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Feb 15, 2011
Flannery
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Can someone really say that a plot felt formulaic when it is the THIRTIETH book in a series? I don’t really think so. *facepalm* Okay, well we’re back with badass Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her Irish billionaire stud of a husband, Roarke. This time, Dallas and Peabody are doing their thang in the homicide-detecting world and the victim in one of the founders of a video game design company. Normally, Nora Roberts/JD Robb is rather informative about the occupations of her characters and we get tons
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Aug 01, 2011
Vanessa
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Okay, I really loved this latest installment. A lot of the secondary figures were included. It had a lot of great humor, and Eve seems to be mellowing some as she reflects on friendships and other personal matters. There was actually less sex in this one, and more romance. Eve and Roarke share a lot more intimacy, and it wasn't overdone.
The mystery was interesting and kind of techie, but since my daughter is a fiend for video games, I found that part interesting. It also gave Feeney More...
The mystery was interesting and kind of techie, but since my daughter is a fiend for video games, I found that part interesting. It also gave Feeney More...
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Feb 24, 2010
Erika
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4.5 stars.
What a wicked frosty book :P
It was more police procedural than epiphany of Eve and Roarkes relationship, we don't see as much Feeney, and no Charles and Louise (still on honeymoon) A short scene with Mavis and Nadine, but it's still an interesting read.
Some of Peabody's lines really cracked me up. I enjoy Peabody and Eve's dynamic.
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What a wicked frosty book :P
It was more police procedural than epiphany of Eve and Roarkes relationship, we don't see as much Feeney, and no Charles and Louise (still on honeymoon) A short scene with Mavis and Nadine, but it's still an interesting read.
Some of Peabody's lines really cracked me up. I enjoy Peabody and Eve's dynamic.
I was glad to see the usual banter was back, I felt it was missing in Kindred, but that could have been More...
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Feb 07, 2011
William
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Fantasy in Death by J. D. Robb
The not too distant future is the setting for Lt. Eve Dallas and her adventures. The entire series I have read so far is focused on homicide and the mystery that surrounds each murder. This book focuses on rpg. (role playing games) A group of loveable geeks is on the verge of paramount geekieness when they are beset with foul play.
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The not too distant future is the setting for Lt. Eve Dallas and her adventures. The entire series I have read so far is focused on homicide and the mystery that surrounds each murder. This book focuses on rpg. (role playing games) A group of loveable geeks is on the verge of paramount geekieness when they are beset with foul play.
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Oct 05, 2010
Diane
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Fantasy in Death, a futuristic murder mystery about a death resulting from a vid game, becomes a game itself as Detective Eve Dallas has to face a deadly foe in a game that's stacked against her. J.D. Robb's Eve Dallas mysteries are delicious to read, even for non-science nuts. I happen to love anything Star Trekky, so I love these books. What I really like about the series is that Robb is able build a futuristic galaxy through the invention of language, clothing, transportation, and the other a
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Sep 10, 2010
Lynette
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Hmm. First let me begin by stating that I love, love, love Nora Robert's In Death series. I'm not a big devotee of her Nora Roberts novels, but I devour each In Death novel as soon as can. There is no doubt that Ms. Roberts is a fabulous writer and that Ms. Roberts excels at characters, and character development. Fantasy In Death is no exception. In this thirtieth book in the series, Eve and Roarke are just as fresh and interesting as they were in the first book. What I loved about this book are
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May 20, 2010
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Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
This is the latest installment in the length In Death futuristic mystery series by Robb and I have to say I liked this one better than the last two. Granted most of the Eve Dallas stories are good and easy reads, the last two had so many subplots revolving around her friends’ babies and weddings (mostly to illustrate Eve doesn’t know how to act like a woman. I’m so tried of that trope. Why can’t a woman be tough without acting like she has no idea what it More...
