Love Song For A Raven

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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.

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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:):):)

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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.

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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.

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Summary: Lowell at her best!
Review: Jenna & Raven are so wounded . . . so fragile. They meet under heroic circumstances and Raven assumes her love is compassion, hero worship . . . that she's grateful to him. His own need for her inner strength and beauty stuns him. Jenna assumes no one can love her so he must simply be lonely. An "any port in the storm" type need. These two love each other so much but are too spooked to trust in their love. Their pain is so real, their love so uncertain that the final outcome brought tears to my eyes. And even though I re-read this one every year or so, their pain is just as fresh as the first time I picked up to book.

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Summary: Lowell at her best!
Review: Jenna & Raven are so wounded . . . so fragile. They meet under heroic circumstances and Raven assumes her love is compassion, hero worship . . . that she's grateful to him. His own need for her inner strength and beauty stuns him. Jenna assumes no one can love her so he must simply be lonely. An "any port in the storm" type need. These two love each other so much but are too spooked to trust in their love. Their pain is so real, their love so uncertain that the final outcome brought tears to my eyes. And even though I re-read this one every year or so, their pain is just as fresh as the first time I picked up to book.

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Summary: Love Song for A Raven shines in prose
Review: LOVE SONG FOR A RAVEN lacks the emotional intensity of Elizabeth Lowell's A Woman without Lies - with Angel and Hawk but the melodrama, sea-rescue and romance between Janna and Raven saved this otherwise diluted read. Face it - Ms. Lowell weaves sensual magical story like a tragic love paean that aims straight for the heart and such tortured souls are Janna and Raven, that they are willing to deny the passion and even discard love. Janna has an unfruitful marriage with her gay husband; Raven lost his confidence when his love for Angel sunk. Her stories are so soul-wrenching that they make you wallow in tears and compassion. At the end of the story, when you recall the plot - it ends up lacking in substance. It's the acute writing that overwhelms and the magical ending we have all been waiting for.

Throw away you common sense and just follow your heart - and Love Song for a Raven will guide you to an enchanting read which you will enjoy.

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Summary: Another strong romance by Elizabeth Lowell!
Review: Sometimes Elizabeth Lowell works for me. At other times, her prose is too purple, her characters too stylized, and her writing melodramatic. In this instance, everything came together and Love Song for a Raven worked wonderfully well. If you love Cabin/Road Romances, if you love steamy love scenes that go on forever, if you love a love story with characters whose pain will make you cry, this book should do the trick!...

Rating:
Summary: Another strong romance by Elizabeth Lowell!
Review: Sometimes Elizabeth Lowell works for me. At other times, her prose is too purple, her characters too stylized, and her writing melodramatic. In this instance, everything came together and Love Song for a Raven worked wonderfully well. If you love Cabin/Road Romances, if you love steamy love scenes that go on forever, if you love a love story with characters whose pain will make you cry, this book should do the trick!...