Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress

By: Kyra Davis

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

The peach taffeta Bridesmaid dress- that should be Sophie’s problem. Not attempted murder.

Overjoyed at Maryanne’s engagement, amateur sleuth Sophie Katz can’t wait for the wedding vows and party toasts to begin. But then Dena—best friend, bridesmaid, and all-around vixen—is mysteriously shot just after the announcement. Leave this to the authorities? No way. Dena may never walk again, and Sophie vows to marry her fists with the shooter’s face.

Problem is, the number of suspects is off the charts—from jaded lovers to anti-free-lovers to just plain old haters. Dena’s made plenty of enemies thanks to her popular sex shop—and, yes, she’s no saint—but really, who deserves to be shot?

With an überlogical almost boyfriend condemning her vigilante quest, and a wedding planner going vicariously bridezilla over the dream princess wedding, Sophie’s barely thinking straight. But if she can keep her cool (and avoid all errant taffeta), she just might nab her man and save the (wedding) day.

Big if.

©2010 Kyra Davis (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Not worth your time or credit

I guess I did not expect much, but I at least hoped it would be a little fun. It was boring and not worth the time. Little plot and shallow characters.

eahhh.

What was most disappointing about Kyra Davis’s story?

I just can't trudge through this book I've tried 3X

Any additional comments?

It's just not the book for me.

Not worth a credit or even the sale price

The narrator did a lousy job with the accents. The plot and the characters were mundane. It was paced like a typical cookie-cutter Harlequin romance-- no surprises

Boring

Any additional comments?

Not worth the $4.95 I spent on this audio. I am a "child" of the 60's and still did not find this interesting. Stopped listenig after 2 hrs into the story. Tries to be clever and thought provoking but misses the mark by far.

Thoroughly unlikable characters

What's meant to be smart, hip, funny and clever turns out to be flat, disagreeable and completey boring. What is this story's ultimate downfall isn't the mediocre reading, but the fact that it's simply not well-written. The main character, Sophie, in particular is hypocritical, judgmental and downright stupid, all the while the author tries to make the audience believe, Sophie, is smart, funny and likable. In fact most of the characters in the book are thoroughly unpleasant and the ones who aren't are woefully underdeveloped. I'm glad I bought this while it was on sale, but unfortunately, unlike a book, I can't give it away even to a charity. I'm stuck with the dud.

Anatoly should run, and so should you.

Even though I wasn't thrilled about the last book in this series, I thought I would give this one a try since I had enjoyed the characters a banter in the previous books. I'm barely into the book and already Sophie is deceiving Anatoly and off on a self centered juggernaut. I decided I couldn't take another book of wanting to slap her silly. No man would put up with her. No man should put up with a woman who does what she does. So I confess, I didn't get very far and won't be back for more.

Preachy

Listen If you want to be offended if you are a conservative or have religion to be put in a box of the deplorables. usual semantics Jew hating, porn hating, religious nut. It’s quite predictable.

Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress

I probably would have enjoyed this book a little more than I did had it not been for the narrator. She ends just about every sentence as if she were asking a question. That alone totally turned me off.

did not like

Started to listen and it couldn't keep me interested. I quit listening to it/
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Not a keeper

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A better story

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

This was entirely disappointing. I did listen to the bitter end just to see who the culprit was. But the story was slow and boring. I didn't care for the characters, I did not like the narration, the whole thing was a miss for me.