This is the latest installment in the length In Death futuristic mystery series by Robb and I have to say I liked this one better than the last two. Granted most of the Eve Dallas stories are good and easy reads, the last two had so many subplots revolving around her friends’ babies and weddings (mostly to illustrate Eve doesn’t know how to act like a woman. I’m so tried of that trope. Why can’t a woman be tough without acting like she has no idea what it More...
May 17, 2010
Dianna
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I really enjoyed this addition to the Eve Dallas series. She contemplates a lot on friendship and the pros and cons of letting people into your life. Some of the books read speedy, but this one I enjoyed reading a bit more slowly (granted, I still got it all in about a day). J.D. Robb is the only author I've read to have ever made a happy marriage into a good romance.
The mystery was a fun one. They dealt with some awesome Star Trek-style technologies. When I first started this serie More...
The mystery was a fun one. They dealt with some awesome Star Trek-style technologies. When I first started this serie More...
Apr 07, 2010
LJ
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First Sentence: While swords of lightning slashed and stabbed murderously across the scarred shield of sky, Bart Minnock whistled his way home for the last time.
U-Play is a fast-rising gaming company with a quartet of co-owners. One of them takes the disk home for a game in development, and literally loses his head over it. Lt. Eve Dallas is faced with a locked-room mystery where she and her team have to find out not only who did it, but how it was done.
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U-Play is a fast-rising gaming company with a quartet of co-owners. One of them takes the disk home for a game in development, and literally loses his head over it. Lt. Eve Dallas is faced with a locked-room mystery where she and her team have to find out not only who did it, but how it was done.
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Mar 15, 2010
Felicia
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Mar 09, 2010
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Mar 09, 2010
Connie
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it gets a five because it's still my favorite series. and i love how she cranks them out for me.
however...i'm not sure what's up...is someone helping her crank them out? or have the last few installments been off the track a little? not sure, but the banter conversation was a lot better in this one than the last few. there were more humorous moment when they're working the case and getting on each other's nerves...which is how they're supposed to be with each other.
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however...i'm not sure what's up...is someone helping her crank them out? or have the last few installments been off the track a little? not sure, but the banter conversation was a lot better in this one than the last few. there were more humorous moment when they're working the case and getting on each other's nerves...which is how they're supposed to be with each other.
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Feb 27, 2010
Jennifer
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This, my fellow Eve and Rourke fans, is the the beginning of the end. Not in a horrible, "OMG, this series has totally gone downhill" but in the slow, beautiful way stories about couples come to a resolution. As Roberts says in the video on this page, people grow and change - Eve has had made amazing personal and emotional leaps from the first In Death novel and Rourke has been right beside her. "Fantasy" shows what happens when that growth starts to pay off. The entire time
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Feb 20, 2010
Holly
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The last few In Death books have kind of been off for me. It isn't that I didn't enjoy then, it's just that I didn't enjoy them as much as I expected to given the previous 5 billion books in the series. I went into this book with some trepidation because of that.
I really enjoyed Eve's case. A young entrepreneur is found decapitated inside his locked holo room. Security indicates he was the only one inside at the room, and in fact his whole apartment. Investigation shows the weapon t More...
I really enjoyed Eve's case. A young entrepreneur is found decapitated inside his locked holo room. Security indicates he was the only one inside at the room, and in fact his whole apartment. Investigation shows the weapon t More...
Sep 08, 2011
M—
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Vegas Baby Vacation Read #3
I need to stop collecting this series. Fantasy was well up to par and Robb is, as she remains, a creative and massively fun novelist, but the plots of the In Death books are blurring in my head. I seem to read them now solely for the character interactions, caring little to none about the mystery involved, and I skipped around in this one quite a bit.
Case in point: In this volume, video games were involved. Peabody and McNabb geek out at a gamin More...
I need to stop collecting this series. Fantasy was well up to par and Robb is, as she remains, a creative and massively fun novelist, but the plots of the In Death books are blurring in my head. I seem to read them now solely for the character interactions, caring little to none about the mystery involved, and I skipped around in this one quite a bit.
