The Reluctant Suitor CD

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Summary: What happened?
Review: Although I stopped reading this type of romance novel many years ago, Kathleen Woodiwiss has always been a favoite of mine, so when I saw her new book, I bought it. I loved Shanna and several of her other books, so I anticipated a happy reading experience. Not so. Ponderous is the best word I can use to describe the heavy handed vocabulary Ms Woodiwiss chose to use in this book. By the end, I felt that if I read the word "orb" one more time, either to describe eyes or breasts, I would scream. And why so many adjectives? Why can't they just be eyes, instead of glowing orbs? Get over the excess verbage and stick to the story next time.

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Summary: Ewww !!! Gross
Review: Gross gross what is this? what happened? This book made my stomach queasy. I'm a fan of the Birmingham's saga, Shanna, A Rose in Winter, The wolf and the Dove; so after that what happened?

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Summary: Ms. Woodiwiss what happened?
Review: I have been a great fan of Kathleen Woodiwiss for years and was terribly disappointed in the last novel. The plot is poor, the main characters are not likable and I started rooting for the murdering creap just because he had some personality! Please Kathleen come back to us!! You have written some of the best romance ever!!

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Summary: Can you give negative stars?
Review: I picked up this book in an airport as a last resort to Tom Clancy. I came to the conclusion, about 40 pages into the most stultified prose I've ever read, that I would have been better off with Tom Clancy. Even the BEST author can't make an introduction of 8 people last 80 pages and keep the dialogue flowing. Her characters have no personality; I could not find anything likeable about Colton, and Ariana came off as a silly bimbette. Plot? I couldn't parse through the prose far enough to get to a plot, although of course Roger did it; that he was a villain (whatever the crime) was obvious from his first entrance. This author needs a good editor and some lessons in character development and how to write clean, clear dialogue with some wit and humor. Euw. Bad book. Bad book.

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Summary: Garage-sale worthy, but her other books are great
Review: I normally wait to buy my romance novels used, but I snatched this up at the store when I saw Kathleen Woodiwiss had a new book out! Unfortunately, I can't seem to make myself finish it. There were no challenges to this love story! The title and the book description on the back are both deceiving. Colton is hardly a "reluctant suitor" once he returns. He and Adriana fall in love with little difficulty and both characters seem annoyingly perfect. Woodiwiss' best characters in the past have been flawed but ultimately very likeable. These characters are very superficially written and are hard to identify with. Also, the other storylines in the novel are difficult to follow -- I found myself flipping ahead to avoid those extraneous subplots. Woodiwiss' other books really are wonderful; I'm just sad that this latest doesn't measure up. Not even close.

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Summary: Worst Book Ever
Review: Ms. Woodiwiss used every trite expression known in romance book when she wrote this. If I never hear the phrase "glowing orbs" used again, it will be too soon. This book is simply one of the worst romance novels I have ever read.

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Summary: Wow ..I thought it was just me
Review: I was in for a long Doctor visit, (no appointment) so I knew I would be waiting forever..So I grabbed this book from home, thinking, hey Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, I will never notice the long wait...OMG it was awful...It was so full of detail, wasted detail... that meant nothing. I finally put the book away, and played solitaire on my cell phone. I love you Ms Woodiwiss..but this book was so unlike any you have written. It was just boring.
I am glad someone liked it...I think getting it from your library was a good thing....you didn't have to spend a dime.

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Summary: did someone steal K. woodiwiss's name?
Review: i wish they offered a zero star rating option. There is no way that Kathleen Woodiwiss wrote this book unless it was a desperate attempt to overcome writers block. This was the worse book i've read in decades. I have all K.W's books but have found that i am more and more reluctant to spend the money to buy them as they seem to be getting progressivly worse.

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Summary: Baaaad... actually a 0 star book
Review: Katheleen E. Woodiwiss' downslide began with "Petals on the Wind", which (while a good book) was not up to her previous books' standards. Anything after that point has been unreadable. I thought maybe things had gotten better and bought this book - much to my regret. I can not read it, it is so bad. I have forced myself to read the first 70 pages, but I doubt I will finish it. Is Woodiwiss a pseudonym and someone else writing these novels? The writing is different. Please bring back the original author(s). I would rather re-read her first books than try and read another one of these fakes. The publishers are deluding the public by putting out these latest books with Ms. Woodiwiss as the author.

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Summary: The Reluctant Suitor reviewed
Review: I am a huge K. Woodiwiss fan, having first read the book A Rose in Winter many years ago. I have picked up that book enumerable times since I first read it, and it still manages to capture me like no other romance book written. I have read all of her books, and keep looking for a book that measures up to the character development and scenes that A Rose in Winter did. I would like to see her write a book called the Reluctant Bride instead. I like to see the hero do the pursuing in a romance book not the heroine; when she captilates first it always disappoints me. I want to see her pursued to the ends of the earth and then give in. This book (Reluctant Suitor) just seemed like any other romance book, and I know that K. Woodiwiss can write so much better. I don't mind the details as long as I can connect with the characters and feel my pulse race when the hero is pursuing the heroine no matter the odds he faces. I realize this may sound more like a review for the Rose in Winter instead, and I guess it is. Read that book - don't give up on K. Woodiwiss, because her others are good but the Rose is the absolute BEST.