by Susan May Warren, for the Litfuse blog tour. Here's a bit about the book and the author:About Double Trouble:
With one solved case under her belt, PJ Sugar is ready to dive into her career as a private investigator. Or at least a PI's assistant until she can prove herself to Jeremy Kane, her new boss. Suddenly PJ's seeing crime everywhere. But is it just in her head, or can she trust her instincts? When she takes on her first official case-house-sitting for a witness in protective custody-Jeremy assures her there's no danger involved. But it soon becomes clear that there is someone after the witness . . . and now they're after PJ, too.
About Susan:
Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning author of twenty-four novels with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill. A four-time Christy award finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Book of the Year. Her larger than life characters and layered plots have won her acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. A seasoned women’s events and retreats speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!. She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice. Susan makes her home in northern Minnesota, where she is busy cheering on her two sons in football, and her daughter in local theater productions (and desperately missing her college-age son!) A full listing of her titles, reviews and awards can be found at: www.susanmaywarren.com
My Review:
Well, I can see from reading the other reviews on the tour page that I'm in a distinct minority here. I'll be honest. I spent the first three quarters of this book debating whether or not I even wanted to finish it. The character of PJ Sugar just didn't resonate with me. The whole thing came off as corny- she was always getting into trouble by following her "instincts" and she sort of reminded me of playing "detective" when I was a kid (learning about stakeouts from a book?). Her inlaws, outlaws, and other family members were more realistically drawn than she was. I like Christian fiction, but this felt more like Christian lite- its the reason I almost gave up on the genre altogether before discovering Francine Rivers. Now I'll admit that it might have been different if I had read the first PJ Sugar book since the back story was alluded to without really being explained. However, that doesn't change the fact that I spent half the book wanting to shake the main character and tell her to grow up. Granted, I did finish the story, and the last quarter of it felt much more honest and less cutesy than the beginning. I did wind up liking the softball team and the way things eventually turned out. Oh, and I did figure out whodunnit before the end.
If you disagree with my review or want to find out what some of the other readers thought, check out the rest of the tour here.
*I received a copy of this book for free from Litfuse in exchange for my honest review.
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