Sweet Savage Love

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Summary: Nothing sweet about this story
Review: Curiosity got the better of me so I bought this novel. Even though the story started off slow for me, I finished this book quickly, eager to find out what the fuss was all about. Well, there's definitely nothing sweet about Steve and Ginny's story. If you like your historical romance saccharine, then you may want to stay away from this book. However, if you could keep an open mind and just think that this is fiction, it is certainly worth reading.

Steve and Ginny are probably one of the most memorable couples you'll read about - they're not your average Romeo and Juliet. Their love/lust for each other verges on self-destruction, and some of their actions leave little to be desired, however, I couldn't help but feel for them, as despite being dragged through all kinds of abuse, humiliation and degradation, they emerge stronger than before.

I do have a couple of issues though. One of them is the number of times that Ginny was assaulted. Once was enough, but repeatedly? I could understand how some would feel reading about it. It was too much! My other issue is the length of the novel. At 700 pages long, I felt that the author could have done better with the ending. It just seemed too abrupt. Considering how Steve and Ginny have separated, reunited, separated and reunited once more, all those times feeling hate for each other and concealing their true feelings, it was as if the author just decided to rush the last 4 pages just to finish off the book. C'mon! I wanted more. I wanted to see them reunited with their family and celebrate. I at least wanted to see them walk hand in hand strolling in the garden or something like that. I guess I will have to read the next instalments to appease my curiosity and see if they finally get the ending I craved for in this book.


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Summary: Scarlett and Rhett move over....
Review: I have read all the of Rosemary Rogers books based on the Steve and Ginny saga. I think that I must have been 15 at the time that I read these books and I am now 35. Even by today's standard, these books are one of the best in historical romance. I loved the relationship with Steve and Ginny. It was not your average Princess meets Prince and falls in love and lives happily ever after. Steve and Ginny had their ups and downs, they loved each other to distraction and when they were hating each other you could actually feel the dept of their hatred.

The best thing I like about this series was that Rosemary Rogers made you feel and care about Steve and Ginny and even when they were apart, I was alway rooting for them to stop wasting time and get back together.

If you like historical romances, this book will be the place to start. If by the end of the series you do not have any feeling for Steve and Ginny then I would suggest you start all over again because you must have missed something.

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Summary: Could Have Been Better!
Review: I listened to an audio recording of Rosemary Rogers Sweet Savage Love and I like Historical romances but I didn't like this story or the characters and I was very disappointed and this was the only Rosemary Rogers book I ever tried but just because I didn't like this one doesn't mean that I will never read or listen to anything else by this author and I will definitely give her other books a try!

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Summary: Dazzling and Unforgettable...
Review: I'm going to date myself. I first read Sweet Savage Love when it was first published in approx. 1972. The times were a changin, things in the story acceptable then are out of favor now. So when you read this treasure of a story please keep this in mind. That being said, Steve and Ginny are a couple that are survivors in every sense of the word. Individually they are put through the tortures' of the damned. They meet and part meet and part and finally meet at the end. In each meeting they come to care for the other a little more and more each time. They are being made stronger as individuals and the fabric of their love is being woven with steel fibers and not cotton that will tear under adversity or weaken and rot over time. They can finally overcome their mutual pride and admit they love each other in the end. I've explained this simply, but the story is not, it is rich and complex. Believe me when it was first published it was a very hot historical romance. Start with this first Steve and Ginny story and be sure to read the others in the series. They hold up over time, but they are not twenty-first century PC. If your sensibilities need modern PC to enjoy a story--look elsewhere.

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Summary: I was horrified and disgusted by this book.
Review: Maybe I didn't read the same book as everyone else, who only comment on the heroine being raped by her lover. She is also forced to have sex with a man she despises to save her lover and is then gang raped. If that's your kind of thing, then you will love this book, but I imagine most people read and hear enough about rape in the news not to feel inclined to pay for it.

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Summary: Nothing sweet about this story
Review: sweet savage love took away the heart of a 12years old nausheen. for 8 years i read this story almost daily and dreamed of steve and ginny. they became my true friends. they cheered me up in my depressing mood. steve and ginny became the stars whom i worshiped. i loved steve so much that i wanted him to be happy with ginny and whenever they parted i felt for them. in my prays i want them to be together forever. all this sounds silly but this is how i find this book. thanks rosemary rogers for this gift. they will remain in my memories forever.