Dls’s Comments (group member since Sep 14, 2010)

Dls’s comments from the Fans of Eloisa James & Julia Quinn group.

Oh and I tried Graves heart strings and diamond rings and couldn't get into it at all. But I read the teaser for Black Ties and Lullabies, got hooked and read thR book. I really liked it.

Ok will do...as soon as I have read it!

In the meantime I just read Kristan Higgans new book. And I'm having my usual mixed reactions . On the one hand there are ao many things I love about how she writes. And each of her books goes a little deeper emotionally . On the other hand...why does she feel the need to always humiliate her heroines ? I realize she is looking for plot conflict bit there are so many other forms .
And I don't believe anyone says "holy Elvis ".
Also it's hard to believe that Posy is 33 and never had a serious relationship....
But this book feels like she is slowly moving towards being able to trust herself as a more serious writer . One day...

I also read Toni blakes new book . Didnt work that well for me.

On to Robyn Carr.

The book that isn't on that I would love to see there is Jo Bourne 's Black hawk.

I've been holding off on talking about SD until next month since it's our monthly read. I didn't expect to like Mickey as much as I did....

I've been reading lilian Darcy. The first one I tried was so good I tried a few more which were not bad . Now i have 4 new books on my nook; Carr, Higgans, Thomas and Balogh. Decisions decisions....

I got my nook back, and although I meant to read Theresa's book I got sidetracked by Sheila Simonson's regency romances. They are really charming; I started with Lady Elizabeth's Comet, which is actually the third in a series, but I loved all three of the series plus her stand alone. The one thing I did note is that since they are true Regencies they don't have sex scenes--as a result, three of the four end rather abruptly with the marriage proposal.
Now I'm going to read Scandalous Desires and then back to Theresa's book where I left the characters eating...my definition of a good book.

Yep I know this one! It's part of of a set I guess you would call it rather than a series.

Hi Manda;
I guess soon you'll need to make a new list; please include me--I have a couple ready to go.
DLS

Anything I have around the house in paper... because my son "stole" my Nook to read the new Terry Pratchett. Fortunately he's a fast reader. When I get it back, I will read Season for Temptation and Snuff (the new Pratchett).
Before he stole it, I did read Lady Elizabeth's Comet by Sheila Simonson--its a traditional regency, written just a few years ago. I really liked it--its also unusual in that it is written in the first person and she pulls it off.

I have never been able to figure out which romantic heroines Jane was referring to--any idea?

Theresa--I really Liked In Total Surrender too (except for the title--sheesh!) Anne Mallory is a very interesting writer--I'm curious what she'll do next. Her earlier books were pretty stereotpyical but the last 3 or so have been fascinating.

I'm holding Theresa's book for the weekend. I just finished Serpents Kiss, which I loved. It didn't quite have the humor of her first book, but its still a 5 * for me. And the teaser for her next book looks wonderful (ok, so I 'm a sucker for books with kids...)
I also read Animal Attraction by Shalvis. I find her writing highly variable, but she seems to really do better when she depicts people living in the mountains of the west. This one was good although the plot started to drag eventually (you need more than just two people who are attracted despite fear of commitment...)
Still, I enjoyed it and would give it 4 *

Especially SOME Tuesdays--this one is a really good one. There is also Thea Harrison's new book ( I am awful at remembering names.) And maybe Animal Attraction by Shalvis...

Oh, now I think I know...

Yes, I think that's a good description of ADOHO. In contemps, I think its true of Shalvis' baseball book--I forget the name, maybe Double Play?--where Sam has to take care of her nephew and part of what draws her to Wade is how good he is with the nephew. There are others too, that just are not coming to mind at the moment...

I just reread Dragon Bound, in anticipation of the third book in the series coming out tomorrow. Its really an impressive first book and toggles amazingly between humor and passion, with great world building...Its been a great week--Unclaimed by Milan and Always a Temptress by Dreyer, and then tomorrow the new Thea Harrison and of course Teresa Romain's new book. And Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis.

In for a Penny is wonderful! (And I particularly like that its what I consider a true marriage of convenience to be--something that really happened regularly, not because of some strange plot twist.)

I also really like plots with kids--sometimes a second chance plot where its their child together (like Balogh's A Christmas Belle)--but sometimes...just that they are drawn together by the kid. Lady Sophies' Christmas Wish, the new Grace Barrowes, while its not one of my all time favs, does a lovely job of showing how two people can get to know eachother, and fall in love, in part by how they both react to a child.

I definitely haven't read this! Can't wait to learn what it is.

She has only the two--I think she's really wonderful. Let me know what you think! They certainly are not formulaic.

If you haven't read A lily among thorns (or her earlier book, In for a Penny) you might try Rose Lerner. Neither follows that pattern. I thought her first book was something like Mary Balogh, but I can't come up with any comparison for her second book (former courtesan meets up again with the innocent who gave her the money to buy her way out--a guy who has turned down the opportunity to be a nobleman's heir so that he can work with his uncle the tailor--its also got a gay secondary love story and a spy element.)