Nothing up her sleeves…or so she’s been led to believe.
Showgirl Holly Starr is sick and tired of assisting her dad, a celebrity magician, in his Las Vegas casino magic show. As soon as he keeps his promise to her and shares the secrets to his tricks, she can break out on her own. But can she really make it? For years Holly has taken medication to stave off crazy hallucinations that she can levitate objects. Just when she thinks she’s ready to make a career and a life for herself, her medicine—and her luck—run out.
Elijah Brown suffers from a similar delusion—that he can read minds—and he’s out of medicine too. Determined to save himself and his old flame Holly, he kidnaps her and takes her straight to the source, a town high in the Rockies where their medicine is made. What they discover there leads them to suspect their powers are not imaginary after all…and neither is the intense attraction they feel for each other.
They make a pact to stick together as they return to Vegas to confront the people who kept them in the dark so long. But soon they’re pitting their powers against each other in a dangerous world where the nightlife is seductive, domination is addictive, the sex is beyond belief…and falling in love is murder.
Levitating Las Vegas is Jennifer Echols’ first ever New Adult title and I was really looking forward to it. Not only is it Jennifer Echols’ first NA title, but it’s the first NA book I’ve heard about that wasn’t strictly contemporary. I started Levitating Las Vegas with high hopes but those hopes were quickly dashed. I hate to say it but this was my first ever book that I didn’t finish.I obviously won’t be reviewing this like normal since I didn’t quite make it through the whole thing. I made it about halfway before I just had to set it aside. I’m sure there will be plenty readers who enjoy this title but there were just a few too many things that I couldn’t get past.
First off, like I mentioned above, this is a New Adult title. However, it felt even more immature than most Young Adult titles. The dialogue sounded like nothing that any self-respecting 20-somethings would ever say. Especially what was said between Elijah and Holly. And that’s not even mentioning what they were thinking. It was way too cheesy for me to take seriously. Also, this was a little thing that annoyed me but Holly always called Elijah, Elijah Brown. Why? What’s the point of calling someone by their full name like that? It got on my nerves!
Then there was the whole paranormal abilities thing. With powers such as mind reading, mind controlling, and levitation, I was expecting something kind of like X-Men. That’s not what I got. The powers were made out to be a mental disorder and they played a very small part in the half of the book that I managed to get through. Maybe if there had been more development and background to this part of the story I could have stuck with it but there just wasn’t.
The writing was mediocre at best. It was nothing special and it wasn’t enough to keep me interested in the book.
Overall, Levitating Las Vegas just wasn’t for me. I’m still a huge fan of Jennifer Echols and I will continue to check out her books but I just couldn’t make it through this one.
Looking for more reviews of Levitating Las Vegas by Jennifer Echols?
Sassy Reads’ review