Review: Since the Surrender by Julie Ann Long.

Posted August 24, 2009 by Rowena in Reviews | 4 Comments

Publisher: Avon, Harper Collins


Rowena’s review of Since the Surrender by Julie Ann Long.

Hero: Captain Chase Eversea
Heroine: Rosalind March
Grade: 3 out of 5

A man of action. . . Fearless. Loyal. Brilliant. Ruthless. Bold words are always used to describe English war hero Captain Chase Eversea, but another word unfortunately plays a role in every Eversea’s destiny: trouble. And trouble for Chase arrives in the form of a mysterious message summoning him to a London rendezvous . . . where he encounters the memory of his most wicked indiscretion in the flesh: Rosalind March—the only woman he could never forget. A Woman of Passion. . . Five years ago, the reckless, charming beauty craved the formidable Captain’s attention. But now Rosalind is a coolly self-possessed woman, and desire is the last thing on her mind: her sister has mysteriously disappeared and she needs Chase’s help to find her. But as their search through London’s darkest corners re-ignites long-smoldering passion and memories of old battles, Chase and Rosalind are challenged to surrender: to the depths of a wicked desire, and to the possibility of love.

Like No Other Lover was the first book that I read by Julie Anne Long. I really enjoyed that so I really had high hopes for this one. While I did enjoy parts of this book, for the most part this book fell flat for me. It was far too easy for me to put this book down and watch TV or go downstairs to find out what my family was doing. It took me far too long to read this book as well and I think the main reason for that was because I kept waiting for something to happen.

You see, Mrs. Rosalind March is searching for her missing sister, Lucy Locke. She needs help because she’s wasted every avenue that she could think of and she keeps coming up against one brick wall after another with no clue as to where her sister might be. Instead of running through each of the brick walls again, she enlists the help of the one man that she shouldn’t even think of considering the history they have with each other but she knows no one else that could help her so she turns to Captain Chase Eversea.

Chase and Rosalind proceed on an adventurous journey trying to piece this bizarre puzzle of Rosalind’s missing sister and though I really enjoyed both of them individually and together, the story itself was just one that I couldn’t really understand, couldn’t quite grasp and I had a really hard time trying to stay focused.

Chase was that hero that has come home from war and is grumpy. He snaps and growls at everyone around him so he’s banished from home to London by his own family. His brother Colin is telling him that he should get married so that he can find happiness in his life but the one woman that he desires above all other women was married to his former Colonel. A man that he considered his friend. Overall, I really enjoyed Chase’s character because he was strong and tortured. You mix all of that together and you get one sexy British hero that will rock your socks.

I enjoyed Rosalind’s character too even though at times I didn’t understand the way that she reacted to things and to the way that she handled things and even things that she would act toward Chase. I thought she took too much upon herself at times because her sisters were clearly of age to be taking care of themselves even in historical times but she wasn’t an unlikeable character. She had a lot of redeeming qualities in her character and I enjoyed getting to know her.

There were things that I enjoyed about this book but there were more things about it that just fell flat with me. I think I hyped this book up in my head and was disappointed because I didn’t get exactly what I wanted. The book ended up being just good and not the spectacular read that I was expecting but I’m sure there will be plenty of others who disagree with me.

For a quick browse inside Since the Surrender, click here.

This book is available from Avon. You can buy it here or here in e-format.


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4 responses to “Review: Since the Surrender by Julie Ann Long.

  1. Oh no! I bought this book on release day because I loved the previous one so much. I guess I’ll be reading this one with lower expectations. Sometimes that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

    Sorry it wasn’t what you were expecting.

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