Link for US Buyers: The Gladiator’s Honor (Harlequin Historical Series) Updated 3pm EST 12/4/06 to add: Amazon.ca has one left, and there seems to be some availability at eHarlequin’s online store. Also, Books-a-Million may have some copies as well. The trouble with Mills & Boon and their US counterpart, Harlequin, is not the content or even the secret sheihk’s baby daddy plot lines. My problem? The SIZE. Size MATTERS. Why does size matter? Because when … Continue reading The Gladiator’s Honour by Michelle Styles →
I mentioned to Candy recently that I was reading Kinsale’s The Dream Hunter and she said that she was looking forward to hearing my opinion, since she had problems with it. Yesterday we discussed it at length, which turned into something of a tandem review: Sarah: What was your problem with The Dream Hunter? I’m getting frustrated with it and want to know your reasons for irritation. The language is beautiful but I want to … Continue reading The Dream Hunter by Laura Kinsale →
I have to give this book an F because I am so damn bored by it I don’t even want to finish it. I’m on page 135 out of 311 and I couldn’t give less of a shit about these characters. So this will have to be a half-finished review because I can’t be bothered to give a damn. I think it speaks volumes that I am in my 2nd trimester and flush with hormones … Continue reading The Demon’s Daughter by Emma Holly →
Warning: Commentary contains more spoilers than usual that we didn’t bother to white-out. If this bothers you, read only at your own risk. Lydia Smith, in a particularly bright (snerk) moment, decides that The Thing To Do is to go to Shanghai to visit her fiancé, Maxwell. Without an escort. Or a chaperone of any sort. Or telling her snooky-wookums she’s coming so he can meet her at the harbor. And as a bonus, she … Continue reading White Tigress by Jade Lee →
In the previous entry on romantica, erotica, and romance novels, oh the heaps of contrast, Stef mentioned a conference in which a person explained the difference as “they have members; we have c0cks.” Indeed. I would like to announce that the hero of Emma Holly’s historical romantica novel Beyond Seduction has a cock. And he refers to it as such, when the heroine is not touching it, exploring it’s veiny wonderment, learning how to give … Continue reading Beyond Seduction by Emma Holly →
I’ve had Uncommon Vows on my coffee table for a few days now, so I could stare at it while I watched tv to try to figure out what I’m going to say about it. I can say that I finished it. I can also say that a lot of people really, really, hump-the-walls-and-erect-a-shrine-to-Putney-in-the-den LOVE this book. I can also say that it was okay. If one pictures the separate elements of a romance novel … Continue reading Uncommon Vows by Mary Jo Putney →
