Heart of a Warrior

Rating:
Summary: Tepid Sequel to "Warrior's Woman"
Review: "Heart of a Warrior" is the least enjoyable of a three-book sci-fi romance series written by Johanna Lindsey.

The first book, "Warrior's Woman," is a personal favorite. The second, "Keeper of the Heart," is alright. This third book - "Heart of a Warrior" - simply lacks in passion, plot, character, etc.

"Heart" is the story of a gorgeous "barbarian" who travels via spaceship to modern-day Earth to stop an evil alien king from committing bad deeds and ends up falling for a Californian carpenter named Brittany. The story line is promising, but ...

Among my many complaints:

Back-story is the enemy, especially when there is too much of it. "Heart" takes the cake in overdosing on back-story, mostly because it borrows heavily from its prequels in terms of evil villains and family relationships.

Also, there's lot of really dumb things that happen in this book. One of the more irritating and unbelievable things is the fact that drop-dead gorgeous Brittany is still a virgin at almost 30 and single because she is (drum roll please) "too tall" for men. Come on, she's 6 feet. Whatever. She also refuses to believe Dalden's an alien (albeit a gorgeous one) for SO long that it gets to be pretty lame. If I spent 3 months on a spaceship and walked on the moon, like Brittany does, I'd be convinced my new boyfriend was from outer space.

Another problem I had with this book is the fact that it covers the same ground as "Until Forever," an earlier Lindsey novel, in which a barbarian-like hero also tries to adjust to modern-day technology, like the car, etc. It was fun in "Until Forever," but pretty boring in "Heart of a Warrior." Worse were the hints that Tedra's Ancients from Kystran were similar to Earthlings - Lindsey never elaborates, which was frustrating.

My only enjoyment came in reading about Tedra again, who shined in "Warrior's Woman." I love that story, and recommend it over the lackluster "Heart of a Warrior" any day.

Rating:
Summary: Tepid Sequel to "Warrior's Woman"
Review: "Heart of a Warrior" is the least enjoyable of a three-book sci-fi romance series written by Johanna Lindsey.

The first book, "Warrior's Woman," is a personal favorite. The second, "Keeper of the Heart," is alright. This third book - "Heart of a Warrior" - simply lacks in passion, plot, character, etc.

"Heart" is the story of a gorgeous "barbarian" who travels via spaceship to modern-day Earth to stop an evil alien king from committing bad deeds and ends up falling for a Californian carpenter named Brittany. The story line is promising, but ...

Among my many complaints:

Back-story is the enemy, especially when there is too much of it. "Heart" takes the cake in overdosing on back-story, mostly because it borrows heavily from its prequels in terms of evil villains and family relationships.

Also, there's lot of really dumb things that happen in this book. One of the more irritating and unbelievable things is the fact that drop-dead gorgeous Brittany is still a virgin at almost 30 and single because she is (drum roll please) "too tall" for men. Come on, she's 6 feet. Whatever. She also refuses to believe Dalden's an alien (albeit a gorgeous one) for SO long that it gets to be pretty lame. If I spent 3 months on a spaceship and walked on the moon, like Brittany does, I'd be convinced my new boyfriend was from outer space.

Another problem I had with this book is the fact that it covers the same ground as "Until Forever," an earlier Lindsey novel, in which a barbarian-like hero also tries to adjust to modern-day technology, like the car, etc. It was fun in "Until Forever," but pretty boring in "Heart of a Warrior." Worse were the hints that Tedra's Ancients from Kystran were similar to Earthlings - Lindsey never elaborates, which was frustrating.

My only enjoyment came in reading about Tedra again, who shined in "Warrior's Woman." I love that story, and recommend it over the lackluster "Heart of a Warrior" any day.

Rating:
Summary: A Lackluster Addition to a Great Series
Review: Brittany Callaghan was instantly drawn to the gorgeous 7-foot tall stranger when she saw him. Being 6-foot herself, she had a difficult time finding men to date. She also had a difficult time letting go and so found herself a virgin at the age of 28. But when she spotted the sexy foreigner, Brittany found herself wondering what he would be like as a lover. Unfortunately, the stranger disappeared before Brittany could find out anything about him...only to reappear out of thin air in her living room a day later!

Dalden Ly-San-Ter, a Sha-Ka'an warrior, was determined to hunt down Jorren, his family's enemy who had come to Earth with mind-altering weapons to conquer the planet. He never planned on getting distracted by a beautiful Earth woman who thought he was a foreigner visiting the US for the first time. However, Dalden soon found that he couldn't bear to part with Brittany, even when he had captured Jorren - so he took her with him. Too bad Dalden couldn't get Brittany to believe that his spaceship was real, or that he was a real warrior, or that they were really on their way to his home planet...

