Time for another Classic Romance: Which One First? recommendation-a-thon-a-ganza! It can be intimidating to look at an author's back list and try to figure out where to begin – especially when a selection of them are on sale.
Teresa Medeiros is one author whose backlist I'm somewhat familiar with, and six of her books are on sale digitally right now, so it seemed a good time to discuss: which Medeiros book would you recommend a new reader try first?
I'm personally a happy-sigh fan of her fairy-tale retellings, especially Charming the Prince (A | BN | K | S) and The Bride and the Beast (A | BN | K | S).
I wasn't mad about The Devil Wears Plaid, though I enjoyed it, and alas I didn't enjoy Goodnight Tweetheart at all. Her historicals are definitely my favorites.
What about you? I'll compile your recommendations in about a week for those who are curious. Which Medeiros books do you recommend for first-time readers?
I’ve never read a Medeiros novel I liked above half. Never truly hated any of them, either. They’re equally forgettable, which is part of how I kept reading her for so long. Where to start with her backlist? I’d just skip it. Unless by on sale you mean free, and even then…I mean, if someone put one of her books next to my breakfast, I’d read it rather than the cereal box, but I don’t bother getting her stuff out of the library anymore.
LOVE Bride and the Beast !!!! Can’t even remember how many times I’ve read this!
I loved Nobody’s Darling and A Whisper of Roses. I love all her older books – I need to re-read a few of them.
I had no idea she had a western! Yay!
TM can be hit or miss with me, especially with some of her more recent books, but I quite enjoyed her older books, many of which are keepers for me. If I had to pick a single favorite? Hands down: Yours Until Dawn. It has melodrama and angst aplenty, but it also has loads of humor.
I loved Yours Until Dawn. I reread that one at least once a year. One Night of Scandal was also a good one.