The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
May. 30th, 2008 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyThe Arcane Society series covers several centuries of the exploits of an organizations of psychics. Jayne Anne Krentz writes these books under several different pen names. (The Victorian ones have pictures of statues on the front. The modern ones have pictures of couples embracing. The sci fi ones haven't started coming out yet, but I would really like to see if she can pull them off!) Her pen name Amanda Quick is used for Victorian settings, and under this pen name she wrote The Third Circle as well as Second Sight, which have been my two favorite books in the series so far.
Leona Hewitt has been practicing as a professional psychic, specializing in chasing away bad dreams, since the mysterious death of her mother. Finally, she has a lead on the family heirloom - a crystal known as the aurora stone - and she is determined to steal it back from those who hold it. Matters get a bit more complicated, however, when she discovers a dead body - and another intruder, who is very much alive (naturally, he is also male, single, virile, and hawt!) - in the mansion she is searching.
I was a bit confused by who some of the characters were - it is somewhat assumed that you have already read the previous three books in the series. The characters also did not stand out vividly to me - I had a hard time remembering the heroine's name for this review! Nonetheless, this makes pleasant light reading. Three stars.
Leona Hewitt has been practicing as a professional psychic, specializing in chasing away bad dreams, since the mysterious death of her mother. Finally, she has a lead on the family heirloom - a crystal known as the aurora stone - and she is determined to steal it back from those who hold it. Matters get a bit more complicated, however, when she discovers a dead body - and another intruder, who is very much alive (naturally, he is also male, single, virile, and hawt!) - in the mansion she is searching.
I was a bit confused by who some of the characters were - it is somewhat assumed that you have already read the previous three books in the series. The characters also did not stand out vividly to me - I had a hard time remembering the heroine's name for this review! Nonetheless, this makes pleasant light reading. Three stars.