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By: REVIEW: After the Kiss by Suzanne Enoch | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:00:26 +0000

[...] commenter Corrine, I had admittedly had some issues with the past few historicals. I had enjoyed England’s [...]

By: REVIEW: Death Angel by Linda Howard | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:01:00 +0000

[...] commenter noted the other day that the book included very little about the hero. I think that was an intentional exclusion but it [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:16:22 +0000

kathie – I wrote up my review and it will post tomorrow morning. I agree that the hero was very obscured. I thought that was done intentionally but it definitely made it harder to become attached to him when he was so mysterious. Howard’s male characters are some of the reasons why she’s one of my favorite authors and Death Angel was definitely missing some of that.

Meljean – your thoughts about Suzanne Enoch’s book are exactly what drew me to the story. I loved the societal interplay and how ordinary and reasonable it all seemed given what we know of the time period. I really appreciated the use of the society and the social constraints to provide the conflict.

By: kathie

kathie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:22:44 +0000

I just finished Death Angel. . . I would be interested in reading someone else’s opinion. . . I’m not very good at critiquing, but I would say that the heroine was pretty well developed, but the characterization of the hero was pretty flat. You just never learned enough about him to really care about him. And I really wanted to.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:25:34 +0000

Has anyone read Linda Howard’s Death Angel? Haven’t seen any reviews (good or bad) and don’t want to go to Amazon for any input.

By: azteclady

azteclady — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:16:23 +0000

Corrine, the hero is Vihn Murphy (introduced in Flashpoint, last seen in Hot Target), and the heroine is Hannah Whitfield, who is introduced in this book. You can find a bit more about it here.

By: Meljean

Meljean — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:26 +0000

Oh, I’m glad to see Enoch’s book added! I just read this yesterday, and I had to go onto Enoch’s site, looking for a release date for Bram’s book after finishing After the Kiss. I was disappointed the next was Phin’s, but only because we don’t see anything of him in this installment.

I was surprised by the book, I’ll admit — when the heroine first showed up, I thought I wasn’t going to like her at all. But I enjoyed her growth throughout the story, and there was one line in particular that I thought was excellent — about seeing the edges of rooms — which was just a lovely way of saying how her eyes had been opened to the behavior of the ton. I also loved how very genuine the comments of the heroine’s family seemed in regards to the horse breeder, even as they aggravated my very contemporary sensibilities about class equality — but I never felt that Enoch cheated or oiled the HEA for her characters in a manipulative, slippery way.

By: Corrine

Corrine — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:24:16 +0000

Am now fidgety and awaiting Brams’ book.

Oh, yes. From all the hints of Bram’s character, he seems very similar to St. Aubyn from London’s Perfect Scoundrel, which I also loved.

Suzanne Brockmann’s Into the Fire is also released this month.

Azteclady, can you tell me who the protagonists of the new SB are going to be?

By: azteclady

azteclady — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:21 +0000

Suzanne Brockmann’s Into the Fire is also released this month.

Me, a Brockmann fangrrl? You bet :grin:

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:42 +0000

Corrine – Thats exactly how I felt. EPH is my favorite Enoch book. I thought her last few, including her contemps, have really been ordinary which is why I didn’t read it right away and put it in my provisionary pile. I think because my expectations were lowered, I was just thrilled to have a strong emotional reaction to Enoch’s work again. I just finished the August book last night and while it wasn’t as good as the After the Kiss (loved the title btw), it was still strong. Am now fidgety and awaiting Brams’ book.