

In a Fix
Author: Linda Grimes
Series: Ciel Halligan #1
Narrator: Susan Bennett
Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/23/2013
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Contemporary
Author: Linda Grimes
Series: Ciel Halligan #1
Narrator: Susan Bennett
Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/23/2013
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Contemporary
I don’t much care for books that are almost urban fantasy, but not quite. In a Fix has a bit of urban fantasy, a bit of paranormal romance and a bit of chick-lit, I suppose. It is light-hearted and sure, it’s occasionally funny, but it’s just not my cup of tea. The paranormal element is so weak, it’s......more
The most fun I've had reading a novel cover to cover in one day in a long, long time. Brava. Also, I'm seriously rethinking my decision to be happily single. Yeesh, THOSE MEN. The book has a unique, inherently funny premise - people with the ability to "pinch" auras, resulting in the ability to look......more
2.5 stars = pretty good. In a Fix had a five star premise that was intriguingly original - the heroine, Ciel, is an aura adapter and can take on the appearance of anyone whose aura that she's sampled. For her business Ciel is a 'life coach' who solves people's problems by standing in for them. When......more
Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy If Diana Gabaldon blurbed a book about plankton, I’d probably read it. When she blurbs an urban fantasy about shapeshifters and vikings and calls it “A fast-paced, sexy romp with characters as original as its intriguing premise!” I know I’m in for something......more
Favorite Lines: “Guess you could say I’m a kind of life coach. At least, that’s my cover with all but the select few nonadaptors who know about us. Only instead of teaching people how to solve their own problems, I just do it for them. My clientele tends to be more comfortable with delegating than l......more