Virtual Desire Book

It was good, not as good as the Virtual Heaven.. But, I enjoyed it nonetheless :)

Remember when I finished the first book yesterday and complained about the lack of any real information on this world? Well, I'm thinking this may have been a thing, because the info-dumps in this second book are vast and numerous.


I was glad she tried to use her words to describe the world a little better.

So, that was great! Got what I asked for...
Except, maybe she went a bit too far in the 'splaining department.
Here's what I mean. Let's say you go to the movies with 3 friends. When you get back from the movies, do you all sit and take turns telling each other what the movie was about, play by play? Of course not, that would be weird. You're not a freak.
But, that is what is happening in these books. They go through some big experience to solve the mystery, or a part of the mystery, and then they sit there and tell each other what happened and everything they learned. That would be fine if one person didn't know, or someone new came along and asked what happened, but no. There was a conversation between 4 people at the end where they each took a turn telling the others how the mystery was solved. Literally, they took turns speaking. And, gave each other the information that each of them already had. It was super awkward.


Wrong, it was.

Let the info flow naturally. Or, at least have someone come in the room so they can explain it to that chump.... ""Hey guys! Will you please tell me how you solved the mystery and caught the bad guys? And, please take turns telling the story. I need to hear each of your voices in turn. We'll start with you, Jim. Then, after a couple of sentences, let Bob speak for a few, then Lisa, then Sue. Then, we'll keep going round until the whole story comes out." Take a note from Scooby Doo. At least they always have the sheriff show up to tell the story to.


Or, Batman and the pantsless Robin. That works too.

Other than that, I liked the story a bit better than the story of the first book. We finally find out what happened to the heroine that made her lose some memories. The romance was fine. Oh, I just thought another funny little thing: the heroine talks about looking for a mover in the yellow pages. A phone book? Seriously? On another planet, in the future, they are printing phone books? Yeah, I'm not buying it.

Oh, and I still really want a Dust Bunny! Fuzz is my favorite book-pet ever!