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“You can’t bottle wish fulfillment, but Ms. Roberts certainly knows how to put it on the page.”—The New York Times
“When it comes to true romance, no one does it better than Nora.”—Booklist (starred review)
About the Author
Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 400 million copies of her books in print.
I am a big Nora Roberts fan also like her JD Robb series. But his book is very disappointing. At first didn't understand why it's like an outline almost. Characters are likable but not fleshed out. Pace seems very fast for a NR book. And the characters conversations are weak. Then I read other reviews that it's one of her early books. Now understand why it's such a weak read. It was written before her skills matured. Still unhappy that she and her editor didn't do a rewrite before republishing it. Haven't gotten very far and not sure if I will bother to finish it.
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77 of 78 people found the following review helpful
I was excited to finally have this 'new' book auto-delivered to my Kindle, and I started reading it almost as soon as it arrived (I was just so glad to be over the Boonesboro trilogy!).
But as I read, I kept thinking that something must have happened to NR. The writing was so, well, bad! The characters are poorly developed, the story starts with very little background, sections bounce back and forth from one character's POV to the other's, descriptive words are repeated frequently (sometimes within two or three sentences). There were just so many basic writing flaws that the story wasn't flowing at all for me.
I tried to stick with it, thinking that it just HAD to improve. With the amount of gratuitous sex between the heroine and hero, coupled with the way the heroine swooped in and immediately found her way into the heart of the hero's orphaned niece, I thought that I was reading some weird experimental mash-up of Fifty Shades of Grey and The Sound of Music. Maybe NR was trying out some bizarre literary style?
And then I got to the chapter where the H&H go to New York. And she goes shopping at Gimbels. WHAT??? That store has been closed for decades! I quickly went to the title page and, lo and behold.... this book is 30 years old! Or nearly that anyway. And very dated. Written when Ms. Roberts was just learning the ropes, long before she'd hit her stride as the (usually) wonderful story-teller that she's become.
So.... fair warning. This book is NOT NEW. Some may like it, but I didn't. And I'm very sorry that I didn't know that it was a reprint before I spent the money for it. Buyer beware.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
I love Nora Roberts books, even collect them and stalk the bookstore waiting for a new book to be released. That being said, her and her publishers need to stop trying to pass off her old titles as new books by changing the titles, many times lumping two of the older titles together under a new title, and then putting an updated cover on them. This is just another form of bait and switch in order to make money from the consumer. Don't ruin a good thing, Nora, either keep writing new books or retire and let people make the conscience decision to buy older titles, without the deception.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
It is difficult to believe that this is a Nora Roberts novel. The writing lacks polish, characters are one dimensional versions of bad film noir characters. General feel is one of a B (or less) movie. Heavy on the cheap analogies and plot twists, seriously lacking in anything of substance. Hands down the worst Nora Roberts' book I have ever read, and I have read them all.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
This is an older I'm guessing Harliquin from Nora. Very formula based. I little too dated. The best thing about this book is the short excerpt at the end of the "Dark Witch".
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
I was so disappointed when I realized I had already read this book. Wasted my money! Nora Roberts must be burned out, as her new novels are few and far between.
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