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Summary: well, at least the cover was worth the wait.........
Review: The book is lying face down on my coffee table. I made it to page 85 before it hit the wall. It's a shame because High Energy really was good. But, not to belabor the point about how mindless Zanita has gotten or what a befuddling pirate Tyber is, I suggest anyone who wants to buy the book should.....just to enjoy the cover. Tyber in a steamy bathtub. Yummy! Just don't bother reading the book!
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Summary: Another Great Novel By Dara Joy!
Review: A very lively story with VERY lovable characters. Tyber, Zanita, Blooey, and Hambone all kept me laughing the whole way through. This is another wonderful tale to add to your Dara collection.
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Summary: Funny and sexy
Review: This was the funniest romance I've read this year--it had me weak with laughter several times. Zanita and Tyber are very very funny and very very sexy together. While more enjoyable if you've read the first book, HIGH ENERGY, I think most readers will be able to get into the story without reading the first. However, there were some petty annoyances, such as prose that was at times too purple and the overuse of some words (after the third use of the word "nether" I wanted to find my blue pencil, and I cringed each and every time Ty called Zanita "baby") but on the whole this is a keeper for me.
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Summary: She Gets Better and Better
Review: When I realized this book was a sequel, I thought' how can she possibly make a sequel that would be just as good as the book before it?' Well ladies, she did! This book is just as hot, sexy and fun as High Energy. And after reading this book as well as all of her others, I have to say that I am waiting in breathless anticipation for her next story. I have indeed found my favorite author and her name is Dara Joy. Her imaginative storytelling will hold you in its grip until you have reached the last page. And make you beg for more!
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Summary: Not a winner, but okay
Review: I was only able to finish about a half of this book before I gave up. I picked it up about six months later and read it from cover to cover, and enjoyed it a little more (maybe I was having a bad day). While it doesn't have the freshness of "High Energy," the book in which the characters first meet, it does in some respects carry on the momentum. I was pleased with the ending, which was my favorite part of the book, and a remarkable marriage proposal. The problem I had with High Intensity was the same problem I had with High Energy - the female character, Zanita, was too dingy much of the time, and her male counterpart, Tyberius, sometimes too condescending. Opposites might attract, but there is something to be said about mixing too much oil with water. I don't know why, but this combination seemed to work better in "High Energy," which I give a five + stars. Maybe the humor just got old - who knows? Joy is a really good writer. I knew where she wanted to go with the book, but I have to admit that I have no clue what Tyber sees in Zanita.
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Summary: High Intensity isn't a high read
Review: I would advise reading the first of this 'sequal' (High Energy) and forget "High Intensity". I got enough of main characters the first time around and found that this book was just more of the same without the 'new relationship' sizzle. The plot revolves around a ghost investigation but even that fails to add much interest. I found the investigation dragging along with occasional leaps whose logic only Tyber was assured of understanding. Luckily he is a genius PhD... I've enjoyed Dara Joy's "Rejar" stories much more and would prefer to see her write additional books in that series vs rehashing this storyline into another High Something.
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Summary: Not up to to Ms. Joy's standards
Review: What a disappointment. Having loved all of her work,I was thrilled to see another Dara Joy novel on the shelf. But this one falls short of the mark. I thoroughly enjoyed Tyber and Zantia in High Energy, but this time out I found them trite and downright annoying. Zantia comes off as a total flake, and if I had to read one more pirate reference, I was going to scream. I continued to read this one hoping it would get better, and boy was I disappointed. This was just plain awful from start to finish - a definite pass.
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Summary: a comedy of errors
Review: LOL if you haven't read High Energy you won't follow this book. It is a continuation of that book and there is no prologue or any type of explanation of the characters. There are several conversations relating to the previous book but unless you read it you are lost. The sex is hot and heavy and it would almost be gross if it wasn't so funny. For example in one scene, the heroine is leaning out a window of a quaint inn in New England and the hero takes her from behind, but somehow the only thing you can imagine is that her head turns completely around because he embrasses her face for an agressive kiss. I laughed trying to figure out how he did this. Another is they are in bed making love, in the next paragraph he picks her up and puts her in the bed. I asked how did that happen. The love scene under the bed is also full of questions since it does not tell you how high the bed is and he is over six feet and built, some of his postions were quite impossible. Another describes him holding her hands over her head yet his hands are all over so I envision he has at least three arms. Obviously once you are known and a good author the editors just accept whatever else you write. This book was not intended as a comedy but it certainly was.
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Summary: Yummy yummy yummy
Review: I am in love with this guy. I gotta admit I have loved him since he first appeared in High Energy and he just is getting better and better. Ok, so there it is. Don't tell my husband. lol. I don't know how Dara Joy writes these guys. They are the best. My second favorite is Gian Ren followed by Rejar. The book is hot. The whole set up at the inn was a blast. I laughed and laughed through parts of this-it is a really funny and fun read. If you want a book that will let you kick back and just have a good time with plenty of laughs and five alarm love scenes this is the one.
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Summary: SUPER READ!
Review: I can't imagine anyone giving this book less than four stars. IMO it was a five. This book delivered everything the title promised. Laugh out loud humor that brought you right into the story. The love scenes were very sensual and showed a real love between Tyber and Zanita. I read this book in one night and loved it. So did my three friends. We all loved it. If my best friend asked me-I'd tell her to run to get this book. I did tell her that! <G>
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