3.5

Jane An Krentz is a great author of suspense and romance. The mystery story is usually interesting and the romance can be fun. Sharp Edges promised a great mystery about a missing rare artifact known as the Hades cup. The main characters were bound to be attracted to each other: Cyrus, a private investigator with a dark past and Eugenia an art director for a glass art museum in Seattle. The novel had its share of quirky artistic types and people with potential to completely come unhinged. The setting is an island off the Oregon coast where both Cyrus and Eugenia travel for the summer, each with their own mission. I enjoyed the mystery but the romance fell flat for me. I really didn't like Eugenia much. For someone in her position she didn't seem too smart in some of her actions. I am surprised Cyrus was even interested in her after she blew his cover but men can be kind of dumb too when it comeS to having the hots for some woman. I never really got why Cyrus'
neohew Rick was there either except as some kind of plot twist to make Cyrus not look so cold and uncaring. None of it fit together smoothly and I never really got a good sense of a flow of the story as it bounced from one thing to another and some of it seemed unnecessary. I liked the book but didn't love it.I gave. the book 4 stars but I really would rate it 3.5. Would be a good summer beach read.

Cyrus Chandler Colfax, a private investigator, is investigating the death of Adam Daventry, an artist who lives on Frog Cove Island. Cyrus is also trying to trace an ancient, valuable piece of glass art, the Hades Cup, that went missing after his partner in his security firm disappeared, and his wife got killed...by the partner.
Daventry fell down the stairs while giving a party at his house...was it an accident or was it murder? Eugenia Swift, director of the Leabrook Museum, is sent to Frog Cove Island to catalog the glass art Daventry left the museum. But Eugenia also wants to find out more about her friend Nellie Grant, who disappeared the day after Daventry died. Cyrus and Eugenia stay at Daventry's place, and in that time find the caretaker of the house dead, Nellie Grant's painting is being sold claiming another artist painted it, and a budding romance between Cyrus and Eugenia is filling in the rest of the time.
The working vacation at Frog Cove Island definitely was productive and then some. Eugenia got a great glass collection for her museum, she nearly missed being killed by an artist who thought she knew too much, and the question of Adam Daventry was answered. Cyrus not only finds where the Hades Cup was with the help of Eugenia, he also is in a near miss
of death when his old partner shows up with Nellie Grant. He even finally introduces himself to the father he's never met, and his future now looks promising with his marriage to Eugenia in the near future.

Not bad. She is funny as always. Not terribly compelling, for me. But I think I have read most of her books, so maybe it is getting familiar.

I enjoyed the concept, but the characters were not very likable. It’s a good mystery idea but wow the book was hard to finish because of the characters.

I did not enjoy this one as much as the other Krentz' I've been reading lately. In fact, I could not get over the fact that the Main Guy dresses like Magnum PI. It's like Krentz binged the series and made a character look like him. No....no.

Also the MC is a snobby bitch. I think she was supposed to have improved over the course of the book....but she really did not seem to. At least, from what I saw.

They were the main reasons why this one just did not sit well with me.

Oh well.

Great reading

As always , Jayne Ann Kentz has written an interesting, mystery with a romance thrown in.Congratulations on another winner. Looking forward to more.

This reads like a Murder, She Wrote episode

I read Sharp Edges back in 1998 and I found it a decent read. I stand by my low three star rating. I liked Eugenia and Cyrus and their banter and chemistry. I also liked the secondary characters. The mystery itself wasn't the strongest though.

JAK books tend to be a hit or miss for me. This was a miss. It was just a bit too weird for me. Or maybe quirky is the right word?

The relationship between Eugenia and Cyrus was like the tortoise and the hare with Cyrus being the tortoise. Cyrus is someone who takes his time and tends to overthink things while Eugenia just rushes it.

Because of their personailty traits the book just didn't seem exciting. Eugenia is always stumbling onto a dead body or a dangerous situation because she wants answers now and if she waits, it's too late (Even though Cyrus tells her to wait and in one case, that it might even be dangerous). For the first few times, this might be ok but come on, you are the museum director which means you got brains. She's portrayed as a strong independent woman but her actions don't reflect it cause I would assume she would think before leaping. However, most of the time she's just reacting. Granted, she reacted smartly but still...

Also there was a lot of thinking in this book. Most JAK books have this and it usually helps move the story along. It didn't help much in this case because Cyrus exels at overthinking. He's so good at it that he predicts the reason his father is contacting him now and who the bad guy is. Which is awesome because that makes him good at his job but as a reader who is following the character around, it ruins the excitement and intrigue.

I feel like that sums up the book pretty well. It's a lot of reacting to situations rather than acting. As such, it's good but it didn't suck me into the story.

Don’t Miss Reading This Book!

Author Jayne Ann Krentz has done it again with ‘Sharp Edges’. This book has many twists and turns to keep the reader on their toes.
It’s a fun, romantic, suspenseful and mysterious story that keeps readers guessing until the very end.
I highly recommend ‘Sharp Edges’

OK, after reading two very thought provoking non-fiction books, I needed a light break. And I am still trying to re-read items in my personal collection and thought Krentz was just what I needed. Enjoyed this fast paced, humorous book of romantic suspense.