tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post2784371277185325605..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: Review: An Extraordinary UnionWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-17654181056631524042018-12-30T16:14:53.599-08:002018-12-30T16:14:53.599-08:00Rowena: I think it's a matter of our tastes ev...Rowena: I think it's a matter of our tastes evolving over all these years! You all have done a much better job of branching out, while I've largely kept reading what I've always liked to read...and telling the damn kids to get off my lawn LOL<br /><br />Dorine: I loved the high stakes conflict in this one - it actually meant something for lack of a better description. We've all read books where the conflict felt silly or manufactured or would have been cleared up in a 2 page conversation. Not the case in this book AT ALL!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-29459765753148912182018-12-29T17:48:20.819-08:002018-12-29T17:48:20.819-08:00Glad to hear you loved this one as much as I did, ...Glad to hear you loved this one as much as I did, Wendy. I think the Civil War is so hard to write/read about that I have great admiration for the author getting it right. I'd read more like this one if I could. Great review as always. Dorinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091485214243243002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-13622936552283712782018-12-28T14:39:36.228-08:002018-12-28T14:39:36.228-08:00I read to be swept away in a story, too. Another g...I read to be swept away in a story, too. Another great review, Wendy. Haha, it must be you being difficult if you didn't love all of the books we love and talk about at So Cal Meet Ups. LOL. Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472559027348735571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-17614503389632196272018-12-26T09:41:57.922-08:002018-12-26T09:41:57.922-08:00Jill: I have another romance friend who says she r...Jill: I have another romance friend who says she really likes the historicals, but cannot seem to get into Cole's contemporaries. It's funny how that works. <br /><br />The Civil War is tricky setting in fictoin and Cole wrote the tension and danger so well - I WAS stressed out! But that's also why I liked it.<br /><br />One thing I didn't mention in my review, I finally got through Ron Chernow's excellent biography of Ulysses S. Grant this year (it's amazing, but a time commitment at 900+ pages) - and this book felt a bit like a companion piece with how well Cole handled the historical aspects to the story.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-70855125509833232832018-12-26T07:46:56.837-08:002018-12-26T07:46:56.837-08:00I feel like Elle trusted Malcolm and acknowledged ...I feel like Elle trusted Malcolm and acknowledged her attraction way too early (considering the circumstances), but I've loved everything Alyssa Cole writes *except* this series. I am an anomaly, I think. 🤷♀️ Maybe the Civil War just stresses me out too much. <br /><br />Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364220221782320521noreply@blogger.com