Heart of a Warrior is the story of Shanelle's (Keeper of the Heart) brother and continues the tale of the Ly-San-Ter family. I read Keeper of the Heart first and found that I understood everything fine without reading the first book in the series called Warrior's Woman, but I have to admit that the background was helpful here in Heart of a Warrior because Dalden and Brittany were all over the galaxy. Still, I don't think that you need to read any of the other books to understand what is going on. That aside, this book has to be my least favorite in the series so far due to the boredom factor. It started off well, but as soon as we got to the good part - where Brittany flew off into space with Dalden - it fell apart. For the remaining 2/3rds of the book, Brittany refuses to believe that anything that is happening to her is real and that it is all some elaborate hoax, despite tons of evidence to the contrary. I liked Brittany and Dalden, but I just didn't feel that the chemistry was as heated between the two of them as some of Johanna Lindsey's other characters. I guess my main complaint is just that I expect more from this author than I received here. If you really want to read it, find a copy at your local library or borrow it from a friend who was unfortunate enough to pay money for it. It is still a pretty fun, fast read, but definitely nothing memorable.

Rating:
Summary: mixed feelings
Review: I have to say that of the three books this was the first on that I read and I happened to like it, but then I saw that I had read the 3rd book before the first 2 so I went and read the other to and I have to that Heart of a warrior even thought I had liked it was saddly lacking compare to its prequles. I have to say that had I read warriors women and keeper of hearts I would have be very disapointed in Heart of a warrior and would never have finished reading it. but I guess I'm glad that Heart of a warrior was the first book I read and not the last.

Rating:
Summary: This book could have been sooo much better...
Review: I love the futuristic setting that Ms. Lindsey has brought us through the Ly-San-Ter family. The barbarian society is fascinating to read about. However, this book falls short of being as good as "Warrior's Woman".

The beginning of the book is great; Dalden arriving on Earth and finds his lifemate. They then catch the bad guys in about the middle of the book.

The rest of the book is Brittany's refusal to believe that everything Dalden tells her is the truth. She refuses to believe in the ship, the computer, the other barbarians, their planet, even their strange creatures have an explanation to her. It got VERY old after awhile.

The more attractive plot to me would have been to have her disbelieve for a little while, then embrace it, and perhaps have a little more interaction with the "bad guy". This "bad guy" is the same one who wanted Shanelle in "Keeper of the Heart", and now he wants Brittany.

How much more of an attractive plotline this would have been if Jorran kidnapped Brittany back to his own planet?! We could have seen Dalden chasing after her, perhaps rallying his planet to fight the Centurians to get her back. Perhaps that would have been a similar plot to "Keeper of the Heart", but it would have been a much better page turner than what the book actually is, simply the disbelief of Brittany to an almost painful level of "what heck was she thinking?!"

This book started out with promise, but ended on a flat note. I give it a C-.

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Summary: Warning....This book is a sequel
Review: I started to read "Heart of the Warrior" thinking it might be an interesting read. Little did I realize this was /not/ a stand alone book. After the first promising chapter staring a 30 yr old virgin (hmmmm), we progressed on to the SF portion of the book with the hero named Dalden.

Soon, I was overwhelmed with sci-fi jargon and long interludes featuring characters from other books. This would be fine if kept to a minimum. Unfortunately, it wasn't. Since I have never read the other books I have no clue who Challen or his lifemate are...And didn't particularly care, I quickly lost interest. This seemed more like a 'reunion' book than a romance.

Perhaps this book might be good for those who've read the others in the series and want to find out what 'happened' to the other characters. For someone new to the series, I just couldn't grasp it, and this quickly became a wall-banger.

Rating:
Summary: horrible
Review: I was very disappointed. I never got past the second chapter. This is the stupidest idea for a story I have ever read.

Rating:
Summary: Ms. Lindsey, Can We 86 the Aliens? Where are the Mallorys?
Review: Johanna Lindsey is a legend. I love her work, especially the Mallory series. So, why in the world do I feel gyped when I read Heart of a Warrior? First of all, I need an interpretator to understand the "language". And, I need a flow chart to keep track of which planet is which, and so on...I have actually had to put this book down to relieve my headache from trying to keep track of it all. I have read romance novels for years, and I know that a really good one does not give me a headache. The most redeeming quality of this book is the fact that the "hero" in the book is sexy as hell!! I had a few good dreams from the tight leather pants description. Otherwise, I think the chemistry between Dalden and Brittany is lacking, the plot is slightly unbelievable (even for my imagination), and I still need an interpretor to understand the language. I honestly did not like any of her outer space series novels (Warrior's Woman, Keeper of the Heart, Heart of a Warrior). I am hoping that Ms. Lindsey will go back to the Mallory family and give Jeremy or Travis a love story!! I give this book 3 stars based on the fact that Ms. Lindsey is a romance novel legend,and Dalden can let me lay on his chest anytime!!

Rating:
Summary: Sucks
Review: Really, this is disappointing! I wonder if this is a romance novel or a fantasy narration. Brittany and Dalden barely interact enough to fall in love. In fact, there are more ink of Brittany interacting with the computer Martha than with Dalden. There is virtually no sex scene, which makes this book unbearingly dull. Brittany is not an impressive lead character, rather stupid and stubborn. How could she keep convincing herself that she is in some fantasy programme?! This romance just doesn't hold water.

Rating:
Summary: horrible
Review: There were no juicy scenes, no steamy debates, no humor. NOTHING!

The annoying computer needed to be unplugged. Brittany was dim-witted. I can't compare this to anything else JL has written. I kept thinking this is some kinda joke!?! Who wrote this crap?

Lindsey was my favorite. If this were my 1st by her, I'd never read anything else.