The time is ripe for a reminder about how subjective the reading experience can be. It is probable that many Balogh fans will greatly enjoy Slightly Wicked. As for me, despite being a long-time fan of Balogh, I found the generally well-loved A Summer to Remember surprisingly mediocre and clichéd, and I liked Slightly Wicked…
Recently I read a mystery by Sarah Smith called The Vanished Child. Though written in 1992 the novel reads as though it were written at the turn of the 20th century – the period in which it is set. Her use of language works to draw the reader into that time and place so well,…
I’ve always liked Cinderella stories. A young, lower-class woman improves herself and wins the prince of her dreams in the process… what a wonderful fantasy. Cinderella stories, however, can be less than believable if the woman transforms herself too rapidly, and that’s part of the trouble with A A Scandalous Lady. Add to that characters…
Nerd in Shining Armor was a title I just couldn’t resist. I admit to enjoying the sight of an attractive guy, but looks are nothing without brains, and nerds are among my favorite heroes. In this book, the nerd in question gets stranded on an island with the heroine – and fortunately, plenty of condoms….
Normally, a book like this would be way too sweet for me. I’m not that sentimental, but I can get all teary-eyed over a basket of puppies, and Song From The Sea was the book equivalent of a big-eyed puppy. Callista Melbourne’s father has promised her to Harold Carlyle, the son of a friend. Callie…
Recently I saw the movie The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon and a very good German actress named Franka Potente. As often happens in action movies, Potente was wasted in what I call a “girlfriend role”: she had no real purpose other than to be protected by, and to love, the dominant hero. Dina McCall’s…
While here at AAR we all do our utmost to approach each book we review with an open mind, I must admit that based on Jude Deveraux’s last few reviews here, I didn’t have a lot of hope when I opened her newest release. Thirty-six hours later, I closed the book with a sigh. Wild…
Prescription: Marry Her Immediately is the second entry in Jacqueline Diamond’s Babies of Doctors Circle series. In this book we meet Dr. Quentin Ladd, a neonatology specialist, and psychologist Amy Ravenna, his best friend. Having just finished his specialized training, Quent is enjoying the perks of being a single doctor until he realizes he would…
At one point in Once Upon a Mattress, the heroine’s best friend explains a recent break-up with her boyfriend this way: “No sparks.” That basically sums up why this perfectly reasonable little book falls just short of a recommendation. There’s really nothing wrong with it. It gets a number of things right, and there are…
Photographer Alex Graham is no stranger to disaster sites. A dam collapse in Arapahoe Junction, Colorado, is different though and pulls her into the story more than any other she’s covered. Alex becomes so involved in the rescue efforts that she capture the images she’s paid to get. Then, while trying to get caught up,…
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