Lethal Seduction

Rating:
Summary: semi-boring rip-off
Review: First off, Jackie is my Favorite author, and I now have read ALL her books. This one started out exciting but after 60% was read, I put it down all the time. I hated Rosarita! it's one thing for a character to be young, naive and selfish, but add "stupid idiot" to that, and it insults my intelligence. The Madison story was good, but with her fathers mafia past, her murdered mother, and 1/2 brother,isn't this a carbon copy of Lucky & Gino santangelo? Which scares me into thinking, that Gino won't live through the next Santangelo novel.Please! Let him break records for old age, we love Lucky & Gino! In Lethal seduction,there are TOO many unanswered questions at the end of the book. Nothing more at ALL on Michaels past, 1/2 brother at the END of the book! What about when Rosarita "Swore" she saw a crowd of people watching her & Joel having sex? Well who WERE they? and WHY were we left hanging on EVERY storyline? For this price, part 2 should have been included. Jackie, in the next Madison book, do we get to at least see Rosarita DIE? (lol) Please bring back the Santangelos.(ps.I'm sorry but I had to be honest).

Rating:
Summary: Only for fans
Review: First off, let me say that I am biased. I'm a fervent Jackie Collins fan. I couldn't bring myself to give a Jackie Collins book less than three stars. However, if you're not already a fan of Ms. Collins then I suspect that you won't like this book much. It's certainly a quick read with lots of trashy sex among the stellar rich and famous that always inhabit her books. (Although the sex isn't nearly as tawdry and twisted as some of her novels.) The plot just doesn't quite pay off though. I was really into the first half of the story but then the ending felt rushed and I found it unsatisfying. I felt like Ms. Collins was racing to meet a contractual deadline or simply became bored with her own tale and kind of gave up. There's a lot of unfinished business in Lethal Seduction and, instead of making me hungry for more, it left me discontented. It's apparent there will be another installment in this new series and if the next book was already available for me to jump right into I might not feel so let down. Ms. Collins' books almost always have fast and fevered endings and I kept expecting everything to come together in the end. Instead of tying everything up neatly though still more unfinished plot twists arise. Even with the unsatisfactory ending I might have been able to forgive the lame conclusion if the characters were more interesting. Unfortunately almost everyone in the book is completely one-dimensional and predictable. If you're not already a Jackie Collins fan don't start with this book. The predecessor to Lethal Seduction, the L.A. Connections "mini-series", is by far superior! If you've never read a Jackie Collins book I always suggest first reading Hollywood Wives. Then if you like that book read Chances and Lucky back-to-back! If you are already a Jackie Collins fan you'll find just enough of the bitchy sleaze you've come to love from her stories to pull you through Lethal Seduction but I doubt if it'll turn out to be anyone's favorite book.

Rating:
Summary: Very lovely and entertaining book
Review: It was a very interesting read, it had romance, drama, suspicions and more. it was a while since I read it but I highly enjoyed it, she'll leave you wanting more and with a lovely ending. The characters weren't predictable so thats good.

one more impotant thing: Since you'll love this book do not be tempted to get lethal seduction:the prequel which I think came after it, because it was Horrible!!! it felt as if she was rushing to make a dead line, and she repeated every single thing and focused mainly on michael. It was a very annoying book.

Rating:
Summary: Not a Collins Best
Review: Madison Castelli is one of the main female characters in the book.
She's no Lucky Santangelo that's for sure, but she's a good character.
She's beautiful, of course, so I couldn't understand why she was
hanging on to grief about her ex-lover having walked out on her for
another woman...two years ago.

Madison's best friend, Jamie Nova,
finds out that her perfect husband is cheating on her in the most
devious manner. Rosarita Falcon is the bitchiest character I've come
across in a long time. She is unhappily married to a handsome but
unsuccessful soap opera star, Dexter, whose real name is Dick
Cockranger can you believe it? too funny. Rosarita is having a torrid
affair with Joel Blaine, public sex fanatic and son of billionaire
Leon Blaine. Rosarita asks her father to kill her husband, Dexter,
since she believes her father is in the mob. We never do actually
learn if he is in the mob or not. ...

Not the best of Collins,
but a fun read nonetheless.



Rating:
Summary: Another winner
Review: Once again I enjoyed this book tremendously. I also picked up a few pointers. This was my first Jackie Collins novel. I have read about eight more and still counting. For a first impression I was very impressed. Keep up the good work, we love it.

Rating:
Summary: Page Turner
Review: She's back. Jackie Collins has been one of my favorites for nearly 30 years (since The Stud). I rated this a 4star because -I rate everything by her best work - CHANCES. The main character, Madison, and her friends were very interesting and live that fast paced life among the powerful, rich and famous, want-to-be-famous. She does the dark side of the new characters well (sex, drugs, rock n' roll) and she ties up everything in the last chapters - just the way I love it. This book was Fun, Fast and a Quick Read! There were two characters that I know she is going to do books just about them - SHE HAS TO! (oops, did I sound like Kathy Bates?) I cannot give the names away - I cannot spoil it for those who haven't read it. Don't wait for paperback - this is goooood. I'm left wanting more - there should be a prequel!!!! (I hope you read this Jackie ... I love you!!!Thanks!)

Rating:
Summary: Typical Jackie Collins
Review: This book is written in the true Jackie Collins fashion. Tales of the glitz and glamour of New York and Hollywood. That is what makes it so great. The book is mainly about Madison Castelli, the main character in her LA Connections series. It was great bringing her back and being able to see more of her life and history. It also brings in some unusual characters, although they are all the usual type of characters that you find in Jackie Collins novels.

Of course there's raunchy sex. If there wasn't, it wouldn't be Jackie Collins. She truly has a talent for writing and her characters come alive in every book she's written. This one is no exception. I haven't even finished the book yet, but I'm writing this review because it is such a great read.

She does an excellent job referencing other characters from several of her other books as well. Some that you'll hear mentioned in Lethal Seduction are Kris Phoenix, Lucky Santangelo and Charlie Dollar.

I look forward to the rest of the book. I hope her future books further develop some of the minor characters in this book. And of course another Lucky Santangelo novel would be greatly welcomed, though I'm not sure that will happen.