But V knew what that was like-how you needed the very burn you didn’t want, how it became all you could think of, how you withered from the not having of it. “Mmm?” It was pathetic the way the fucker’s eyes latched on and bugged out. “Looking for this?” V held up a vial full of powder and tilted the thing back and forth, all tick-tock. have you ever watched twelve straight hours of Saved by the Bell? Okay, fine, it was probably only seven, and it wasn't like I couldn't have left-my God, I tell you, though, it's a wonder I escaped with my ability to put my pants on one leg at a time still intact. you think to yourself, Is that really the best the Creator could do with an immortal? The guy has the worst taste in television-I mean, the only saving grace is that he isn't addicted to Bonanza. 'Cept he doesn't smell like strawberries, he hogs the T.V. He's like gum on the bottom of your shoe. Anyway, Lassiter's a fallen angel who we've somehow gotten stuck with. "I gotta remember that, gotta remember that. And all those other bad words." He poked himself in the head. "Yeah, he's this pain in the ass-oh, shit-I mean, sorry, I shouldn't say ass around you, should I? Or shit. Unless you're around Lassiter, and that's more of a mental thing than anything about cellular networks." And my brother Vishous made sure we have the best reception and service in the city. You won't regret it! An absolute must-read!. I don't get a chance to read very often, but I make time for her books because they are so vivid and evocative that I get lost in the scenes in a way that doesn't happen for me very often. Tied together by missing jewels, there is danger, romance and mystery-and also a wonderful paranormal element that, no surprise, really speaks to me.
Suzanne Belperron, one of the great innovators of jewelry design, and a personal icon of mine, is depicted with painstaking accuracy (thanks to extensive research) in the forties- and our contemporary heroine, Violine Duplessi, carries the story into the eighties. Following two story lines, one set in 1986, and the other in occupied France in 1942, there is a expert interweaving of historical fact and the kind of fiction that is so well constructed and executed, that it feels like real life. Following two story lines, one set in 1986, and the other in occupied France in 1942, there is a expert interweaving of historical fact and the kind of fiction that is The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a book that resonated for me- and also haunted me. The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a book that resonated for me- and also haunted me. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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