My Review
I’m a huge history buff at times. I would rather sit in a History class and learn about our past then dive into the present at times. So when Maureen contacted me to read and review her book “The Jaguar Legacy,” I jumped at the chance. Unfortunately, it took me a while to read this book since I had other priorities and I did find myself stepping away from this book a bit when I was reading it. It wasn’t grabbing my attention like I thought it would.
This is my opinion on the book though, and other readers may find this book more appealing to them. I did enjoy the mysteries, the history, and the romance brewing between Charley and sexy, Alistair (maybe it’s because the Scottish accent since I can perfect the accent in my mind…being married to the half-Scottish man myself who has a Scottish family). Damn how I love the Scottish accent. Yum!!
Unfortunately, the book did drag on in certain parts and other parts it went fast pace. Like I stated before I enjoyed the mysteries of it and what Charley figured out what was happening to her from the black-outs. I also enjoyed the little bit of shifting back and forth to characters to dig inside of their heads instead of just Charley’s. I didn’t like Charley’s mother though. I have a massive problem with people who dive into the bottle too often and become dependent on it. It’s been a huge debacle with me since I had a friend killed by a drunk driver. Hence, I’m the lady who drinks one glass of wine in my house, or when I do go out, I’m the designated driver. What Charley was doing for her Mother wasn’t helping her and Alistair was trying to tell her, but she wasn’t listening. He even said his life story on what happened to him.
I did love the Olmec’s ways and of course getting glimpses of past experiences with the Olmecs in Charley’s blackouts. Even though they ended up not being all that good in the end though once Charley put the clues together. At the end of the book, it comes along on what is expected and what is supposed to be done to correct everything. (read the book if you want to know)
I also wasn’t very fond of Leila, Alistair’s ex-wife…but that’s to be expected though. You always have to have a villain, and sometimes she just went too far.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure, history, and mystery. There’s not too much romance in this book, but when there is, it’s steamy. I will say this, Charley gave Alistair a hard time…and I liked her even more because of it. She never made it easy for him. =)
This book was so and so for me. I did like certain things like I stated, but it just didn’t enthrall me like I was expecting it too. I plan on reading the next book from Maureen; I got real soon though.
I look forward to seeing what her next book is all about.
One thing before I end the review…I do love the cover to the 2011 published version of “The Jaguar Legacy.” If Maureen wouldn’t have contacted me, and I saw this book on Goodreads or Amazon…I would’ve bought it and read it no matter what. =)