For the most part, Texas Princess is a very average story, with somewhat likable characters and a decent enough plot. The story wasn’t bad, but it didn’t grab me, and I had enough negative feelings about the writing style that it pushed the book into the minus category. Tobin McMurray is a very quiet man,…
I dearly love getting lost in vast historical sagas, so when I heard about The House of Lanyon, I knew I just had to read it. Having plowed through this book, I can say that while it is huge and also historical, the characters never fully come to life. Nearly 600 pages of bland, colorless…
When I realized that the author of the third book in the Immortals fantasy/paranormal series was the same Joy Nash who wrote two books set in the unusual and not often used time period of the Roman Empire, I boo-hoo’d a bit at the loss of another historical romance author to the paranormal romance bandwagon….
It feels as though I am committing some form of romance sacrilege when I give Georgette Heyer at B+. Still, even though I enjoyed An Infamous Army, it just didn’t quite rise to DIK status. The book is set in Brussels in the months leading up to the Battle of Waterloo and it describes the…
I started reading this anthology right after reading Laurie’s fantastic ATBF column on urban fantasy. It even got me out of lurkerdom on the AAR boards to comment. I spent a good deal of time contemplating why I like urban fantasy so much, because it’s one of the few genres in which I have auto-buy…
I love seeing historical romances set in the early 20th century and, since I also find the history of aviation fascinating, I was doubly thrilled to stumble across On Wings of the Morning. This tale of two restless souls finding peace and love has a beauty about it that made the story linger in my…
Last year I enjoyed Jana DeLeon’s debut novel, Rumble on the Bayou, very much indeed and considered it the best mystery I read in 2006. So I looked forward very much to reading her second romance/mystery, Unlucky, and I was not disappointed. Mallory Devereaux from Royal Flush, Louisiana, has been spectacularly unlucky all her life….
The days when I might impulsively buy romance novels without the benefit of reviews or online buzz are pretty much behind me. My reluctance is understandable considering that I’ve been burnt w-a-a-a-y too many times when taking a chance on unknown writers and I hate wasting money on books I don’t even finish. But I…
It’s hard to jump into a series at the end. Some authors make it easier than others, but there’s always a bit of confusion, at least in the beginning. Becket’s Last Stand is the last of a seven-book series, none of which I’d read prior to this one, so I felt somewhat disorientated throughout the…
Sometimes authors start out with a good thing, but then just mess it up. This is what happened with Hot For It. The basic plot might have made good romantic erotica, but by adding a whole other storyline, Melissa MacNeal trod some very fine lines that made this book a more uncomfortable reading experience for…
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