Rating: 
Summary: Beverley Wins Again
Review: 5 time RITA winner, Beverley delivers another in her stellar career. Lady Anne has been rejected twice by members of the Rogues....see earlier reprints of some Beverley classics. Race de Vere volunteers to see if the lady can be rescued, never knowing he would be both rescuer and savior. This is a lovely story of two people who are not social equals but who can not resist. The tension between them is genuine and palatable. One of Beverley's strengths is her ability to write true to the time and yet still provide us with a HEA ending. If you are a Rogue fan, this is a must have addition to your collection and if you have not experienced the Rogues yet, this is a great start.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Long and Dull
Review: After giving four of Jo Beverely's Regencies a try, I think I'm going to stick to the other two time periods that she does so well. Hazard was a disappointment. The first hundred pages were a charm, true brilliant Jo Beverely writing, sexual tension and honest plot complications from two people caught in their time, places, and circumstances. But, unfortunately, the book began meandering, the hero and heroine spent hundreds of pages apart, and the final wrap up didn't require that we go through the several hundred pages of proposals, engagements, elopements, kidnappings, et al.I highly recommend Devilish and Lord of Midnight for wonderful, wonderful Jo Beverely romances. And I'll just let the Regencies alone.
Rating: 
Summary: Much prefer Ms. Beverly's Georgians and Medievals
Review: After giving four of Jo Beverely's Regencies a try, I think I'm going to stick to the other two time periods that she does so well. Hazard was a disappointment. The first hundred pages were a charm, true brilliant Jo Beverely writing, sexual tension and honest plot complications from two people caught in their time, places, and circumstances. But, unfortunately, the book began meandering, the hero and heroine spent hundreds of pages apart, and the final wrap up didn't require that we go through the several hundred pages of proposals, engagements, elopements, kidnappings, et al. I highly recommend Devilish and Lord of Midnight for wonderful, wonderful Jo Beverely romances. And I'll just let the Regencies alone.
Rating:
Summary: Incredibly boring and flat. I'm very dissapointed.
Review: Every time I start to read one of JB books, I do it with great expectations. But so far, her Regency books have been unimpressive. Where is the magic of the Malloren books? Where are the magnetic characters, the interesting storylines, and the sensuality that all the Malloren books possess? This book is really boring. The main characters barely interact during the whole novel. To me, their feelings for each other seemed more like infatuation than true love. They shared a kiss, interchanged some witticisms, and suddenly they were madly in love! What did they know about each other, about their past, their likes and dislikes, their ambitions in life? For the most part the book was about Anne trying to find a suitable husband and trying to forget about Race, and Race trying to avoid Anne. Another thing not working for this book was that I don't consider Race hero material, and it is not because of his lack of fortune or pedigree. It is because he seems to me like a very impractical person with no real direction in his life. Oh, he is charming, intelligent, and really good with people, he reminded me a little of Nicholas Delaney. I did not dislike him; he had his moments, but for the most part was eclipsed by St.Raven. And I hate it when the hero is eclipsed by another character in the book. For her part, Lady Anne was a very unexceptional heroine; she is kind of dull and easily forgotten, to the point that you don't care whom she marries, just that she gets it over with. The back cover of the book says that you have never met a hero and heroine like Race de Vere and Lady Ann Peckworth, and it is true. Jo Beverley always tries to create characters that are a little different to what you usually encounter on romance novels, sometimes even pushing the boundaries of what is "acceptable", that is good, but this time I think she really went a little too far. And one more thing. The book lacks sensuality. It only has one love scene that was very brief and boring. That, added to a not very interesting plot makes for a tedious novel. I really see no purpose on reading it. One reviewer said that this book only serves to introduce St.Raven, and I think it is true. That is a much better book. In fact the best of the Regency ones written by Jo Beverley that I have read so far. Try that one instead, and save your money on this one. They are part of a series, but you don't need to have read the other books to enjoy St.Raven. In fact I read it before any of the others, and I didn't even guess it was part of a series.
Rating:
Summary: Too Dull!
Review: I gave this book 2 stars simply because of the length of the story, figured it must count for something. JB is very talented, but when she misses the mark, she really misses it. How can an author create such interesting characters and such dull plots all in the same book?
This book took forEVER getting to the heart of matters.
Rating: 
Summary: A let down from an otherwise talented writer
Review: I read "Forbidden" and loved it so much I bought the rest of the series, but thus far they're a disappointment. I was pleased to see Lady Anne, the abandoned but gracious fiance from "Forbidden" get her own story, but the author doesn't do her justice. Her romance has little of passion or even sensuality and none of the exciting intrigue that this writer normally does so well. Re-read "Forbidden" instead
Rating:
Summary: Not her Best
Review: I usually enjoy books by Jo Beverly but Hazard bored me. The only real "problem" the main characters had was the unsuitability of the hero. I realize this was a big deal for them but really, a whole book concerned with the heroine thinking about it? I enjoyed the beginning, got tired of the middle, skipped to the end and enjoyed that.
Rating:
Summary: No hazard here
Review: I was charmed that the book was dedicated to the late Dorothy Dunnett. Would that the book had even a hint of Lady Dunnett's verve. A flat, not particularly interesting story.
Rating:
Summary: Another great Beverly title!
Review: I've been a fan of Jo Beverly's books for years, but I'd been a little disappointed with the last few I'd read. However, "Hazard" was a stay-up-until-I-finish-it book, a definite keeper. This is much more a character study than an intricately plotted thriller, but the relationship between Anne and Race was touching and believable, and that's really all I ask here. And after seeing Anne jilted by the hero in both "Forbidden" and "The Dragon's Bride," it was nice to see her as our heroine, significantly more fleshed out than in either of the other books. Hooray!
Rating:
Summary: Another great Beverly title!
Review: I've been a fan of Jo Beverly's books for years, but I'd been a little disappointed with the last few I'd read. However, "Hazard" was a stay-up-until-I-finish-it book, a definite keeper. This is much more a character study than an intricately plotted thriller, but the relationship between Anne and Race was touching and believable, and that's really all I ask here. And after seeing Anne jilted by the hero in both "Forbidden" and "The Dragon's Bride," it was nice to see her as our heroine, significantly more fleshed out than in either of the other books. Hooray!
|
