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Summary: Fresh, funny, and fabulous!
Review: In her debut novel, Eloisa James brings a fresh new look to the regency romance. This was an intelligent, funny, charming portrait of a less than perfect hero and the woman who captured his heart. I laughed out loud, I cried when he broke her heart, I LOVED it!
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Summary: Passion and mistaken identity -- best this year!
Review: This is a great romp through Regency society -- there's romance, passion, betrayal, and in the end, true love. It's a page-turner, a burning story. I loved it.
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Summary: Great historical romance
Review: Just prior to her eighteenth birthday, Charlotte Daicheston innocently accompanies a friend to the "Hooker's Masquerade Ball". While there, Charlotte loses her virginity to Alex Foakes, a future duke. Alex searches for her, but fails to find her. A few weeks later, Alex and his twin brother get in trouble and their father exiles them with Alex going to Italy. By 1801, three years have passed since Alex was sent overseas. He has returned as the Duke since his father recently passed away. He seeks a wife to help him raise his little girl, who he sired while being married in Italy. At a ball, he meets Charlotte, who recognizes him, but he fails to do likewise. He pushes her into marrying him. They make love, but he goes crazy when he realizes she is not a virgin. Though they make up, one must wonder if love dies when trust fails to anchor it. Soon, this couple will be put to a life and death test. POTENT PLEASURES is an interesting Regency romance that centers on how gossiping scandals can ruin lives. The story line is interesting even though readers will want to pound Alex at times for his boorish, obstinate behavior. Charlotte is a warm character and little Pippa will steal the audience's hearts. Eloisa James has written a historical romance that will please sub-genre purists even as it provides a moral lesson on loose lips sink relationships. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: I didn't like it too much
Review: I am a huge fan of romance novels - Quinn, Quick, McNaught and Iris Johansen to name a few. I got this book from the library because of the good reviews here. I couldn't get into it at all. I am not one to point out historical inaccuracies and I don't care too much about that whole aspect so nothing like that really bothered me. Pippa did seem a little vocally advanced for her tender years but whatever.
I didn't get into the romance as much as everyone else here seemed to. I didn't really like the characters. I have the whole set in this series out from the library so I will prabably finish it, but if I thing don't click for me by the end of the series I don't think I will read much more from James?
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Summary: Story WAS interesting but ...
Review: Why was Alex Foakes so darn mean? He said and did too many things to lovely Charlotte for her to still love him.
And really,he just assumed he would "let" Charlotte raise his daughter in Scotland while he lived in England and visited once a year! Charlotte loved his daughter, true, but that didn't mean she was supposed to raise HIS child because Alex decided to separate from his wife.
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Summary: Alex Was More Villain than Hero.....
Review: Although Alex was handsome, he was not likable. And I found it galling that he relegated his child to Charlotte - to raise alone, without him ever participating ( which he later came to his senses about).
I also didn't care for the way Alex boasted about making love to so many women, including "a Danish princess," yet not 5 minutes later, he's condemning Charlotte for the very same actions of which he was just so proud, (which he was wrong about, of course.) What an imbecile!
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Summary: Pretty Campy...
Review: The title of the book is silly, and lines like 'The Alex of you." made absolutely no sense.
There was also a scene in which Alex sat atop his horse, something frightened the horse so badly that it bucked and reared and made lots of racket, so naturally I assumed something was going to happen, either to a character or perhaps the addition of a new character, but no, the only thing the author gave us after all that was 'he looked into his beloved's amused eyes.' Huh?
This author is capable of writing an interesting tale and it will capture the reader's attention, but I think it's because Alex was mean, which made one wonder what he would say next.
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Summary: Great Writing but Awful Hero
Review: I don't care how good-looking a guy is, or how sweet he is to his child - that is, when he's thinking clearly and not banishing the poor thing to Scotland, probably never to see her again - if he's verbally abusive, he'll likely remain that way. He got angry at Charlotte - called her all kinds of vile names, then promised it would not happen again, and even promised to trust her. Didn't happen. Alex did the very same thing a few months later - called her the same names and failed to trust Charlotte as he'd promised. There's no way this guy would ever keep his word.
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Summary: Ohhhh.....What A Creep Alexander Could Be...
Review: Alex was so wonderful in so many ways, especially with Pippa, but boy when he got mad, he was really a devil. He claimed to love Charlotte so much, yet for him to be so cruel to her - well, I just can't believe he was anything other than a possessive person.
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Summary: Good Writing
Review: One thing about this author's books - you can't call them boring. She keeps the reader turning the pages quickly. However, Charlotte, so sweet and beautiful,was so scared of Alex it made me sick, especially when she was giving birth. I felt SO bad for her. And it was all Alex's fault because of his BIG cruel, mouth! There was no way a guy like that wouldn't explode with rage again at the slightest provocation. Which was a shame, because Alex DID have a few good qualities.
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