan--to pose as a ghost to frighten heiress Diana Rourke away from her mansion--backfires when the stunned woman draws her pistol and demands a kiss, thus sparking a flame of passion in the feckless phantom
478 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1990
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March 23, 2021
Standard 2-star DNF.
If ALLEGHENY ECSTASY had been half the page count, trimmed of the tangled (also stale & predictable) scheming, & converted to first-person perspective, it might have been an entertaining entry for the Zeeb Gothics line. But alas. It is what it is. The page count is padded with confusing changes in scene and/or egregious head-hopping, the storyline is all over the place, & the characters are one-note robots except on rare occasions when they manage to break free from the clumsy dialogue. It just needed more—more depth to the villainy, more flow in the plot arc, more dimensional characters.
I love this cover, but the content is meh at best. I already have the sequel (which is about the MCs son), but I’m still debating whether to bother trying it.
If ALLEGHENY ECSTASY had been half the page count, trimmed of the tangled (also stale & predictable) scheming, & converted to first-person perspective, it might have been an entertaining entry for the Zeeb Gothics line. But alas. It is what it is. The page count is padded with confusing changes in scene and/or egregious head-hopping, the storyline is all over the place, & the characters are one-note robots except on rare occasions when they manage to break free from the clumsy dialogue. It just needed more—more depth to the villainy, more flow in the plot arc, more dimensional characters.
I love this cover, but the content is meh at best. I already have the sequel (which is about the MCs son), but I’m still debating whether to bother trying it.
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