Dark Fires: Steve & Ginny Book 2

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Summary: Shameless cash-in
Review: Fans of "Sweet Savage Love" hoping for a passionate continuation of Steve and Ginny's romance will be horribly disappointed. They spend most of the novel apart...and in bed with other people. Hard to get interested in a couple that isn't even together for most of the book. Re-read "Sweet Savage Love" and don't bother with this

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Summary: What happened????
Review: I can't believe that this is the continuation for Steve and Ginny. After reading the first book (which I could not put down) this one was a disappointment and not just this one the third book too lacks many of the sophistication and adventure of the first book. The last book to this series was equal to the first. Too bad for the two middle books.

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Summary: Not A Lighthearted Read, But Still A Good Read
Review: I've come to take the Steve and Ginny saga as less of a romance and more of a historical adventure/misadventure. The "dark" in Dark Fires is most appropriate. What I really appreciated in this novel, apart from some gripping storytelling, was Rogers' treatment of substance abuse in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. There's nothing pretty about it, and I think it's important to point out that abuse is not just a modern phenomenon. I also admire the way Rogers treats the simple fact that people change and develop as a result of their experiences--and also that one can become stronger through adversity.

Rating:
Summary: Not A Lighthearted Read, But Still A Good Read
Review: I've come to take the Steve and Ginny saga as less of a romance and more of a historical adventure/misadventure. The "dark" in Dark Fires is most appropriate. What I really appreciated in this novel, apart from some gripping storytelling, was Rogers' treatment of substance abuse in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. There's nothing pretty about it, and I think it's important to point out that abuse is not just a modern phenomenon. I also admire the way Rogers treats the simple fact that people change and develop as a result of their experiences--and also that one can become stronger through adversity.

Rating:
Summary: Not A Lighthearted Read, But Still A Good Read
Review: I've come to take the Steve and Ginny saga as less of a romance and more of a historical adventure/misadventure. The "dark" in Dark Fires is most appropriate. What I really appreciated in this novel, apart from some gripping storytelling, was Rogers' treatment of substance abuse in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. There's nothing pretty about it, and I think it's important to point out that abuse is not just a modern phenomenon. I also admire the way Rogers treats the simple fact that people change and develop as a result of their experiences--and also that one can become stronger through adversity.

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Summary: It's almost as good as "Sweet Savage Love"
Review: Probably I would give it 3.75 stars; the first half of the book is excellent, but the part where Steve gets amnesia was a bit overdone...Nothing beats the first book and it really didn't NEED a sequel, but this is pretty good.