Comments on: REVIEW: Ice Blue by Anne Stuart http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: daala http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-117684 daala Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:35:06 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-117684 final fantasy is a videogame and in it reno is a member if the turks.also taka would look more like jrock artist hyde not that reeves fellow. final fantasy is a videogame and in it reno is a member if the turks.also taka would look more like jrock artist hyde not that reeves fellow.

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-28029 Liz Kluczwski Wed, 09 May 2007 22:50:33 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-28029 Bonnie Hi I'm a little confused about certain things in your email. Who is the Final Fantasy character and how does it relate to Ms. Stuart and Ice books. Am I missing something here? Who did you email and Keith Urban. He's a character in Ice Blue? Also who"s novel are you looking forward to by "he". Appreciate you getting back to me. Thanks. Bonnie Hi I’m a little confused about certain things in your email. Who is the Final Fantasy character and how does it relate to Ms. Stuart and Ice books. Am I missing something here? Who did you email and Keith Urban. He’s a character in Ice Blue? Also who”s novel are you looking forward to by “he”. Appreciate you getting back to me. Thanks.

]]> By: Bonnie http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27983 Bonnie Wed, 09 May 2007 03:15:02 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27983 I loved all three of the Ice books and I enjoy Stuart as an author. While her heroines are not as strong as the heroes, I love the darkness and the unexpected humor in her writing. The twistedness appeals to me. I am amused by the use of a Final Fantasy character and I am looking forward to his novel, I wonder if he ends up with who I think he is going to end up with. For those who were wondering who the character looks like, I have emailed her before and she was very prompt in answering when I asked if one of her characters was inspired by Keith Urban. Also she is doing an anthology with Jennifer Crusie and Eileen Dreyer that should be terrific that is due out this summer. I loved all three of the Ice books and I enjoy Stuart as an author. While her heroines are not as strong as the heroes, I love the darkness and the unexpected humor in her writing. The twistedness appeals to me.
I am amused by the use of a Final Fantasy character and I am looking forward to his novel, I wonder if he ends up with who I think he is going to end up with.
For those who were wondering who the character looks like, I have emailed her before and she was very prompt in answering when I asked if one of her characters was inspired by Keith Urban.
Also she is doing an anthology with Jennifer Crusie and Eileen Dreyer that should be terrific that is due out this summer.

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27827 Liz Kluczwski Sun, 06 May 2007 16:12:20 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27827 Thanks for the photo. Yes I love it. I saw Somethings Gotta Give and loved him in it. Also it was a funny movie. I just finished Ice Blue. Took my time as I didnt want it to end. Im thinking about reading it again and really think this was her best blue series. Right now Im reading Special Gifts by Anne Stuart. One of her old silhouette Intimate Moments books published in l990. It has never been reissued like most of her other books. Im looking forward to Ice Storm published in November and also a story with about Reno and Jilly. Now that looks interesting. Hope to hear from you again and thanks for the photo. Loved it. Also when I mentioned Special gifts, meant to say mostly all of her older books are never reissued. Thanks for the photo. Yes I love it. I saw Somethings Gotta Give and loved him in it. Also it was a funny movie. I just finished Ice Blue. Took my time as I didnt want it to end. Im thinking about reading it again and really think this was her best blue series. Right now Im reading Special Gifts by Anne Stuart. One of her old silhouette Intimate Moments books published in l990. It has never been reissued like most of her other books. Im looking forward to Ice Storm published in November and also a story with about Reno and Jilly. Now that looks interesting. Hope to hear from you again and thanks for the photo. Loved it. Also when I mentioned Special gifts, meant to say mostly all of her older books are never reissued.

]]> By: Shoregirl http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27781 Shoregirl Sun, 06 May 2007 03:50:48 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27781 Try this photo: http://www.funmunch.com/celebrities/actors/keanu_reeves/keanu_reeves_15.shtml Also- you should rent Something's Gotta Give. He's great in it. And... he's 42. Not that young anymore! Try this photo: http://www.funmunch.com/celebrities/actors/keanu_reeves/keanu_reeves_15.shtml

Also- you should rent Something’s Gotta Give. He’s great in it.

And… he’s 42. Not that young anymore!

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27592 Liz Kluczwski Thu, 03 May 2007 02:06:47 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27592 I Searched the web for a photo of Keanu Reeves with long hair and found a web site http://www.womenrepublic.co.uk/entertainment/reeves/rv8.htm. I love his eyes and I can picture him as taka. I also rented the "watcher" which I haven't seen in a long time. Check all the photos. I Searched the web for a photo of Keanu Reeves with long hair and found a web site http://www.womenrepublic.co.uk/entertainment/reeves/rv8.htm. I love his eyes and I can picture him as taka. I also rented the “watcher” which I haven’t seen in a long time. Check all the photos.

