Comments on: REVIEW: What a Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden

By: romancefanreader

romancefanreader — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:58:57 +0000

have this one in my TBR pile and I want to get to it soon since I liked Linden's first book, What a Woman Needs. Have any of you read that one?

Yes! What A Woman Needs was terrific. I loved the plot and especially the H/H! She was sophisticated and he was sexy! Together they made music!
I was not AS happy with the second book but I adore Caroline’s style!
I’ll always buy her books!

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:53:57 +0000

[quote comment="22751"]Janine, Yes I read What a Woman Needs and liked it, too. I really think Linden’s an author to watch.[/quote]

I’ve only read her first book, but even so, I agree with you, Phyl.

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By: Phyl

Phyl — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:08:05 +0000

Janine, Yes I read What a Woman Needs and liked it, too. I really think Linden’s an author to watch.

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:30:35 +0000

I have this one in my TBR pile and I want to get to it soon since I liked Linden’s first book, What a Woman Needs. Have any of you read that one?

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:31:38 +0000

This was a B+ read for me, for many of the reasons you mention. I LOVED that Linden was patient in how she brought Marcus and Hannah together, actually focusing on them as people who are getting to know each other. This book make me realize how effective Romance can be when it’s not *trying* so damn hard to be meaningful and passionate. Linden lets her characters do the work for the most part, and that allowed me to care for them and their story. Although types, Marcus and Hannah felt authentic to me, and, as you said, the internal logic to the book made me forgive and overlook some things I might not feel so generous about in another book. In its sheer modesty, this book really shined for me.

By: Phyl

Phyl — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:40:19 +0000

And as I said, the whole denouement felt tacked on.

I really liked this book, right up to the last 45 pages or so. I liked the same things you did, such as Hannah admitting she liked being a Duchess and I liked watching Hannah & Marcus fall in love with each other. But is was as if another book suddenly appeared with the whole action/adventure sequence at the end. It practically came out of nowhere and really spoiled something I thought was rather good and a bit unique for a Regency historical. Then the book became too much like all the others out there.

Ms. Linden shows a lot of promise as a writer and I look forward to her next book. But I hope she doesn’t succumb to the pressure to follow some blasted formula that seems to dominate the market.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:46:45 +0000

I read this book and enjoyed it too. I had a problem with the Celia acting like a kid instread of a young lady too. I did write Caroline about Celia and I no longer have the email with her reply to me. But after reading her reply to me I could understand why Celia was acting like a kid.