"Face of Betrayal" by Lis Wiehl with April Henry

"Face of Betrayal" is a mystery about a young girl named Katie Converse who takes her dog for a walk and never comes home. The story follows 3 women as they try to find out what happened to Katie: Allison the prosecutor, Nicole the FBI agent, and Cassidy the reporter. These three women are close friends, and work together throughout the entire novel, referring to themselves as the "Triple Threat Club". So what happened to Katie? Was it murder? Suicide? And where is her body?

The first thing I did when I got the book was look at the cover. The front is rather plain, just a scary looking woman's face and the standard text. But I turned it over and saw a picture of Lis and I immediately recognized her. If you've ever watched Fox News for more than five minutes, you will recognize her too. Lis chose a great topic for herself to write about, considering she has personal experience in every aspect of this book. She was a prosecutor, she works on TV, and her father was an FBI agent. Everything in the novel is very believable, and her true life experiences are what made that possible.

This is a classic crime mystery/suspense novel. I did guess the outcome early on in the novel, but there were many twists and turns throughout the book that had me questioning myself and even dismissing my ideas. I felt very connected to all of the characters. Sometimes when an author includes as many "main" characters as Lis did, it's hard to relate to each of them. In my opinion, she did an excellent job of making each of them feel "real".

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes this genre, and here's to reading the next Triple Threat novel - "Hand of Fate" available April 2010. You can catch the first two chapters at the end of "Face of Betrayal".

Check out the book here. Preview the first 5 pages here.

5/5!

You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore

Before I begin this review, I want to mention that I did not know that there was a prequel to this book, called Bloodsucking Fiends. That was quite upsetting. I figured it out about 3 chapters into the book after the author mentioned this previous "event" that had happened. This caused me to do some research on GoodReads. On that note - the book was still great without reading the first one. They work well as stand-alone books. HOWEVER - I am the type of person who would've liked to read BSF and get all the background info first! Now I have no desire to read BSF because I know what happens in the end. I may read it someday, if my "Books to Read" shelf suddenly is empty. It's very doubtful that will ever happen.

You Suck opens with "You bitch, you killed me! You suck!" This line pretty much sets the mood for the entire novel. In a world where suddenly we are somewhat obsessed with vampires (ahem.. Twilight), Christopher Moore brings us the new vampires Jody and her boyfriend Tommy. Jody has been a vampire a mere few months, and she has just brought over Tommy. Join them as they learn how to cope with this new "problem". Not only that, but the very old vampire who turned Jody has escaped, the police are after them, and Tommy's old pals (who happen to be vampire hunters) are getting a little suspicious about their buddy who is suddenly very pale.

This book is downright hilarious at times. I can say that I actually laughed out loud while reading parts narrated by Abby, the vampires' daytime minion. She is a stereotypical teenage goth girl who tries so hard to be dark and edgy, but deep down is really a cute bubbly girl who likes Hello Kitty. She narrates some of the chapters in the book, and I found that when I got to a chapter titled "Being the Chronicles of Abby Normal" I would get really excited.

I have only touched on a few of the ridiculously awesome characters in this book. You can't forget Chet, Blue, Jared, or the Emperor. However, I will leave it at that. Now you have to read it to find out more!

If you like books that make fun of just about everything, vampires, and making fun of vampires, I highly recommend this. You should really read Bloodsucking Fiends first though!

"The music coming from inside sounded like robots fucking. And complaining about it. In rhythmic monotone. European robots."
— Christopher Moore (You Suck: A Love Story)

4/5!

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I get books from many places. Lately I have been more into borrowing from the library. It is free and if you don't like the book, then there is no stress! The second place I like to get my books from is PBS - http://www.paperbackswap.com/. It is a great place to post books that you have on your shelf that you would like to trade. The only cost to you is shipping the book to the person who requests it. In return, you get a credit in which you can request a book from another member - and they pay the shipping to send it to you. It all evens out! No one seems to want any of the books left on my shelf, so I just buy credits on there. It's still tons cheaper than buying a book in a store, and you're helping someone else out by doing it that way. The last way that I do it is by shopping online for used books. Very rarely do I buy a book at full price. A paperback is $7.99 now! What is that?! Sorry, not happening!

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