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Summary: Excellent Read, Just Not Her Usual Style
Review: This book is certailnly not as steemy as her usual books like 'Dream Man' and 'After the Night' which are two of my favorite Titles. This book is more orientated towards the suspense and the world of spies than the romance, which I didn't mind at all considering how interesting the plot was. Don't read this book expecting the usual Linda Howard, just read it for an EXCELLENT adventure with a dash of romance written by a very talented author.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Linda Howard is an author who runs hot and cold. Her best books (After the Night, Son of Morning) are *so* good that anything less is disappointing.In "All the Queens Men" Ms. Howard tries her hand at the world of espionage, the romance in this book takes a back seat to suspense. The hero, John Medina is a cold, unintresting character the reader never warms up to. The romance is completely uninspired. I can't recommend this book, but if you *must* buy it, save your money and wait for the paperback.
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Summary: WORTH WAITING FOR!
Review: Someone said that you can't read a bad Linda Howard novel and I believe it. This one was as good as the last, although I especially liked the paranormal aspects of Now You See Her. Like all Ms. Howard's other fans, I'm also looking forward to publication of Chance Mackenzie's story, but somehow I think I will find it awful hard to auction off my hard copy of All the Kings Men prior to acquiring a paperback copy of it for my personal keeper shelf, which I'll have Amazon send me as soon as it becomes available. Thanks Ms. Howard, your stories are the greatest!
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Summary: Not Her Best Work
Review: I've loved Linda Howard's books for years, but I think she must be getting fatigued. This book is similar to other books she has written (TOO SIMILAR). The plots are forgettable, and the characters are, too.
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Summary: Great...but could be better...
Review: Although I'm a new fan of LH I thought this book started off reallywell. However I have a couple problems with it. (1.) In the beginning we find out how they met and that was powerful and explained the onset of their complex relationship. This was a good way to initiate the story. However she could have used a few more details about the trip out. Did they actually have any danger as they fled? Did the third member of their team get out fine? Did he really endanger them by taking care of her? (2.) When they met the second time in his friends home there are a lot of ways she could have played that scene. At the very least there should have been a little more startled behavior and not the token blurting of his real name. Niema should have reacted a lot more than she did when confronted with John. She should have done a little more even if she had learned to control her outward reactions. If John can blurt out such sensitive info then why didn't she react more? (3.) When he 'broke into' her place there should have been something more than what came over as token shock. She should at the very least have walked with some sort of weapon, even if it was only the old baseball bat. Seeing him should have given her some kind of 'visceral' shock. (4.) The scenes where he was teaching her some simple self-defense techniques was good. She did just the right amount of explaining and didn't go over the top with unnecessary details. (5.) Her reaction to his kiss was a little over the top. She had five years to grow up and deal with her problems. She should have had more control. She could have done a more convincing job on the acting she was supposed to be doing for Ronsard's sake. (6.) The way she played Ronsard as being a bad guy with a serious motivation as well as a knid of conscience went over well. However, the way Niema reacted to his child was a serious mistake on her part. She should have been the slightest bit more reserved in getting into a small childs heart and life. I love book that have more than just the standard love troubles that cause heart ache. For me a book should have something else to qualify it. Other than the major problems, overall the book was good. I love John Medina. He was the perfect guy. All he needed was a little better written story...
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Summary: something different
Review: I liked this one. Not one of the best but any way readable. Actually I had the idea the this book originally was supposed to be about Chance Mackenzie, but Niema didn't fit into Mackenzie women. She was too independent, too strong. I liked John Medina, but... If the guy waits five years for his lady it gets little boring. And then takes her somewhere really dangerous. I found the love scenes hilarious, but predictable. The absolutely best comment of this book was Niema saying: I would like to introduce you something called foreplay.
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Summary: Not worth the price of a paperback, let alone hardback!
Review: This book is boring! And, after buying both Ms. Howard's last books in hardback, I can tell you it WON'T happen again! Her last book, Now You See Her was stupid, with it's hurried-up ending, and dragged out sensuality. This one is just plain boring. Where was the romance? Pray tell me, what was the mystery, that made this a romantic supsense? And why bother with those stupid love scenes? They were just thrown in to add spice. This is definitely an author who's talents are depleting with each book. Read her old ones for the first time, or reread them! Skip her last two books!
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: At first I was really not going to even read this book- eventhough I have read almost all of Ms. howard's books-because of thenumber of bad reviews it was getting; However, I decided to get it anyhow. Boy am I glad I did! . This was one of her BEST books! This was a most exciting read, there was not a dull moment. I can alreadly wait for her next book.
Go out and get it, then judge for yourself.
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Summary: I love John Medina
Review: He made me want to go hang out near a BUD/S training camp so I could meet someone like him. My biggest criticism of the book was the ending. Did John take the Black Ops desk job? Did they get married or were they just partners-in -spy knocking boots. I needed an epilogue. In Shane Mackienzie's story I thought the epilogue sucked and was unnecessary ( that child, Nick, was so annoying), here where it was needed, nothing. I think LH did not know where to take it. Because Niema's desire to return to the field would not work with being the wife of the black ops head. lastly, this is the second LH book (after the night) I've read where cursing is analogous to deep, abiding love. Is it me or is something not quite right about this? He could've just said I love you. This is the first romance I've read where the woman did not press the man to say he loved her.
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Summary: Not one of her best.
Review: I am a big Linda Howard fan but this book was a dissapointment. Her other books were a lot better. Where was the story? Everything went off perfectly. Through the whole book I kept waiting for something to happen. The book was truly a bore. The charachters were itteresitng and some of the scenes were hot, but it was not the book I was expecting. After the build up in Kill and Tell this book was a let down. If you have never read Linda Howard I do not reccomend this book. She has written much better stories like Shades of Twilight or Dream Man. Linda Howard is a great a writer but you can't tell it from this book.
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