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Summary: High Intensity
Review: This book was a major disappointment...I kept struggling and trying to make it past the first chapter, even skipping ahead and finally I gave up. I gave it the coup de grace and put it in my box of books to give to Goodwill, which, if you know how I love books, says it all. Knight of a Trillion Stars was my 1st Dara Joy book and it was so outstanding that I was in high hopes of future books by Dara. Alas, High Intensity just absolutely fizzled out....I couldn't get into the characters at all, and the dialogues just were exasperatingly annoying. I'm sorry Dara, Knight of a Trillion Stars, Rejar and Mine to Take were wonderful, with intelligently crafted characters and plots....please write a book on Traed! Please, no more of this type book!
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Summary: An entertaining mystery
Review: I enjoyed this book. I liked seeing Zanita and Tyber's relationship grow. I'll admit that I got a little tired of Auntie, but I loved Hambone (the cat). If I weren't allergic to cats, I'd want one like him.The banter between the two characters was fun and loving, and the sex was hot. It was a great follow-up to High Energy. (Oh, and I was about halfway through the book before I realized I was actually enjoying a mystery book! Imagine that!) I hope that the next book will be about Mills and Gregor. I think that their romance will give off sparks! Especially with Dara Joy writing it.
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Summary: HIGHLY lacking...
Review: As Dara Joy's number one fan, I must say I was keenly disappointed in High Intensity. The story line was vague and the same descriptions of people are repeated over and over and over...All the characters in the book are majorly eccentric in their own ways, to the point of unbelievability. The mystery was a mystery to all but Tyber with no real clues being tossed out for readers to guess. Besides, didn't we ALREADY read about Tyber's and Zanita's romance? Did we REALLY need to read about it again?
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Although High Intensity is not as well written as Dara's other books and it sort of reminded me of an episode of Scooby Doo, I enjoyed this book very much. It was at times very comical and the love scenes were amazing. Not to mention that the cover and the step back with John Desalvo modeling as Tyber are to die for!
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Summary: Sorry about that...
Review: ...But I couldn't make it past the first chapter and a bit. Have to agree about the level of the banter. It was truly unnatural-sounding and didn't digest well at all. The characters seem as if they should make a compelling mix, but their dialogue was just so desperately trying to be clever and failing that I don't really want to meet them. Perhaps the writing improves later on, but I've got too many unread books on my shelf to take the effort to wade through this to find out. I'm told that Joy's other books are very good, so I may try her again sometime. This book doesn't fire me up to doing so soon. Nice guy on the cover.
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Summary: Why?
Review: I feel strongly compelled to tell people to save their money and pass on this book. I have enjoyed other Dara Joy books on various levels, but I can't bring myself to turn another page. The banal dialogue and adolescence between the main characters is just insulting. Takes me on an unenjoyable trip back to high school. Enough with the "Baby" and "Doc".
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: No offense to Dara Joy, as I loved Knight of a Trillion Stars and Rejar, but High Intensity was dull and difficult to follow.
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Summary: intensely sensual
Review: Once again Zanita and Tyber heat up the pages of a Dara Joy novel. Sequels are always help up to the original; and I must admit that while the book was enjoyable, it wasn't as good as High Energy.Meanwhile I eagerly await a spin off novel centered around Mills and Gregor.The backstory involving their 'circling' around each other is tantalizing.
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Summary: "Lame"
Review: I'm surprised anyone had anything good to say about this book. I'm generally not that critical, a book doesn't have to have a perfect plot, or the perfect character development, etc, but it does have to entertain me, make me laugh and touch me to some extent. This just didn't do any of that for me. After reading the 1st chapter, I was already sick of the cute names and smirks thrown over the shoulder, etc. But being that she is one of my favorite authors AND the fact that I have to finish a book no matter what, I finished the book. There was no redemption anywhere in the book. It never got better. I'm surprised that the publisher/editor/whoever is in charge would let a book that bad out.
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Summary: more like highly vague
Review: I found this book to be very difficult to follow in comparison with Dara Joy's previous publications. A total waste of my time and money. I thought the repoire between the two principal characters more on a high school level than an adult perspective. The 'banter' between the two was absolutely trite or should I say tripe. I would not recommend this tome to anyone should they ask. Maybe the difficulty lies in the comparison of this book as opposed to Mine to Take. I expected more for the level of experience. We could speculate that this book was written earlier in the author's career and was now being released? That makes more sense to me rather than an author's ability to pen the prose deteriorating to this level. Full of cliches I might be but I, as well as other buyers, deserve better. I will surely think long and look long at the next release before its eventual purchase.
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