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Summary: From Amanda Quick to this?
Review: After reading Wicked Widow by Amanda Quick,I was eager to read more from this entertaining author. Boy was I disappointed by Jayne Ann Krentz. The story is predictable and boring, and there's hardly any romance going on. Jayne Ann should make up her mind - either you write a good mystery, or a good romance, don't write a mediocre combination of the two.
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Summary: A cold book about a closed-in couple
Review: Dawn in Eclipse Bay, the second in a trilogy about the chilly feud between the Hartes (calculating businesspeople) and Madisons (untrustworthy artists and bad-boys), deals with the romance between the anomalies in the various tribes: Lillian Harte, a frustrated artist, and Gabe Madison, a high-powered businessman. Both Lillian and Gabe have money, success, and no lack of interest in the opposite sex, but drift together like two lost souls all the same.It is easy to see why; a more cold, repressed, introverted pair have yet to have a novel written around them. This couple is so uncommunicative that their marriage proposal is done almost by mental telepathy. There are some funny lines, and these people certainly are written true and believable--but why should we care? They were both as chilly and distant as the frequent drenching storms off the Oregon coast, and just as welcoming and easy to know. I read the book, and Krentz had her usual writing chops up to speed so it was easy and pleasant to read, but it still left me with an empty feeling--I'd read about these people, but I really didn't want to know them. The ending especially crumbled, as the weak central characters were unable to support it. Gabe and Lillian might be fine people, but together they were a black hole, sucking all the energy out of the story, no matter how many pairs of red bikini underwear, iridescent rain slickers, and striped silk ties were thrown into it.
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Summary: Great story
Review: Eclipse Bay and Dawn in Eclipse Bay are the first books I've read of Jayne Ann Krentz. I think she is absolutely wonderful in how she is slowly bringing the Harte-Madison family feud to an end. I can't wait to see what happens next. Keep up the good work!
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Summary: Great story
Review: Eclipse Bay and Dawn in Eclipse Bay are the first books I've read of Jayne Ann Krentz. I think she is absolutely wonderful in how she is slowly bringing the Harte-Madison family feud to an end. I can't wait to see what happens next. Keep up the good work!
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Summary: Romeo & Juliet? Hmmm........
Review: Here is a section of the comment from the Review Shop: ....Okay, I just read my review of the first book to remind myself of what I thought of it. I said, "It's not that I didn't like the book....no, that's not it.....I think I needed to move on to a different time period...." Meaning a different book! Now, reading Dawn In Eclipse Bay, I realize that it wasn't the need to move on, it was the need to end the Harte/Madison topic. I can't say I really disliked this book like a few others that come to mind, but I think the author is very repetitive in the rivalry between the two families. We get it....let's move on...... I really needed something more from the storyline. I think that if you read Dawn In Eclipse Bay, you will understand why we need more as the readers. The characters needed more depth, not "your a Madison - I'm a Harte!"
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Summary: Not Her Best
Review: I am a huge JAK fan, but this one disappointed me. I never felt that the characters developed enough. I'm hoping the new volume in the trilogy will be better. I miss the characters in her earlier books.
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Summary: Not Her Best
Review: I am a huge JAK fan, but this one disappointed me. I never felt that the characters developed enough. I'm hoping the new volume in the trilogy will be better. I miss the characters in her earlier books.
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Summary: Story 3; audio reader 1
Review: I am having bad luck with audio books; in particular romance mysteries. The women just cant do a man's voice convincingly enough for me. This time she made Lillian sound like such a priss. Finally, got the book from the library, forgot the audio and had a great time with it. The first chapter is a howl. Gabe & Lillian are a tough couple to rate, so I just went along with the book. The premise was weak but, it's summer and I have decided to just read and enjoy. Not much time is invested and it is a nice addition to the trilogy. I would recommend the 'Naked in Death" unabridged audio; now there's a woman who can do all voices and make it work!
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Summary: Story 3; audio reader 1
Review: I am having bad luck with audio books; in particular romance mysteries. The women just cant do a man's voice convincingly enough for me. This time she made Lillian sound like such a priss. Finally, got the book from the library, forgot the audio and had a great time with it. The first chapter is a howl. Gabe & Lillian are a tough couple to rate, so I just went along with the book. The premise was weak but, it's summer and I have decided to just read and enjoy. Not much time is invested and it is a nice addition to the trilogy. I would recommend the 'Naked in Death" unabridged audio; now there's a woman who can do all voices and make it work!
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Summary: Finally - getting back to Jayne's great style!!
Review: I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Throughout her career, Jayne has had a wonderful interplay between her two main players that makes you just love them both. Lately, though, her characters have been a bit ... weary, not thrilled to be meeting the love of their life. In this book, in my opinion, it's back to her great style, and I really enjoyed it.
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