Holly: It’s been another slow reading week for me. I blame the pregnancy brain. I just can’t stay focused on one thing very long – including reading. Plus, my husband and I are currently doing a Sons of Anarchy Marathon, so that’s taking up a lot of our time.
Yesterday I re-read England’s Perfect Hero by Suzanne Enoch. I love that book. It’s probably in my top 5 all time favorite historicals. It isn’t a perfect novel – the heroine is frustrating at times and the mystery plot rather weak – but the hero and his personal journey is so touching! That makes up for any flaws the story might have. I really recommend you read it if you haven’t already.
Earlier in the week I read Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl. I’m surprised at how well Dahl transformed a character I didn’t care for much in the previous two books. Eric was stubborn, sanctimonious and honestly not very nice in Good Girls Don’t and Bad Boys Do. I expected to dislike him in this novel as well..but Dahl made me come to care for him. Sadly, much of the rest of the novel fell flat. Especially the siblings and their relationship.
Today I’m going to start Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase. I found this book at the UBS when Ames was visiting. I’m excited to read both stories.
Rowena: I’ve gotten some serious reading done this week and I’m happy for that because one of my reading goals for the week was to get my NetGalley review stack down. This week alone, I’ve knocked out five books and I’m glad for it. I finished reading Something So Right by Elyse Mady (review and guest blog to come soon), The Icing on the Cupcake by Jennifer Ross, In Total Surrender by Anne Mallory, Unclaimed by Courtney Milan and Only His by Susan Mallery. I enjoyed all of them but I think of the four, I enjoyed Only His the least. I adored the romance between Tucker and Nevada but everything else (meaning all of the couples from previous books) had me rolling my eyes down the street.
Next up on my list is What a Duke Wants by Lavinia Kent and There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones, I’ve started the first and I will start the second over the weekend.
What are you reading?
Just finished Vonda Sinclair’s My Wild Highlander. She’s a very good author I have recently discovered although the heroine in this book was frustrating.
Am now reading J D Robb’s Survivor in Death.
I received Courtney Milan’s Unclaimed today so I will probably read that next.
I just finished Prey by Linda Howard and Romancing the Countess by Ashley March. Prey had some good moments, but I didn’t like reading from the bear’s POV. Plus it was quite violent. As for Romancing the Countess, the writer’s voice was quite good, but there were some plot aspects that were inconsistent.
I am now reading Serendipity by Carly Phillips. This is a new-to-me author.
Have been reading older books lately. Just started Cry No More by Linda Howard.
Loved:
Sweet Justice by Christy Reece
The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
Welcome To Paradise by Elle Kennedy
@Luci: I really enjoyed Unclaimed by Courtney Milan, she writes wonderful historicals. I hope you enjoy that as much as I did.
@Kim: I still can’t believe that there’s a POV from a bear in Prey by Linda Howard. What in the world??? I read and enjoyed Serendipity even though I thought Nash was an ass. I can’t wait to read the other books in that series.
@Mary: I’ve never heard of any of those books, let me go and look them up now.
Thanks for stopping by everyone, happy reading!
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