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Summary: The book's not as good as the first of the Cynster series.
Review: I bought this book right after I bought "Devil's Bride" and it is not as much fun to read. Patience just drags her feet to the altar for far too long. However, I like the fact that she brought back characters from before. I just hope that her third book, "Scandal's Bride", would be a very enjoyable read.
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Summary: A Total Waste of Money
Review: I couldn't even get a quarter of the way into this book. It was too excruciatingly painful: The two main characters were not only wooden stereotypes, but they were unlikeable, as well. The heroine, for example, was prissy, didactic and full of misconceptions. The plot hardly moved. The best I can say is that Laurens knows how to string together a grammatical sentence (something many writers don't seem to be able to do, actually). I even tried to read it again after a few days, thinking that perhaps it wasn't as bad as I'd initially thought. If anything, it was worse. Save your money for an intelligent romance. (Try Jo Beverley or Loretta Chase.)
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Summary: A good read but not as good as Devil's Bride.
Review: I enjoyed the book but found it to drag more than I liked. I was expecting more along the lines of Devil's bride. I wished Patience had more spunk and less "patience." I don't, however, think the book a waste of time and certainly will read the next in the Cynster series.
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Summary: So So Romance, but Really Really Slow...
Review: I enjoyed the character of 'Vane' in Devil's Bride and decided to pick up the book with Vane's story. Although he is still very bit as attractive, he somehow lacked the excitment of a hero in this story. I failed to understand how the two of them felt in love. The relationship between the hero and heroine were not well developed leaving me only understanding the lust between the two.The story moved so so slowly starting from the middle. It was truely painful to get through. The thiefs sub-plot was not exciting in any way and the mystery not well developed in the book. I only finished the book because I bought it and refuse to waste money/book.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I found A RAKE'S VOW to be enjoyable and a happy addition to the series
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Summary: Simply Wonderful....
Review: I have enjoyed Stephanie Laurens, Cynters series. I can't wait to read more of them. A Rake's Vow was exciting. The way they was made for each other. The stubboeness they have had. The love that they share. I enjoy books that are written like Stephanie's. Thank you so much Stephanie for your books.
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Summary: The saga goes on
Review: I have to say this is one of the best written. Vane,Devil and all the Bar Cynster are love at first read. Thanks for written this book Mrs.Laurens.
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Summary: Patience does not drag her feet!!!
Review: I heartily disagree with the reviewers who declared Patience a boring herione. She does not drag her feet at all. From reading the other reviews I hesitated to get the book, finally deciding that if I was going to read the rest of the series, I should read them in order. I was more than pleasantly surprised. While Vane is the typical Cynster (no faults, whatsoever) Patience is a wonderful heroine who does only what all heroines in romance novels do - she waits for love. If she had, in the face of Vane's serious declarations of love, dragged her feet, and for no worthwhile reason continued to refuse Vane, I would have agreed with the other reviewers. But as it stands, Patience only waited for what we all do. An incredibly enjoyable read.
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Summary: a little slow
Review: I liked Devil's Bride much better because it had more action and plot. The plot in A Rake's Vow was very thin since Laurens paid very little attention to the Spectre and didn't really develop it. It also seemed to me that she had trouble including everyone in the house party. There were times when she didn't mention some of them at all when they were all supposed to be together. Maybe there were too many people in her story. I also noticed that Laurens has a habit of using the word "who" as the subject of the next sentence after she ends the previous sentence with a name. I still enjoyed this book, but I think Loretta Chase is a much better writer.
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Summary: Yet another masterpiece
Review: I must beg to differ with the reviewer uqub. They obviousely don't understand that Cynsters cease to be rakes after they find the perfect woman for them. Vane knew that Patience was she and consequently toned down his carnal instincts and saved his, um, body for her. I also felt that although Patience was not as deep a character as Honoria was in Devil's Bride that she was still an enjoyable person to read about. She was not an empty person. Lastly, even though the whole crime plot in the story was a little corny, it added to the lighthearted charm of the book. All in all, I loved it.
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