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27391 Liz Kluczwski Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:38:59 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27391 I never thought of Keanu Reeves, but that is a good choice. I was thinking maybe someone a little bit older. Thanks for responding. How anyone could not like Anne Stuart's writing is beyond me. I have so many of her older books. Cant wait for her new book in November. I never thought of Keanu Reeves, but that is a good choice. I was thinking maybe someone a little bit older. Thanks for responding. How anyone could not like Anne Stuart’s writing is beyond me. I have so many of her older books. Cant wait for her new book in November.

]]> By: Shoregirl http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27339 Shoregirl Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:10:17 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-27339 I think he looks a bit like Keanu Reeves. By the way, I thought this was a great book. Looking forward to the next. I think he looks a bit like Keanu Reeves.

By the way, I thought this was a great book. Looking forward to the next.

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26992 Liz Kluczwski Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:49:44 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26992 Can any one tell me who taka would look like. I cant picutre anyone at all Can any one tell me who taka would look like. I cant picutre anyone at all

]]> By: Liz Kluczwski http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26959 Liz Kluczwski Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:33:56 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26959 I am reading Ice Blue now and I am more that half way through and loving every minute. I always read Anne Stuart's books. Her books are the best in romantic suspense. Even her earlier books like Moonrise, etc. were great. I love taki very much and would read another book with take as the hero. Anne Stuart one of my favorite authors outside of James Patterson. I am reading Ice Blue now and I am more that half way through and loving every minute. I always read Anne Stuart’s books. Her books are the best in romantic suspense. Even her earlier books like Moonrise, etc. were great. I love taki very much and would read another book with take as the hero. Anne Stuart one of my favorite authors outside of James Patterson.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26526 Janine Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:32:05 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26526 Destiny, I get the sense from Ms. Stuart's website that she does plan to continue writing about Reno. I'm not personally familiar with J-rock, so I have no opinion on it one way or another. What's an FF character? Destiny, I get the sense from Ms. Stuart’s website that she does plan to continue writing about Reno. I’m not personally familiar with J-rock, so I have no opinion on it one way or another.

What’s an FF character?

]]> By: Destiny http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26494 Destiny Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:55:59 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-26494 I'd like to ask whether or not Ms. stuart plans on continuing the Ice Blue storyline. I would absolutely love if she did a continuation story for Reno, Taka's cousin. I'm dying to know why he hates <em>gaijins</em> and what his relationship will be with Summer's little sister. Btw, Reno is my favorite FF character and I personally like Miyavi. (Though Gackt and HYDE are hiz-ot!) Do you think she'll continue it? Who here would like that? And what's your opinion on Jrock? I’d like to ask whether or not Ms. stuart plans on continuing the Ice Blue storyline. I would absolutely love if she did a continuation story for Reno, Taka’s cousin. I’m dying to know why he hates gaijins and what his relationship will be with Summer’s little sister. Btw, Reno is my favorite FF character and I personally like Miyavi. (Though Gackt and HYDE are hiz-ot!)
Do you think she’ll continue it? Who here would like that? And what’s your opinion on Jrock?

]]> By: May http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25596 May Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:01:30 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25596 Thanks Janine. I'll see what I can get my hands on first. :) Thanks Janine. I’ll see what I can get my hands on first. :)

]]> By: kardis http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25588 kardis Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:59:12 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25588 I agree with what you're saying about Taka, Janine. I guess what makes this book so hard for me to stay engrossed in is that Taka's conflict seems so very hollow. It goes on for way too long. The fact that Bastien decides early on to protect Chloe made him so much more compelling for me. And I actually like Chloe the best of any of these heroines (which says very little!). I agree with what you’re saying about Taka, Janine. I guess what makes this book so hard for me to stay engrossed in is that Taka’s conflict seems so very hollow. It goes on for way too long. The fact that Bastien decides early on to protect Chloe made him so much more compelling for me. And I actually like Chloe the best of any of these heroines (which says very little!).

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25583 Janine Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:56:16 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25583 <blockquote>I felt exactly the same about Bastien Toussaint. I think it's because this kind of hero is so far away from the stereotypical Romanceland hero.</blockquote> Great point that Stuart's type of hero is so different from what is common in Romanceland. But I had a bigger problem with Taka than with Bastien because SPOILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taka literally put his hands on Summer's throat with the intention of breaking it, more than once. He couldn't bring himself to do it, but that was very hard for me to read, more so than anything Bastien did to Chloe. Bastien was completely dedicated to saving Chloe's life for the better part of Black Ice, and that was a big part of why I loved him. I liked Taka very much, but not as much as I loved Bastien.

I felt exactly the same about Bastien Toussaint. I think it’s because this kind of hero is so far away from the stereotypical Romanceland hero.

