Rating:  Summary: Embarassingly bad.... Review: "Love Song For a Raven" had the potential to be fantastic, but the writing and the dialogue were so flowery and ridiculous that I couldnt help but cringe. I thought that the characters were woefully underdeveloped and the love between them blossomed so fast that it bordered on unbelievable. Raven was ok..but his whole "Gratitude/Love" thing grew tired..and Janna was just plain annoying...I would have given this only 1 star, but it IS an Elizabeth Lowell and this was OBVIOUSLY one of her earlier efforts. All in all I definitely would NOT recommend this.
Rating:  Summary: Embarassingly bad.... Review: "Love Song For a Raven" had the potential to be fantastic, but the writing and the dialogue were so flowery and ridiculous that I couldnt help but cringe. I thought that the characters were woefully underdeveloped and the love between them blossomed so fast that it bordered on unbelievable. Raven was ok..but his whole "Gratitude/Love" thing grew tired..and Janna was just plain annoying...I would have given this only 1 star, but it IS an Elizabeth Lowell and this was OBVIOUSLY one of her earlier efforts. All in all I definitely would NOT recommend this.
Rating:  Summary: Average stranded ona desert island story w/ a great hero Review: After hearing so many raves about the wonderful hero in this one I think I was expecting too much. The story starts out when the heroine's boat gets caught up in a storm and begins to sink. Raven spots her boat going under and quickly arrives in time to save her life. While the storm rages (for what felt like several days) he nurses her back to health and they fall in love. But it's not as easy as all that because they both have wounded hearts and must first come to grips with their old heartaches and insecurities before they can love each other freely. This was an okay read but it just didn't grab me. The hero was a perfectly sensitive, nurturing and tortured guy and the heroine was pretty likable but they had big trouble communicating with each other and spent a huge chunk of the book hiding and avoiding their feelings. I also had a bit of a problem with the speed in which relationship developed. I realize this is a short book but their love seemed to blossom unbelievably quick. There were tons of steamy love scenes but I kind of wish they had spent more time talking than tearing up the sheets. Geez, what a bore I'm becoming :) And the final thing that bugged me were all of the references to what I believe must have been the prequel about a woman (Angel) who broke the hero's heart. I can't help but think that I would've felt more compassion for Raven if I had read that story first.
Rating:  Summary: WHERE ARE ALL THE RAVEN'S.:))August 2002 Review: I just loved this story, couldn't put it down.I had read Woman Without Lies years ago and loved that story also.Raven what a man!! what a hero !I found the story moving and the love between Raven and Janna passionate and exciting.Love Elizabeth Lowell books:):):)
Rating:  Summary: Poetry Review: I read the "sort of" prequel to this "A Woman Without Lies." It didn't really add a whole lot. Some of the scenes where very passionate. But the characters spent the entire book lying to each other. If they had told the truth, been honest about their feelings, they could have gotten on with their lives. I guess I'm just sick of stupid people.
Rating:  Summary: OK, nothing special Review: I read the "sort of" prequel to this "A Woman Without Lies." It didn't really add a whole lot. Some of the scenes where very passionate. But the characters spent the entire book lying to each other. If they had told the truth, been honest about their feelings, they could have gotten on with their lives. I guess I'm just sick of stupid people.
Rating:  Summary: Love song for my heart Review: I read this one not knowing that it was a sequel. Maybe if I had read "A Woman Without Lies" first I might have had a better appreciation for the characters here. The plotline is pretty thin: Guy rescues girl. Less than a week later, girl is in love with guy. Guy has a kind of 'inferiority complex' that gets in the way of their relationship. The setting is supposedly in contemporary Canada, but you don't get much of a feel for it since most of the story took place either on the boat or on the deserted island with no other people around. Although the story squeezed a few tears from me, I would've liked more excitement & adventure in it. "Lover in the Rough" was much better.
Rating:  Summary: Tepid. Not one of her best. Review: I read this one not knowing that it was a sequel. Maybe if I had read "A Woman Without Lies" first I might have had a better appreciation for the characters here. The plotline is pretty thin: Guy rescues girl. Less than a week later, girl is in love with guy. Guy has a kind of 'inferiority complex' that gets in the way of their relationship. The setting is supposedly in contemporary Canada, but you don't get much of a feel for it since most of the story took place either on the boat or on the deserted island with no other people around. Although the story squeezed a few tears from me, I would've liked more excitement & adventure in it. "Lover in the Rough" was much better.
Rating:  Summary: Poetry Review: I simply loved this book, I coudn't stop reading. The poetry got me hooked. Who else would think about a LOVE SONG for a Raven than the wonderful Elizabeth Lowell.
Rating:  Summary: Love song for my heart Review: If I ever had a perfect fantasy, this would be it. Gorgeous hunk of native american man rescues unhappy, insecure female. She of course is gorgeous in her own way. This is my favorite Lowell book, I have bought it 3 times, cause when I loan it out, no one will return it! The best!
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