Kissing the Countess

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Summary: snooze a rama
Review: this book is the worst of the 3 in this trilogy. I felt nothing when i read it. i like to hike, but the details of rock climbing totally detracted from this story. i could hardly wait until i was done (i cant stand to start a book and not finish it. i keep thinking there has to be some redeeming value to it). her earlier books are so much better (the swan maiden, etc.). it always seems to happen with good authors. once they attain some popularity, their publishers decide it is time they write about a different venue, because the populace seems to be losing interest. once the author makes an effort to write in that dif. venue, they fail. their sparkle disappears.

Rating:
Summary: Needs an editor
Review: This was really distracted. She created a really nasty villain, then did virtually nothing with him except something really contrived at the end. There were too many irrelevant characters, she big deal made about rock climbing that didn't pay off - and speaking of that, he never did solve his money problems! The lovers needed to spend more time together to make this work...this was a mess and in desperate need of editing...