"V" is for Vicious
No one warned me about JD Robb fans. Geez, I make one teensy, weensy little criticism of Mr. Roarke Suave (you know, the whole metrosexual pansy-ass thing), and next thing you know, I'm being accosted in a family restaurant by a rabid fan who takes great umbrage at my review. Great, great umbrage. She scared me. In fact, I am rescinding my review.Naked In Death by JD Robb. Grade:
New grade:
OK, just kidding, it's really
A!!!! A++++
I have totally changed my tune about Roarke. Lub him, and the whole button thing. Right on board with that. And the wine, and the coffee. He's manly. I want a "I Love Roarke" button for my blog.
(shifts eyes nervously.....)
"V" is for vicious. And vitriol. And vengeance.
Singing a brand new tune about Roarke, my new fictional boyfriend,
(Hiding under the dining room table)
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You should meet my husband. He found Roarke so thoroughly implausible that it really pissed him off.
Hi Susinok! I actually find it pretty cool that folks are so impassioned about a book, or its characters, that they want to rip my head off. God bless JD Robb for instilling that much passion in her readers. (I'm purchasing a football helmet for protective purposes).Hi Willaful....I have only read the first book of the series, so I'm not sure if I would change my tune about Roarke if I read more of these books. Some day, if I'm feeling optimistic, maybe I'll try again.
Huge JD Robb fan here, but Nora Roberts not so much.The question is would I attack you for saying something bad about Roarke? Would it stimulate Roake rage? Can I disagree with you and still respect your opinion?
I hate to tell you...
in the literary world I think "V" is for vendetta. Be afraid. LOL.
IMO the first book in this series is not the best one, they get better and better over the first 10 or 15 or so.
PS Love your reviews, even when I don't agree.
Hi E! Roarke seems to inspire a huge amount of passion in readers. I suspect if I stuck with the series and got to know him better, I would become more attached to the button-fondling, coffee-buying, wine-opening hero. :^)But I think this series may be too violent and disturbing for me to handle.
I am deeply romantic and usually would not go for such trauma amongst the romance, but this series is the autobuy for me. I have been listening to them again on the train in the morning on the way to work. They're very good that way too. Susan Erikson is a very good narrator.
The first book is the harshest, but Eve Dallas's journey is not easy through the rest of the series. Robb does not shy away from the scary problems of her past, and they don't get cured with a kiss.
When I recommend the series to a friend I always warn them that Naked in Death has violent moments. Each book has it's murder to solve, the developing relationship between Roarke and Dallas, as well as a core of extended family that is developed through the series. Sometimes I find the murder boring and the peripheral stories engaging and vice versa. I think that is the key to any good series in any genre - having more than one character/couple to follow the story of. With these stories you never lose the main couple - they are the centre.
We have just had the 40th story, so any fan of this saga is pretty heavily invested.
Woops, my bias is hanging out.
Evelyn
I'm still at book 9, so I've got a loooonnngg way to catch up, and I'm "reading" them all on Audio, so it's like buying all hardbacks, price-wise... ouch.But they are so much fun, and I'm so amazed at the difference in writing style between Robb and Roberts.
Keep going they only get better and more endearing.The good thing about JD Robb being so popular is that my local library has multiple copies of each book and the audio books available. YAY.
I started reading Nora way back when she started being published with Silhouette. I lost interest a very long time ago.
I find it amazing that I can really like JD Robb so much and have totally abandoned Nora Roberts - but I also like Amanda Quick and have no time for Krentz and Castle pseudonyms. Go figure.
Fiction, people... fiction, remember?