Review, The Accidental Human
Intriguing premise, compelling read, but not a book for me...
Book details for The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy
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Book Review
While The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy was a compelling novel of paranormal romance, I didn't find much enjoyment in reading this book.
I was compelled to read to the end, I'm just not sure I cared what happened to the characters. I enjoyed parts of the book, for sure. The relationship between the girls, Wanda, Nina, and Marty was interesting. I liked Heath, and I liked his manservant. I even liked Wanda and I thought what humor I did find funny in the book definitely revolved around the world of Bobbie Sue cosmetics.
For lack of a better way to describe my feelings for this book, I'll just be blunt. I really wanted to know what happened at the end of the book. I wanted to know how it worked out. However, I didn't really care what happened. The ending could have gone any number of ways, some hopeful, some happy, some horrible, but I didn't care which way it went. I just wanted to know how it ended.
In The Accidental Human, we're introduced to Wanda Schwartz and Heath Jefferson. Since I haven't read the first two books of the Accidental Friends trilogy, I might have missed out on some of the nuances of Wanda's personality and the humor of her relationships with her two best friends, Nina and Marty. Maybe that was the reason I didn't find much to care about between these three friends.
I don't find myself in a great hurry to go out and find the first two books in this series. However, I would probably give them a shot if I ever came across one of them in my local library. I have the feeling the other books in this series might be better, based on the hints I got from The Accidental Human.
I'm afraid my perception of the book might have been colored by the seriousness of the issues facing Wanda. I didn't feel the story lent itself to the humor that tried to escape every so often from the pages. There just wasn't enough of it to lighten the overwhelming sorrow hiding in every scene. If you like books that have the power to make you cry, this might be a book you would enjoy. I certainly cried—maybe a little too often for me to truly enjoy this story.
Reviewed by TER
Book Description
Immortality bites— new from the author of Accidentally Dead and The Accidental Werewolf.
Wanda Schwartz is raking in the dough selling Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics—and she's a pro at recruiting new saleswomen. So, she's shocked when a man comes to one of her in-home parties—a very hot man. Heath Jefferson is sure to put some extra spin into a lot of women's color wheels.
When Wanda is diagnosed with a terminal illness, it doesn't have to be a death sentence. With a werewolf and a vampire for best friends, she has options that most ordinary people wouldn't. As Wanda ponders what to do about her mortality, Heath reveals he has secrets, and one of them is that his former bloodlust has turned into an old-fashioned lust—for Wanda. And he's already given up too much to lose the love of his lifetimes.
Formats » Trade Paperback, ebook