Great point that Stuart’s type of hero is so different from what is common in Romanceland. But I had a bigger problem with Taka than with Bastien because

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Taka literally put his hands on Summer’s throat with the intention of breaking it, more than once. He couldn’t bring himself to do it, but that was very hard for me to read, more so than anything Bastien did to Chloe. Bastien was completely dedicated to saving Chloe’s life for the better part of Black Ice, and that was a big part of why I loved him. I liked Taka very much, but not as much as I loved Bastien.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25582 Janine Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:51:09 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25582 <blockquote>Oh, yes, Janine — thanks! Frankly, I'd love if it Stuart wrote a heroine who is passive aggressive AND uses sex like her heroes do.</blockquote> I would too, but I don't know if Stuart is interested in writing such a heroine.

Oh, yes, Janine — thanks! Frankly, I’d love if it Stuart wrote a heroine who is passive aggressive AND uses sex like her heroes do.

I would too, but I don’t know if Stuart is interested in writing such a heroine.

]]> By: Karen Scott http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25578 Karen Scott Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:31:09 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25578 <blockquote>I found Taka very sexy, but I also had to ask myself what it says about me that a hero who comes close to killing the heroine three times is so compelling to me.<blockquote> I felt exactly the same about Bastien Toussaint. I think it's because this kind of hero is so far away from the stereotypical Romanceland hero.

I found Taka very sexy, but I also had to ask myself what it says about me that a hero who comes close to killing the heroine three times is so compelling to me.

I felt exactly the same about Bastien Toussaint. I think it’s because this kind of hero is so far away from the stereotypical Romanceland hero.

]]> By: Robin http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25571 Robin Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:26:09 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25571 <blockquote> Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don't like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please? I think you meant dislike rather than like? And if so, amen to that.</blockquote> Oh, yes, Janine -- thanks! Frankly, I'd love if it Stuart wrote a heroine who is passive aggressive AND uses sex like her heroes do. Genevieve's anger in Cold As Ice, for example, really interested me, but it would have been so much more compelling, IMO, if she hadn't been so stereotypically martyred in other ways. Chloe, for all her naivete, never felt passive aggressive or angry or martyred to me, and so I felt no need for her to be more overtly aggressive -- in fact, I liked her, and I liked her for Bastien. I haven't figured out where to classify Summer yet.

Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don’t like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please?

I think you meant dislike rather than like? And if so, amen to that.

Oh, yes, Janine — thanks! Frankly, I’d love if it Stuart wrote a heroine who is passive aggressive AND uses sex like her heroes do. Genevieve’s anger in Cold As Ice, for example, really interested me, but it would have been so much more compelling, IMO, if she hadn’t been so stereotypically martyred in other ways. Chloe, for all her naivete, never felt passive aggressive or angry or martyred to me, and so I felt no need for her to be more overtly aggressive — in fact, I liked her, and I liked her for Bastien. I haven’t figured out where to classify Summer yet.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25569 Janine Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:16:49 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25569 DS, No, no bland blond guy in <em>Black Ice.</em> Your list of familiar elements only makes me appreciate <em>Black Ice</em> more, not less. I recognized most of them too (though more from movies than from older books), and I loved that Stuart was able to take them and fashion something that still felt so original and fresh, and very different from any other secret agent book I've read in the romance genre. That book knocked me out. Robin, keep us posted on how <em>Ice Blue</em> works out for you. <blockquote>Black Ice was the very first Anne Stuart book I LOVED, and it's starting to look like it might be the only one.</blockquote> I think <em>Black Ice</em> was something truly special and I suspect that no matter how many Ice books Stuart writes, we may not see it's like again. <blockquote>Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don't like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please?</blockquote> I think you meant dislike rather than like? And if so, amen to that. DS, No, no bland blond guy in Black Ice. Your list of familiar elements only makes me appreciate Black Ice more, not less. I recognized most of them too (though more from movies than from older books), and I loved that Stuart was able to take them and fashion something that still felt so original and fresh, and very different from any other secret agent book I’ve read in the romance genre. That book knocked me out.

Robin, keep us posted on how Ice Blue works out for you.

Black Ice was the very first Anne Stuart book I LOVED, and it’s starting to look like it might be the only one.

I think Black Ice was something truly special and I suspect that no matter how many Ice books Stuart writes, we may not see it’s like again.

Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don’t like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please?

I think you meant dislike rather than like? And if so, amen to that.

]]> By: Robin http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25567 Robin Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:40:22 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/29/ice-blue/#comment-25567 I don't mind Stuart's "neurotic" heroines (perfect word!), but I had a REALLY hard time buying the love connection in Cold As Ice, and having started Ice Blue, I'm getting worried with this one, too. Black Ice was the very first Anne Stuart book I LOVED, and it's starting to look like it might be the only one. Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don't like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please? I don’t mind Stuart’s “neurotic” heroines (perfect word!), but I had a REALLY hard time buying the love connection in Cold As Ice, and having started Ice Blue, I’m getting worried with this one, too. Black Ice was the very first Anne Stuart book I LOVED, and it’s starting to look like it might be the only one. Oh, and could we please have some neurotic heroines who don’t like/are afraid of/ashamed of/new to sex/coming/their bodies/their curves? Pretty please?

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