Truthseeker

True rating 3.5 stars. While this book is written for adults this very much feels like a YA novel. (The character is just mid 20s) I really loved the beginning of this book. The relationship between our main character, Lara, and her best friend Kelly is hilarious. I liked the over all feel and directi......more

I have yet to read a C E Murphy book outside the Walker Papers that merits more than a 'meh.' (But I keep trying because I loved the Walker Papers that much.) Truthseeker is pretty disappointing because it has occasional glimmers of what I love about the author's writing but is bogged down in incons......more

I rather liked the first half more than the second half. The second half was more of a mess, not nearly as clean and enjoyable as the first half, though not all that bad overall. Lara is a charming main character with understandable quirks, and I loved that about her--how literal she took things, ho......more

Really 1.5 stars and that's because it was fairly grammatically correct. I wanted to read the book because the concept of a human travelling to "Fairyland" appealed to me. I began reading the book and it just wasn't drawing me in but I persisted. I even reread the blurb to remind myself why on earth......more

Of all the books I've read, this one is definitely one of them. This is primarily a romance novel through and through. The fantasy part of it is mostly only used as a backdrop. Even when the fantasy part is in the focus, it's so dull and uninteresting. I learned nothing about the other world where mag......more