Sweet Liar

Rating:
Summary: not one of my favorites
Review: I've read many Deveraux books over the years and pulled this one out of my pile of previously read books to re-read. I had a hard time relating to a "heroine" that was so naive. She had no idea of the cost of her clothes and her not understanding the meaning of "passing the bar" was outlandish. She was supposed to be a computer whiz and really smart.

Michael had the fairy tail prince thing going, but the charmed life got a little annoying as well. He obviously had more money than he knew what to do with. And his loving family fit a little to conveniently to her story of needing one. It bothered me how many times he put himself out there only to have her reject him again.

The gangster element was wonderful. I began wishing that the entire book had been about Maxie and her life and only dipping occasionally to the present with Sam.



Rating:
Summary: Mike... Mike... Mike...
Review: I love this modern story about love,at first i was hesitated to read this,coz i was mostly reading historical romances,but it became one of my favorite ones,Montgomery-Taggert decendent...Mike Taggert and Sam Eliot,this care free guy,fell inlove with Sam who has this big wall against everyone,never letting anyone in her life,due to death and heartache...

Rating:
Summary: Divine hero. So-so story
Review: This book is very sweet. I'm not sure where the 'liar' came from unless you think that holding things back from someone, is considered lying.

Anyhow, this book is actually a great read. While I wouldn't actually say it's fast-paced, since it did get kind of winding half-way through; especially when Sam repeatedly pushes Mike away from her despite him being such an exceptionally sweet guy to her. Well, the reasons for those are revealed and they did satisfy me, but I felt that Ms. Deveraux took too long to get there. Mike is a dream as the heroine of the story, no tempers, no alpha-male arrogance or indifference. I seem to be using this word a lot for this book, but its fitting: sweet. Mike Taggart is very, very sweet towards Samantha. And that's something I always enjoy to read in a romance novel. How she treats him, is another matter and at the end is justified, so I can't grumble too much about that.

One thing that bugged me was the ending. One thing in the book: Sam's gone through so much crap in her life that she cannot bring herself to cry anymore. I was waiting for a touching, moving ending that when she would, it would be a big part of the story. I was a bit dissapointed when it was short and rushed but not too displeased by it to be turned off the whole book. And the revelation of her grandmother's life was written poorly and it wasn't of much intrest in the book itself. It just seemed like a common interest to bring Mike and Sam closer, by way of more interaction if they had a base for it.

Overall, this book was one of Deveraux's better books. Not by any means another one of her average 'nice' one or her very memorable ones, but somewhere up there. The storyline was just OK, but the interaction between characters and dialogue was delightful to read. Sweet, and infinately romantic throughout.


Rating:
Summary: great romance novel
Review: I love romance novels. It seems that in todays day and age a young woman beleives that she should be reading "War and Peace" rather than a great, titillating, romance novel. First I have read "War and Peace", but often times I just want a fun, never in a billion years could this story be true book. For this Ms. Deveraux is your gal. I love her books and I love her stories, this one in particular. I fell for the characters and for the tale. I do not agree with the reviewer that the plot was convuluted, I mean I read this book in a couple of hours and had no trouble following the plot. This is a great book and Ms. Deveraux writes great stories. For other good reads try Nora Roberts, Carla Neggers and Iris Johansen. They are all distinctly different authors, with Neggars and Johansen being, I believe of the action adventure/romance genre, but great nonetheless.

Rating:
Summary: Not really pleased with the story
Review: I do love her books because I so love the mongemerys and taggerts. I don't like women who are whinny, and have no self-worth. I do love JD books, however, I can't really get into this one.

Rating:
Summary: No ... thats all I can say ... No
Review: I've been a fan of Mrs Deveraux, she writes most captivating novels to make my imagination in utter delight, but unfortunately this novel did not do it for me this time.
I tried so hard to get into this book and give it a chance, after all it has 4 1/2 stars
but Samantha just so totally got on my nerves she was too dis-trusting and just such a flake! I found myself half way thru the book skipping paragraphs and just quickly scanning the pages for anything interesting ...

I did not enjoy this book unfortunately, but it got 2 stars from me cause it still had passion and that thing we call love


Rating:
Summary: Deliciously sensual a PERFECT intro to well written romance
Review: I first read this book when I was 14 and I must say, all the abstinence propaganda in the world is not as effective as reading stories about the treatment women SHOULD expect in a relationship. Somehow, it makes one reluctant to settle for being mistreated or jerked around. I bought the book one afternoon and hibernated away in my room, snarling at anyone who dared to interrupt, I didn't even eat. 444 pages later, it was the first large book I'd ever read in under a day. I was desolate when I finished it, I almost wish I could have an amnesiac event so that I could reread Sweet Liar and not know what will happen next.