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Summary: A BRILLIANT WRITER
Review: I was completely impressed with this book. The characters were completely drawn. The plot was very clean, so clever that it gently took me along on the house adventure until I realized at the end how expertly she had drawn me into the story. Tyber and Zanita were the Nick and Nore Charles for today. I have always loved the Thin Man so I really liked these two. The secondary characters were eccentric and fun. There is an aunti who wears 3 hats (I loved her), a strange pirate cook, who I guess was also a scientist, a really funny cat and others just as entertaining. The sex scenes were very, very hot but not offensive. I highly reccomend this book to anyone looking for a happy read. This is the first Dara Joy book I read and I am definetly searching out her others.
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Summary: So So Book
Review: High Intensity--Well the title was misleading for one, I did not find anything through out the book that even came close to "High Intensity". Zanita and Tyber were good characters, and even if the story line was out there and some-what enjoyable I found myself skiping pages just to read more about Gregor and Mills. Because of them I gave this book two stars.
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I wasn't sure if I would like a sequel to Tyber and Zenita (I loved High energy when they met and you don't want to loose that with sequels too much), but I really enjoyed this book. I would really like to see a story of Mills and Gregor (I liked when they were brought in but it was too brief for me). This book made me smile though I still like High Energy better, Dara Joy did not disappoint me with this one. Now where is the sequels to the Rejar series!
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Summary: I made it through the book--but.....
Review: I have loved Dara Joy's books in the past, and High Energy was one of my all-time favorites. High Intensity, however, does not live up to its name! Although it was amusing to read about these characters again, the tension and fun of the first book just did not carry over. I got to the point where if Tyber called Zanita "Baby" one more time, I would reach into the page and hit him. Ms. Joy should have written a book about Gregor and Mills rather than rehashing the relationship between Tyber and Zanita again. Not her best effort!
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Summary: Zany and fun
Review: I really enjoyed this book. The characters we kept consistent with the previous book and flowed quickly. The humour kept a smile on my face.
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Summary: High Intensity Falls Flat!
Review: I'm probably going to get bashed by Dara Joy's fans, but this book is pretty bad. I loved High Energy, the first book in this series. The lead characters Tyberius Augustus Evans and Zanita Masterson sizzled in the first book and sizzle out in the second book. Ms. Joy spent around half of High Intensity recapping what had happened in High Energy. As wacky as the lead characters are, even they couldn't support such a lame plot in High Intensity. The only redeeming quality about this book is some new scenes between Tyber and Zanita and the reappearance of some wonderful secondary characters from High Energy. Will I buy the third book in this series if there is one? Probably in hopes it recaptures the spirit of the first book. Dara Joy has created a captivating couple in Tyber and Zanita--but please--give them a better plot!
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Summary: I was sooo looking forward...
Review: I couldn't wait to read Dara Joy's new book. I began scouring the book stores (sorry, Amazon) well before it was due to be released (hey, sometimes they're early). But I was really somewhat disappointed this time around. This sequel (and they can work in the romance genre, see Jayne Ann Krentz's "Gold" series), seemed quickly thrown together, no character development to speak off. The kookiness and fun of the first book here became inane and, well, boring at times. It was not as sexy as Joy's books usually are; and maybe a little more would have helped the rather lame story line. I have to assume that Joy is working on a Traed story (please!), and hope that it will follow the quality that marked "Knight" and "High Energy."
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Summary: High Intensity
Review: I found the book exiciting and exhausting just keeping up with the banter between our duo, you haven't disappointed me yet,but is it just me, I found little references to the matrix of destiny series, i.e. wizard named Yaniff as leader of the mythological stone creatures presiding in Tyber estate and the recipe for Blooey from the sentinels of Rejar? I look forward to the next exciting adventure of Zanita and Tyber, there will be more adventures? I would hope you also write a story about Zanita and Tybers friends, Mills, Gregor and Cody, they're dying to tell their own story.
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Summary: Not Quite the Dara Joy I expected
Review: I purchased this book approximately 3 days ago. I have not finished it yet. Normally I would be re-reading a Dara Joy book for about the 10th time. ...I will confess that High Energy is about the least likely book that I would want a sequel to. I am having a hard time reading this book, it is a little too out there for me, and I don't find the relationship that humorous. What I do like is the referals to Rejar and Yaniff and wondering how they are going to eventually tie in to this. If you liked High Energy, this will probably do it for you. High Energy was the book she wrote that I thought was O.K., but was not my favorite. The other thing I dislike about this book is the way she refers to Tyber as Doc, or The Captain, or her Husband. Pick one or 2 and stick to them, but I practically have to reread the paragraph to figure out who they are talking about. Dara Joy seems to be very intimate with this couple and I feel like there is some inside conversation going on that I know nothing about, but would find hilarious if I did. Well I will continue to persevere and hope that this gets better, or I understand it more.
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Summary: What a let down!
Review: Tyber Evans, hero of this book and its precursor, High Energy, has been my favorite romance hero for nearly three years. That's how long I looked forward to reading High Intensity, btw, because I knew from interviewing the author that she'd planned a Nick and Nora type sequel to High Energy for some time. Unfortunately, High Intensity didn't live up to my expectations.Readers do not have to have read the earlier book in order to read High Intensity, but since I recommend that title over this one, I hope you will. Yes, there are hints at what went before - characters and memories and the like. But not knowing those characters before hand and not having been on those memories won't make this reading experience worse. What's more important, however, is that they don't make it any better. The author manages to remind readers of the type of quirky detail that made High Energy such fun (there's even a hint or two of her Matrix of Destiny series), but those reminders don't make High Intensity more fun. And secondary characters Mills and Gregor, who were delightfully introduced in High Energy, make a return appearance here. Their sexually charged bickering in High Energy reads more like two junior high school kids embarrassed to admit they like someone of the opposite sex in High Intensity. This was a *major* disappointment. There is a lot more lovemaking going on in this installment of the series, but it's not nearly as sexy as the few erotically charged scenes in the first book. The mystery that drives the story is not particularly engaging, and while I've had a soft spot for Tyber for going on three years, I'm now in the market for a new favorite hero. I won't bother to describe the plot - you can find that in any number of places, including, I'm sure, other amazon.com reviews on this page. What you get from me instead, is a word from the faithful. High Energy was and is my favorite Dara Joy novel. If you read High Intensity without having read High Energy, I'm afraid you'll wonder what the fuss is all about. And the sad part is, you'll have missed a better, far better, read. TTFN, Laurie Likes Books Publisher, All About Romance
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