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Kaleidoscope Eyes (Family Honor Series #2)

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Annie Justice, artist and SAR participant with her canine partner, Kodi, has a colorful view on life. Literally. Yet Annie's synesthesia doesn't overshadow the story, merely colors it, if you'll excuse the pun.

The hero, Jed Curry, struggles with his own demons. Complicating matters is his reality series, Everyday Heroes. He wants to feature Annie and Kodi. When she denies his request, he lies his way into her life. Then against his own will, he's drawn to her and must decide which is more important--his career or Annie. Karen Ball's plots are without predictability.

With the expertise of a symphony conductor, Ball orchestrates the tension and suspense in a story. She uses pacing like the conductor uses his baton, creating an arpeggio of action then an adagio of rest for a moment before the next onslaught. As the stakes rose, I found myself flying through the pages to reach the answer. I thought I had Annie's enemy figured out. All clues pointed that direction--then Ball surprised me. And when it was done, I felt completely satisfied.

I've said it before--I'm not a fan of suspense, even romantic suspense. But I'll read anything Karen Ball writes, even if it's a grocery list. I know I'll find humor and insight--even in the vegetable aisle.

Karen cooks on all burners with this one. This story has everything I like--adventure, intrigue, romance, sympathetic but flawed characters with interesting careers, plus a totally loveable little girl and a heroic dog. She mixes the recipe together with loving care, coming up with a read that's sweet but not saccharine and spiced with spiritual depth. Well worth adding to your bookshelf.

I really loved Annie and it was an adventure to learn about her special "sight" and the search-and-rescue industry. This story made me realize I'm not the only one with insecurities and that often we overlook them in those closest to us (our siblings or children). This is book two in a series and I'm eagerly awaiting book three because I LOVE these characters.

I did not really enjoy this book. It was very predictable, as with most Christian fiction. I did not even finish it.

I am really diggin' this storyline. The only problem I'm having is that the OCR (the process used to translate written pages into ebooks) didn't work very well. Some words aren't really - well - WORDS. The Kindle Techies are currently working on fixing that.

Other than that, the book itself is engaging, with mystery, romance, and a really interesting challenge because of Annie's special gifts.

This book, Kaleidoscope Eyes, was a really fabulous read! So much better than the first one, the first one was good, but just too much traumatic events for one book or one life for that matter for my taste. Annie, the main character is different, and through her life of loves and challenges a reader is really able to go on a great adventure. This book is about really love that makes you giggle and feel giddy. It is also about the important and serious jobs in the world that make a difference in other peoples lives. On top of that is is about the crazy people out there, who's actions just do not make sense in any mind. This book had me smiling, laughing out loud, and screaming at the characters to do or realize what I wanted them to. Karen Ball did really well with this one, every time I thought it was one way, something else jumped in to show me a different direction. It is quite the mystery that you really do not know until the end. Very glad I read this one.

I don't know why it took me so long to read this book ...

It came highly recommended by the sales lady (& that's why I bought it!), but, I don't know ... The title, the cover, the synopsis, I dunno, something ... Some THING kept me from reading it when I bought it so many months ago. But don't you know that GOD is right on time (just like He always is)? Because I picked it up a couple of days ago just because I needed something to read in the doctor's office &, as it turned out, it became just thing I needed to read at precisely this point in my life -- woo hoo, PTL, thank You Jesus! \o/

Because -- as an artist, a writer, an introvert, an animal lover -- I could really relate to the main character, Annie Justice, & the feelings she had about her life & the way she handled life situations, etc. And I wish I could say I've had as much luck as Annie had turning the liars in my life into lovers -- but I guess that's why these kinds of books are called romances? ;) I also wish I had her "condition" -- being able to see colors in everything! Now isn't that something? I'd never heard of that before. Very interesting.

I thought the book very well-written (although I was skimming it so fast that I really didn't get a chance to fully appreciate it! :P) & the action vs. romance was very well balanced & intriguing (although I was a little disappointed that I was able to figure out what was going to happen just as soon as all the main characters were introduced, darn it) & I'm SO glad that Annie Justice wasn't a writer by profession (although, sad to say, I am getting tired of seeing newsmen/TV producers & the like as love interests -- but that's just my personal pet peeve due to having worked in entertainment for a time).

And the whole reason I'm even on the Amazon website right now, is because -- this being my first Karen Ball novel -- I decided that I needed to buy a few more ... And that's a good thing :)

Well, written and excellant story of an unusal woman who loves the Lord

and people to help with search and rescue dogs.