Review/recenzija: Elle Casey: Shine Not Burn/ Sjaj koji ne tamni
Recenzija na hrvatskom nalazi se ispod recenzije na engleskom ?
I've been thinking for the last few days and realized it has been so long since the last time I've read a book with good old sweaty cowboys. Years, actually.
I'm happy Shine Not Burn was the first novel after all those years that reminded me of everything I've been missing.
Andie Marks is a smart and successful lawyer and living her life exactly the way she wants it. Once she was known as "Party Girl", but those days are over now. She's become fully responsible in every aspect of her life.
Until that one night in Vegas...
She joins her friends for a bachelorette party and lives one of those crazy nights, she drinks, she meets a man and she takes him to her room.
And in the morning he's gone. And forgotten.
Until two years later, when she's ready to marry another man.
Andie has to travel to Oregon to find out what precisely has happened that night in Vegas. And she has no idea that maybe she won't want to come back, or at least not alone.
This novel is a perfect example of the saying 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas'. Sin City guarantees an interesting plot and two main characters, a lady lawyer and a cowboy, are the reason why we shouldn't take our chance with skipping Shine Not Burn.
This novel made me enjoy plenty of funny scenes and interactions, the thing that I absolutely loved the most. There were characters that made me angry and those who made me melt of sweetness. Shine Not Burn was one of those novels I started reading having high expectations and it didn't let me down.
Sooo... This novel will take us to American West, to the state of Oregon. So, ladies, buy some comfortable boots and get a nice hat. If some of you know how to ride, I'm sure that will earn you some extra points in the eyes of an opposite gender. Now...let's do this ??
I loved this novel and the only words I have are those of praise. For those of you who find it as entertaining as I do, there's another book in Shine Not Burn duology, Mackenzie Fire. So enjoy!
Rose ?
Razmi�ljala sam proteklih par dana...kada sam posljednji puta �itala ljubavni roman s protagonistima kaubojima? Najprije se nisam mogla sjetiti ni jednog objavljenog u posljednje vrijeme (iako je sasvim mogu�e da ih ima, a da sam ih uspjela presko�iti), a onda sam se vratila u rikverc. I to dosta godina. Ah, nostalgija, nostalgija...sje�ate li se Sandre Brown? Njezine ljubavne romane davnih dana objavljivala je naklada Leo-commerce, a onaj s kaubojima koji mi se najvi�e urezao u pam�enje je Zato�enica Hawka O'Toolea. �eljna jo� malo takvih likova, sa zadovoljstvom sam potra�ila i ovu knjigu.
Kad sam uhvatila u ruke Sjaj koji ne tamni, (Mozaik knjiga) bila je to jedna dobrodo�la promjena od uvijek prisutnih kozmopolitskih biznismena. Dobar stari pra�njavi sto�ar koji se ne boji zaprljati ruke.
Andie Marks vodi uspje�an �ivot kojime je potpuno zadovoljna. Nekada�nja partijanerica se smirila, odredila prioritete i zacrtala �ivotni put.
A onda se dogodi putovanje u Las Vegas...
Andi si dozvoli tu jednu no� opu�tanja na djevoja�koj ve�eri najbolje prijateljice, da si odu�ka s pi�em i dovede u sobu frajera.
A posljedice te jedne gre�ne ve�eri buknu tek dvije godine poslije, pred samo Andieno vjen�anje.
Prisiljena potra�iti doti�nog Gavina MacKenzieja kako bi joj odgovorio na neka vrlo bitna pitanja, ona se uputi u Oregon.
Ono �to joj nije niti na rubu pameti je da se mo�da ne�e ni po�eljeti vratiti. Ili barem ne sama.
Ova pri�a savr�eno se mo�e okarakterizirati onom uzre�icom 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas' ('�to se dogodi u Vegasu, ostaje u Vegasu'). Od prvog trenutka mo�emo naslutiti da �e grad grijeha garantirati dobar zaplet, a koliko �e dobro to�no biti, mo�emo zaklju�iti �im pro�itamo da �e glavnu rije� voditi odvjetnica protiv kauboja.
S ovim sam se romanom dobro nasmijala, a ve� i samo to zna�i da od mene mo�e dobiti visoku ocjenu. Bilo je tako�er likova koji su me po�teno �ivcirali odbojnim karakterom �to je opet pokazatelj koliko su dobro portretirani. Do�ekala sam Sjaj koji ne tamni �irom otvorenih ruku (i to ne samo zato jer mi je knjiga bila poklonjena od moje drage prijateljice) i nimalo se nisam razo�arala.
Sjaj koji ne tamni odvest �e nas na ameri�ki zapad pa, dame moje, nabavite dobre �izme, kvalitetne �e�ire i nau�ite spremati limunadu. Ako koja slu�ajno zna jahati, to su sigurno dodatni bodovi koje �e vam mu�ka populacija rado dodijeliti. Za one koje �e pokazati posebno zanimanje za stado krava ili koje sli�ne stoke, tamo de�ki spremaju delikatesu od ostataka nakon kastracije (najozbiljnije ??) �to se smatra delicijom i rezervirano je za najvrednije pomaga�e ??
Ne znam treba li uop�e re�i da ovaj roman toplo preporu�ujem. Ne garantiram da �ete se u potpunosti slo�iti s njihovim gurmanskim odabirima, ali s druge strane, Bo�e moj, za�to ne probati? ??
Va�a Rose ?
P.S. Svakako mi javite ako se sjetite jo� kojeg romana s kaubojima!
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