Divine Evil

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Summary: great-not a romantic ending
Review: I enjoyed the book, but the ending could have been just a little more romantic. I expect Ms. Roberts to fulfill the romantic in me to the end. I have read Montana Sky, and was also disappointed in the ending. I wanted to read about Cam and Clare walking down the aisle, and the building of the studio in short order, or course. The ending was suspenseful, and fulfilling. I did want to know what happened with the other people - Blair, Alice, clearing her father's name etc. All in all I was disappointed.

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Summary: Romance and suspense blended together in one terrific book
Review: An excellent blend of romance and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat and begging for more. If you like romance then you'll love this book. Roberts is a true master in her field. A must read for all romance lovers!!!

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Summary: I love Nora Roberts!
Review: I really like romantic-supense and Nora Roberts has it all.Her novels are fast pace and exciting.This one is a bit frightening but it's an ORIGINAL!

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Summary: Heads Up
Review: People, please. It's very simple to be able to tell a reissue from a new book. OPEN IT AND CHECK THE PUBLISHING DATE!! I'm so sick of people whining about books not being brand new, when they don't even bother to open the book and look. Also, all of Nora's new novels have her logo and the "First Time in Print" plastered on the cover. There you go. No more reason to complain and give a book one star because it's a reissue and you feel hosed.





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Summary: Chilling and Exciting........................
Review: Bought this book a few days ago and even with the big pgs. count found it quite easy to get through. Clare Kimball is coming back to Emmitsville MD. after a difficult past. Equally interesting is Cam Rafferty the sheriff. Weird murders are taking place in this small town and Clare everyone thinks has the answer to them. Granted this book is not a typical Nora book,but I found it quite fascinating and enjoying Nora's new style of the occult and paganism. I can see why a lot of people don't like this book because of the sexual violence of women and other people,but I think in this book you have to look beyond this view to see the outcome. Yes,the romance and quirky humor is still there,but toned down for seriousness of the book. I really enjoyed this book,but if your not into sexual rape and murder don't read this book. I love reading about horror and the supernateral so this not affect me very much. I also think that people get creeped out being that this book to place in a very small town and a lot of people knew each other for years.

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Summary: Incredible! Nora Roberts continues to surprise us!
Review: This is a VERY different kind of book if you are used to reading Nora Roberts series such as the Three Sisters Island trilogy, Donovan books, McGregor books or others -- even the JD Robb "In Death" books. The occult and Satanism are scary subjects. I really enjoyed this book as it showed insight into small town life, and the faces we show and who we really are.

The romance between Clare and Cameron is well done and the secondary characters are very interestingly developed especially Ernie Butts, her neighbor. This book was originally written over 12 years ago but I think it still stands up very well.

I loved the mystery and surprises as well!

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Summary: A mean book
Review: I once would have said I love all of Nora Roberts' books. I can't say that now. This book was schizophrenic, in that, when it wasn't being violently mean it was being "stupid-heroine-keeps-running-into-places-she-shouldn't." The only excuse I can see for the lack of quality in this book is that it wasn't written 13 years ago. Maybe Roberts was still feeling her way into the romantic suspence genre. But no way, did Divine Evil deserve to be reissued in hardback. Publishers want big bucks though, so they'll dig up anything by a famous author to make more money. The rituals of a Satanic cult which lie at the heart of evil in this book are portrayed over and over and over again with mindless, bloody violence. It was stomach-turning and the only reason I kept reading was I was hoping that the relationship between the hero and heroine would make up for it. I was disappointed. Clare is one of those women who thinks she always knows best, who is so independent and blind to the fact that others might know more than she does, that she refuses to accept the truth about what's going on around her, hides what she does know about the crimes, and blithely goes off on a crusade to save people from themselves. She ends up in a nightmare, and I began to feel she deserved it. Her sheriff lover is going to have deal with her stupidity for years. I'm sorry for him. I won't tell you not to read this book. Afterall it did have some good characters and Roberts writes well even when she's writing trashy. So go ahead, but don't blame me if on balance you end up with a bad taste in your mouth.

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Summary: Watch Out! Reissue of an old book
Review: Just a warning on purchasing this book in hardcover-- Though the information on the Amazon website states the book was published August 3, 2004, this is an old book-- it was published in paperback in 1992. Looks like an effort to shake out a few dollars by the publisher-- or perhaps the author?-- by releasing the old book in hardback, and hoping people will purchase it, thinking it's new.

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Summary: Really loved it
Review: I thought the book was pretty good, but there was so many holes that you kinda wanted to go to the end and re-write it yourself. I HATED the ending. Not typical Nora Roberts.