Case in point: In this volume, video games were involved. Peabody and McNabb geek out at a gamin More...
Aug 17, 2010
Becky
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Enjoyed this Eve Dallas book much more than the most recent ones. Roberts/Robb doesn't delve all the way into the back stories of the characters like she has done in the past few; also we don't have to go through Eve's emotional breakdown regarding her father in this book, either. It's brought up, discussed, and retired. Thank God!
LOVE how Robb imagines some of the future sci-fi stuff. Hologram rooms that allow you to participate in a fantasy game like you're there? Actually being abou More...
LOVE how Robb imagines some of the future sci-fi stuff. Hologram rooms that allow you to participate in a fantasy game like you're there? Actually being abou More...
Feb 28, 2010
KindleKay
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I was so pleased to see that Robbs latest release dropped in Kindle price to $6.39 a mere 2 weeks from release!! I snatched it up and dived in. My love of Eve and Roarke grew again as Robb did not disappoint.
I would not classify this book as one of the best, but it is gratifying none the less. Each book has a formula that works great for this reader. I love how in each book, the character develop more and more making each installment better than the last. This is one series tha More...
I would not classify this book as one of the best, but it is gratifying none the less. Each book has a formula that works great for this reader. I love how in each book, the character develop more and more making each installment better than the last. This is one series tha More...
Feb 19, 2010
Izlinda
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I was pretty surprised to get this book when I did. Amazon.com (still) has its release date as February 23rd and I had pre-ordered it from them, but then found out earlier this week that my public library had copies! Weird, but I'm not one to complain about saving myself money! Yay for canceling a pre-order! Got to read the book one week-ish before Amazon.com releases it. (Huh, strange. Barnes & Noble also has its release date as the February 23rd. Man, I love my public library even more!)
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Apr 16, 2010
Lola4
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Leaps and bounds better than the robotic simulations of the ...in Death characters in the awful Kindred. Much more humor, warmth, relationship among the crew who actually got their old personalities back. However, the murder story itself wasn't the best. It struck me as too implausible even for a futuristic novel, and some spots with interviews, technical stuff, etc. were rather boring and dragged on too long. But, hey, at least it seemed original and wasn't just a rip-off of a Michael Conn
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Jan 14, 2011
orannia
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Four and a quarter stars. I have to confess, I'm no longer reading these books for Eve & Roarke. Roarke, even though he has an Irish accent (which I love), is just too perfect! He seems to be able to do...well...anything (or buy or create anything), and that's boring. And Eve? Well, she doesn't really change. Note I qualified that - she was a lot more open about how she feels about Roarke than in previous books. But...the not knowing about clothes and the hating Trina's activities...been there d
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Aug 02, 2010
Nicole
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In Fantasy in Death the majority the progression of the storyline seemed too staged for me and some of the dialogue too canned. Since the victim has his head cut off there was quite a few one liners about being beheaded, detached, etc., and these just seemed unnecessary filler and silly. The scant action and overabundance of discussion made the plot stutter a bit, but the last 75 pages or so made up for the slow start. A lot of the ideas on "holonetics" were pretty frosty, as Peabody w
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Jan 03, 2012
Justin
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First of all, on the rating: It wasn't quite a four for me, but it definitely wasn't only a three. And as I tend to be generous, I upgraded it to a four out of five.
I should note before I go farther, that I typically would not start a book that is in the middle of a series, much less the 30th book in that same series. Nonetheless, this book was given to me to read, so read it I did, out of order and all.
All in all, I enjoyed it. It was a compelling murder mystery, which I'm More...
I should note before I go farther, that I typically would not start a book that is in the middle of a series, much less the 30th book in that same series. Nonetheless, this book was given to me to read, so read it I did, out of order and all.
