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	• At the Edge Cait London Avon, 2007 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Three sisters, triplets, are born with a powerful heritage and amazing paranormal abilities. Each has her own gift, and each struggles with that gift daily in attempts to live `normal' lives.

Claire's empathic powers have driven her to live like a hermit in a remote area. Her neighbor is one of her only friends, and when the kindly old woman dies, Claire reaches out to the nephew who mourns her passing. As Neil moves into his aunt's home, his presence disrupts Claire's peace and her life, not altogether for the worst...

Having read the synopsis for Cait London's At the Edge, I expected to love it. It has all the components that make up some of my favorite stories - paranormal abilities set in a contemporary story with an exciting little romance to round it off nicely. Yes, those components were there, and I enjoyed the plot and the characters, but the execution of this story was disappointing.

The facts were delivered so repetitiously, it felt as if the author believed her readers to be somewhat thick-skulled. It seemed we were reminded on every one of the first 30 pages that the hero had lost a child to kidnapping and the heroine had lost a child to miscarriage. OK, it may not have been every page, but it was so often that I became inured to their loss and somewhat annoyed.

There were many instances where the prose seemed disjointed, causing this reviewer to scratch her head more than once. For instance, in one scene, Claire and Neil are taking a short trip, and Neil packed Claire's things for her, even remembering to pack a few of her handbag-making supplies so she could keep working while on the trip. Quote: "Claire thought of the paper sack crammed with buttons, feathers, and handles; nothing would match and Neil hadn't included any scissors, needles, or thread. But he had put an apple on top of it--a nice afterthought." I've read that part over and over again and still can't figure out how the apple fits in. Perhaps it was meant to cast the hero or heroine as quirky? If so, there should have been some reaction to the apple being on top of the crafting supplies. The way it was written leads the reader to believe this is supposed to fit together logically and throws you out of the story trying to reason it.

I also found some continuity issues in the story. In the last paragraph on page 152, for example, Claire is in Neil's home and notices the changes he has made in his aunt's kitchen: "Eunice's apple-shaped cookie jar was all that remained of her..." In the last sentence of the very same paragraph, continued on page 153, she then notes "his aunt's delicate collection of `kitty' knickknacks running across the windowsill behind him."

I could have enjoyed this story much better if these issues had not been so prevalent. As it was, I was never able to really immerse myself in the plot and enjoy the story. I won't say that this was a terrible book, because it wasn't. Cait London definitely has a wonderful imagination and skill in creating stories. If she can work out these technicalities, then she will be an author worth re-trying.

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Very Entertaining...hard to put down.

This was a story about one of three triplets who are each gifted with a paranormal power.

My favorite part of this book, (and there were many), was the character of Neil. He was protective and supportive. The conflict in the story was not the old, he loves me, he loves me not. I liked the fact that the couple was stronger together against their enemies than they were apart.

Great descriptions of the river and fog. I could really see thee fog enveloping her and surrounding her in a malevolent way.

I also enjoyed the descriptions of Claire's work with purses. It made me want to find the website with these purses for sale....sorry, bags.
It was a great book and I am looking forward to reading the sequel!!!

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At least it's somewhat paranormal....

This book, the premise of which was so promising, just didn't work for me... much.

First off, there were two seperate suspense 'plots' affecting the same characters but the bouncing back and forth between them was choppy and took away from the build-up of suspense. It left me feeling like the mouse in the maze wondering which way I should run to get to the end. Also, both of the suspense plots end strangely... rather unsatifying and flat. The one about Neil's son ends especially weird and is lacking the emotional depth you would expect. I can't go into more detail without spoilers so I'll leave it at that.

Second, I liked Claire and I liked Neil -but together... Not so much. In the beginning, Neil is portrayed as an EXTREMELY social person. And, of course, Claire cannot be around people without suffering from her psychic gift. And yet, this MAJOR compatability problem is never really 'solved' or even addressed properly. On the other hand, his playfulness and sensuality balances Claires somber solitude so they're not totally wrong for each other - if the other problems had been addressed sufficiently I would have been fine.

What I liked best about the book was Neil's determined protectiveness... I love that in a hero! Also, Tempest, the middle sister, was a fascinating character. I know my 'review' of it sounds pretty negative, but it wasn't a horrible book. It was just rather scattered feeling and a bit flat in the plot.

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Nice start to a new series

Claire and her two sisters come from a long line of psychics. Claire's particular talent is that of an empath, being able to feel other people's emotions, though she views it more as a curse. In order to protect herself and her family after a couple of traumatic times in her life, she moves to a small house out in the middle of nowhere. She gets along quite fine out here until her only friend, her elderly neighbor, Eunice, dies. Suddenly she's faced with having to be around people again and having to come to terms with her past.

Neil Olafson inherits his Aunt Eunice's house upon her death. At this point in his life he's lost everyone he's ever cared about, except for his brother. Feeling alone and unsettled about his past, he decides to move into her house and set up his business of building small campers there. Once he meets his neighbor, however, he's thrust into a world he never dreamed existed.

At The Edge is the first book in a trilogy that Cait London is writing about three sisters. The second book, A Stranger's Touch was released in April 2008. I cannot wait to start the next book!

This book is incredibly well-written and keeps you turning page after page. It's a spellbinding mystery wrapped in a delicate romance, smothered with family values, with a nice side dish of the paranormal. The characters become dear friends that you truly hate to let go of at the end of the book.

Thankfully the mystery and family continue into the next book, and I'm assuming, the third book. Several parts of the book are so heartfelt that I found myself sniffling. I thought Cait London was a good writer before, with her shorter romances that I`ve read, but she has evolved into an excellent writer who I definitely plan to fill up my keeper shelf with.

I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys romance, paranormal, or mystery stories.

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Claire, Tempest, and Leona: triplets blessed?or cursed?each with a special extra sense that they would deny, given the chance . . .

Claire, the youngest, finds solitude and escape in rural Montana. The descendant of an ancient Celtic seer, she struggles to conceal her unsettling power to sense what others feel?the good and the evil, the pain and the joy.

When her peace is shattered by her new neighbor, Neil Olafson, Claire's shielded emotions start simmering. He's the opposite of everything she's ever wanted, a man who ignites her latent sensuality. And while her eerie powers have frightened others away, Neil isn't running. And when Claire comes face-to-face with danger, he becomes her protector?as well as her lover.

Now, Claire and Neil must confront the past and save the life of a young innocent. But there is a killer lurking in the background who wants them both dead before they can unravel his dirty secrets. And he's been very busy . . .

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