tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post4546860817232837792..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: Mini-Reviews: Sheikhs and a DNFWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-68936803655462155592016-10-10T15:05:45.293-07:002016-10-10T15:05:45.293-07:00I loved the Soldier series, especially the Spain-s...I loved the Soldier series, especially the Spain-set second book! Do read them!Miss Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728640346939007988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-57015345905099573192016-10-06T12:45:07.140-07:002016-10-06T12:45:07.140-07:00AL: I think part of my rage can be attributed to t...AL: I think part of my rage can be attributed to the fact that the book starts out strong and ::swoon:: I love the Gilded Age. <br /><br />Miss Bates: The hero's Alpha-holeness wasn't too much of a problem for me here since I thought it fit will with his upbringing and robber-baron persona. But when you couple that with the heroine being thick? The characterizations were moving downhill for me at a rapid clip by the time we got to the wedding.<br /><br />The Kaye book - flat is a good description. There was nothing about it that was overtly bothering me so I mostly chalked it up to my crummy reading mood. I still have her Soldier series languishing (which I've heard is quite good) and I'll try the next one in this series to see how it goes. I did like her Sheikh books that she wrote for the Armstrong Sisters series.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-41070235818406728282016-10-05T17:29:07.582-07:002016-10-05T17:29:07.582-07:00Yup, yup, yup! I read Magnate (the things we do fo...Yup, yup, yup! I read Magnate (the things we do for love of the genre) and I agree, for a woman ahead of her time, the heroine was thick. And the hero behaved like a possessive alpha-hole. All the promise of Shupe's book devolved from trope-twist to trope-cliché. <br /><br />As we are psychically linked here, I tried to read Kaye's book, but found the characters so flat, I DNF-ed. We seem to have switched DNFs, but had pretty much the same reaction. Also, we might have hit the same ARC-TBR flow.Miss Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728640346939007988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-85914042279036657592016-10-04T19:27:13.923-07:002016-10-04T19:27:13.923-07:00I hate it when this happens--and I find that I'...I hate it when this happens--and I find that I'm not even consistent, when it happens to me. In some books, that nagging thing will annoy me, irk me, and make me huff. In other books, it will bring the red-vision rage full force.<br /><br />I have made peace with the fact that I'm a mood reader, and that that often will influence my reactions to a book, and yet...<br /><br />Ah well, better luck with the next book(s)!aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.com