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Apr 19, 2010
Alicia
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I can't remember reading a book in this series that disappointed me. The near future setting (with really cool techie toys), the tough detective who faces down hardened criminals and serial killers with ease but panics when she is confronted with babies and determined hairdressers, and a super hot, rich fantasy of a husband who adores his wife. Add to that a group of friends who have managed to recognize each other as soul mates and create a family that buoys each other up during hard times and
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Feb 13, 2011
Angie
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There really wasn't a lot of suspense as to who the killer was in this book - you could really narrow it down to a select few within a couple of chapters. The book wasn't bad but it wasn't the greatest.
I really do think this series is getting stale. Robb needs to shake things up. The books are becoming very formulaic - you can almost write some of the dialog yourself as you are reading. Sure it is funny, but you know there are going to be comments about the stick up Sommerset's ass and More...
I really do think this series is getting stale. Robb needs to shake things up. The books are becoming very formulaic - you can almost write some of the dialog yourself as you are reading. Sure it is funny, but you know there are going to be comments about the stick up Sommerset's ass and More...
Oct 09, 2010
Paigersoccerfan
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I finally finished reading this entire series, (until she writes the next one.) : ) I enjoyed them all and admired the author's skill at keeping names, events and characters straight from book to book. She manages to blend characters from previous books/cases into the more current ones, They take place in the near future and each book features the same couple, Lt. Eve Dallas of the NYSPD (New York Police Department) and her wealthy. Irish, drop dead gorgeous husband, Roarke. Their relationship
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Nov 21, 2010
Photojim
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Almost to the end of the currently published books. Then what series will I use to fill the empty spaces? Slightly apprehensive about my prospects. One more and then not another until February? The first 30 have flown by.
Anyway, this installment in the In Death series makes a deep foray into hard science fiction territory. SF is one of the distinguishing characteristics of this series. I must applaud Ms. Robb/Roberts for her restraint in her use of technology to always be the ans More...
Anyway, this installment in the In Death series makes a deep foray into hard science fiction territory. SF is one of the distinguishing characteristics of this series. I must applaud Ms. Robb/Roberts for her restraint in her use of technology to always be the ans More...
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Mar 03, 2010
LaVonna
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Another case solved by Eve with the masterful Roarke at her side. I have to say I'm pleased to see Eve continue to usher Peabody into more responsibility. Who doesn't love and relate to the infectious and comical Peabody? She is one of my favorites in the entire series.
The one bone I have to pick with this series is the amount of time Roarke is able to dedicate to his lady loves career. I mean lets be realistic here...what man of his calibur and responsibility would have the tim More...
The one bone I have to pick with this series is the amount of time Roarke is able to dedicate to his lady loves career. I mean lets be realistic here...what man of his calibur and responsibility would have the tim More...
Apr 04, 2010
Sara
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I loved this book - especially the geek in me since it was very heavy on the technology/gaming industry in 2060. But...30 books into the series and I want more. Yes, we get that Eve & Roarke love each other. Yes, we get the smartass banter between Dallas & Peabody (which was great humor in this book). There was a scene at the end where you saw glimpses of just how much Eve truly loves Roarke. It was a high-action scene followed by a dramatic climax, but I wanted it to be more intense, more drama
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Feb 23, 2010
Darcy
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Another great story with Eve, Roarke, and company!! This time around the crime is an unusual one. A gamer guy is killed in his locked holo room with no breeches. Looks like we might finally have a murder that stumps Eve. With the nature of the crime Eve brings Roarke in right away to help and as always things don't go smoothly between them. The nature of this crime has Eve looking deeper at her life and the relationships she has built in her life in the past couple of years. Eve seems a li
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Jul 05, 2011
J.A.
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I noticed in the last book of J.D. Robb's I read that the focus had slightly shifted. The first 27 of hers, I realised they'd become a little predictable in their storline. The number of murders were similar, often someone Eve was close to would be taken or at least badly beaten. She'd end up late to functions she needed Roarke to remind her about, or have to leave functions early, due to the case taking over. But the last book seemed to focus wholly on Eve and let the reader get to know her aga
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