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January 20, 2004: I found this book to be a very disappointing. While it had its funny parts the plot needed (and recieved) too much exposition for the story to move quickly. The heroine seemed to be lacking in the stronger emotions and the comedic efforts of the supporting characters (the Fates) fell short. I found myseld skimming entire pages just waiting for the action to start. When something exciting does happen (way to late in the book), it is hardly anything to express concern about. At the end of the book the reader is left hanging, and wondering if the printer left out the last chapter. I would only recomend this book to someone who is extreamly bored.
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November 28, 2003: Los Angeles based accountant Travers Kineally wants to refuse the entreaty of the three dingbats who suddenly haunt him. However, though he can say no to the frantic females, he cannot deny his eleven year old son Kyle who persuades him that the quintet should journey to Las Vegas in order to help the nutty threesome regain whatever they seemingly misplaced. Vegas based private investigator Zoe Sinclair figures she has seen it all in her century and half as a mage especially since becoming a sleuth. However, Zoe will soon learn she is a rookie when it comes to life?s ironies. Her lesson is taught to her by her new clients, the three whacko Fates (Lachesis, Atropos, and Clitho) who have lost their enchanted status. To regain their former eminence the trio must locate a lost magical artifact. Protecting the three zanies from their millenniums of enemies is a full time job in of itself, but alas poor Zoe knows her fate and does not like it one iota though she finds the cynical Travers quite attractive.
Fans of fantasy romances will find ABSOLUTELY CAPTIVATED SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE due to the return of the chaotic causing trio. The lead couple is a delightful pair with both suffering from skepticism amplified by love. Though his son is very precocious (he is only eleven) readers will be Completely Smitten by the amusing antics of the Three Fates.
Harriet Klausner