books read
Oct. 3rd, 2005 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaLoretta Chase, Mr. Impossible
She's an intellectual widow with a passion for heirogyphics and, um, passion, although right now she's obsessed with finding her kidnapped brother. He's a big lummox with a heart of gold, who has spent his life bumbling into trouble and having fun, but he's brighter than he seems, I think. They fight international intrigue and local banditry in the hunt for Egyptian antiquities all up and down the Nile.
I was sore afraid when I began, because I know something about 1820s Egypt. Happily Chase does too, so I wasn't maddened by inaccuracies left and right. However, this still didn't grab me - and I've seen it raved about elsewhere. The only big problem I had with it was the hero's voice, which I didn't buy - so was he dumb or not?
Jo Beverly, Skylark
She's a passionate widow with a past as a society star, now afraid for the life of her son and newly a little more grounded. He's the serious boy next door who loved her 6 years ago, and went on to a bright career in parliament as a radical. They investigate a family mystery that she hopes will, if resolved right, protect her little one.
SPOILERS: The only unusual bit in this was the inclusion of a homosexual male couple, which seems to be a trendy development in romance these days - having a gay B-story or background story. A fascinating development to me, goven romance's stereotypical audience of housewives from Topeka.
General romace novel note: I am tired of Rogues, families with 5 brothers, secret societies formed at Eton, etc. Yes, I know series sell well. I don't have to LIKE them though.
She's an intellectual widow with a passion for heirogyphics and, um, passion, although right now she's obsessed with finding her kidnapped brother. He's a big lummox with a heart of gold, who has spent his life bumbling into trouble and having fun, but he's brighter than he seems, I think. They fight international intrigue and local banditry in the hunt for Egyptian antiquities all up and down the Nile.
I was sore afraid when I began, because I know something about 1820s Egypt. Happily Chase does too, so I wasn't maddened by inaccuracies left and right. However, this still didn't grab me - and I've seen it raved about elsewhere. The only big problem I had with it was the hero's voice, which I didn't buy - so was he dumb or not?
Jo Beverly, Skylark
She's a passionate widow with a past as a society star, now afraid for the life of her son and newly a little more grounded. He's the serious boy next door who loved her 6 years ago, and went on to a bright career in parliament as a radical. They investigate a family mystery that she hopes will, if resolved right, protect her little one.
SPOILERS: The only unusual bit in this was the inclusion of a homosexual male couple, which seems to be a trendy development in romance these days - having a gay B-story or background story. A fascinating development to me, goven romance's stereotypical audience of housewives from Topeka.
General romace novel note: I am tired of Rogues, families with 5 brothers, secret societies formed at Eton, etc. Yes, I know series sell well. I don't have to LIKE them though.