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Midnight Island Sanctuary (Harlequin Intrigue No. 798) (Eclipse series) [Mass Market Paperback]
Susan Peterson

Midnight Isle Sanctuary by Susan Peterson is a nifty little "Gothic" tale from Harlequin Intrigue. Peterson, shows great imagery in her writing, and a talent to evoke emotions. I did have a small problem from the start. With the very limited size of Harlequin Intrigues, they generally keep their prologues to just a couple pages. Peterson has a 15-page prologue that really detracted just a bit from the book. It's a set up¯why Cora is basically going to Midnight Island to hide out. However, she could have jumped straight into page one of the story and used the prologue as back-story with in the chapter. It's just jarring. It's starts out with a killer attacking Cora, and it's plays more like a slasher suspense. Then the book moves into a really great gothic. The two just really did not gel together. Also, it seemed a little gratuitous in this sort of novel. The book would have played much better to start with the reader go to the island with Cora and learn about her as the story unfolded. The 15-pages of the killer attacking Cora, was too long, and really not needed, since any details could have been folded into the story. You can jump into Chapter One and enjoy the book without it, so it said it was not needed. The 15-pages could have been used in the story itself, since Intriques are only 250 pages long