Happy Friday!
It's been a while, but I'm once again participating in six blog hops. You can click on the host links below to find the blogs of others who are participating in each blog hop. If you're a blogger, feel free to join through the host links.
Isn't that image so cozy? I grabbed it from host's blog.
Question: How do you strike a balance between providing enough information to pique readers' interest without giving away too many spoilers in your reviews?
My response: I write just a few sentences about the plot (usually even less than what's given in the book's official blurb), then I share what I thought about the characters, setting, mystery (because most of my reviews are for cozy mysteries), and anything else that's notable about the book. My reviews are mostly what I thought about the book.
Today's excerpts are from the Kindle format of Banshees, Boomboxes, and Bones (Bewitcher's Beach Paranormal Cozy Mystery 4), by Emily Fluke.
Smelling people's emotions came with a hefty dose of drama and the constant temptation to diagnose the source of every smell. Like did all four of my children stink of rotten fish because they rolled around on the beach while in their wolf forms? Or were they all in a collective lie that sparked the stench of guilt?
And here is an excerpt from 56%:
A sweet smell filled the air around me. Hope lifted my heart with the scent of key lime pie.
I have about an hour left to read in this book, then I'll publish my review next week. I'm aiming for Thursday. I hope you'll come back and check it out!
Here is Miss Tinker Bell channeling her inner Mufasa.
It's the dandelions that I love most of all.
Hope = key lime pie. I love the comparison.
ReplyDeleteI agree! She does such a great job throughout this series with food/emotion comparisons like this! :)
DeleteThe Emily Fluke book looks good. Miss Tinker Bell is a cutie!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Yvonne! Yes, the entire series is quite entertaining. :)
DeleteI think I'll have to try that book series. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it as much as I have! :)
DeleteYour reviews tell enough to pique curiosity without giving too much away.
ReplyDeleteSmelling people's emotions would be an enormous challenge to deal with.
Dandelions are wonderful, it's a shame the neighbors don't think so.
Miss Tinker Bell, you are a beauty and I thank you for linking up wtih Feline Friday.
Smelling people's emotions is a challenge, but it also helps her understand everyone better, which in turn helps her solve crimes. :)
DeleteFun photo of Tinker Bell. I like dandelions too. They give colour before much else is about.
ReplyDeleteSo true! Glad you like them too. :)
DeleteWhat a fun title! I love the idea of smelling emotions, though maybe not the raw fish ;-) Thanks for the intro, I'll look up the series.
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I love the title too, and yeah, the smell of raw fish doesn't sound appealing to me either. You're welcome. :)
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