Deadly Décisions by Kathy Reichs

When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds.


Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

                                                                                                           -Chapters Canada

Like the two others before it, Deadly Décisions is filled with suspense, and of course a personal link to Temperance Brennan. I'm not sure if I find this incredibly endearing though, or kind of getting on my nerves the third time around. We will have to wait and see if the next installments use the same theme or not, one would think that there are only so many scenarios and family members that could be put into jeopardy.

Nevertheless, I truly did enjoy Deadly Décisions almost as much as its predecessors, maybe a teensie bit less due to the lack of one certain character: Andrew Ryan. He has been steaming steadily throughout the first two books, and I definitely was looking forward to seeing more of him after the promising closure of Death Du Jour, but I found myself psychotically rationally searching for him throughout the pages, and came up empty-handed. Fortunately, our Reichs would not leave us completely famished: she left me with much hope for the following books, and also managed to bring forth circumstances worthy of keeping me sated yet yearning at the same time. Touché, Milady.

Onto the plot, which was of course as riveting and knowledgeable as always (which is hugely bonus inducing for me, being the self proclaimed Knowledge Monger that I am-tehe). I always find the setting highly entertaining, as I love Montréal, and am quasi-familiar with the city already. I also found the insight into the Biker Gangs super fantastico.


Overall, the book was well-written and of course uber-suspenseful: all in all, I suspect that these books will keep me coming back for more everytime!


Don't miss out!--Cheers & Enjoy♥

Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs

In the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. Although Tempe thrives on such enigmas from the past, it''s a chain of contemporary deaths and disappearances that has seized her attention -- and she alone is ideally placed to make a chilling connection among the seemingly unrelated events. At the crime scene, at the morgue, and in the lab, Tempe probes a mystery that sweeps from a deadly Quebec fire to startling discoveries in the Carolinas, and culminates in Montreal with a terrifying showdown -- a nerve-shattering test of both her forensic expertise and her skills for survival.
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The second novel in the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs, Death Du Jour, was definitely just as captivating, but also gaining it an extra half star more than its predecessor due to its sexy incorporation of Dr. Brennan's love life.

Having said that, there was not a whole lot of romantic development, which I actually admire (I know, who knew that I would be praising something lacking a lot of hubba hubba?) but just enough to keep me salivating for more! I won't go into too much detail so as to spoil it for everyone, but what was there was golden. And I am so dying to dive into the next book, if only to read about Tempe's mature but very steamy rendezvous (which I am completely speculating will take place). Seriously, I actually have the next book, Deadly Décisions, beside me, and I am going to commence its awesomeness right after I wrap up this blog sesh...

Anywho, so yes the awesomeness from Reichs' first book, Déjà Dead, keeps going in this follow-up that is just as suspenseful and well written. The characters and cases are always uncannily woven into the mysterious plot lines in such a way that always promises to keep the reader guessing until the last second, when everything wraps up perfectly, never too quickly, and always completely plausibly. Which is so very mucho-importanto to me :)


I love, love, loved this book, and if you'll please excuse me...


(Already cracking open Deadly Décisions)--Cheers & Enjoy♥

Fever

Ahhh!

So probably my favourite book of this year, Wither, is part of The Chemical Garden Trilogy. Yes, we know this. But did you know that the second one, Fever, is coming out in February 2012, and the coverart will be released this July?! Well it is, and I am so freakin' excited!

So anyway, you can read all about it on Lauren DeStefano's (the amazing author behind it all) website by clicking here.

I am sooooo excited guys, and cannot wait until I can read the next installment in the rivetingly deletable dsytopian series that is The Chemical Garden Trilogy.

Let me know how you feel--Cheers & Enjoy♥

Do it!

Salutations!

Just wanted to remind everyone to do my poll to let me know what posts are most popular here at Book♥Hooker. It will help me to improve my blog, for you guys, and it will only take a few seconds, I promise!

Thanks in advance, and more to come tomorrow--Cheers & Enjoy♥

Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs

Her life is devoted to justice -- for those she never even knew.

In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Tempe detects an alarming pattern -- and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her -- her best friend and her own daughter -- in mortal danger. . . .

                                                                                                                            -Chapters Canada

I have wanted to read this book for a while, and the whole series, since Cait is a huge fan, and also because I got to meet the author, Kathy Reichs last summer. Also because I adore the show Bones, which is inspired by the book series.

As it so happens, the show and book are pretty different, save that the main character's name is Temperance Brennan, and she is a forensic anthropologist. So for the first little bit of the novel, I had trouble committing because I didn't know who to picture for Tempe. At first I tried picturing Emily Deschanel, who portrays the television version, but their personalities are quite different, so it didn't satisfy me. But then I was picturing Kathy Reichs, probably just because her picture is on the back of the book, and I know that she does the same job as Tempe, but that wasn't really doing the book Tempe enough justice for me either. Finally I was able to put those aside and come up with my own version, and the book won me over.

I actually kind of like that the book and TV show are so different, because I don't know what to expect plot wise, and in Tempe's personal life. I also find the series attractive because it is mostly set in Montreal, Quebec, which I live close to, and frequent often enough. The incorporation of the city was very interesting and important to me. Of course I enjoyed the meat (or should I say bones) of the book, which of course was the forensic anthropology and mystery murder case, all wrapped up into one.

Overall, I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of the book and I found it really well written. The plot was pretty amazing and the outcomes were realistic and not contrived, which is something that I value immensely in novels, because I read so many, and often see the same things over and over. I am definitely looking forward to seeing more from Temperance Brennan, and seeing her romantic endeavors bloom as well :)


To be continued--Cheers & Enjoy♥