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Summary: It was a wonderful and witty story
Review: I am an avid fan of Kay Hooper and the new Quinn books are wonderfully written. It has a charming and witty story line with a character you can't help but fall in love with. She's definitely in a class with Nora Roberts, JAK, etc...
I hope the Quinn stories don't end or end up as movies...
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Summary: An awesome page turner
Review: I have read a lot of Kay Hooper books and this one along with Once a Thief (the companion) are my favorites! I love how dynamic all her characters are. I would reccommend this book to anyone. Read the Shadow and Fear triologies also-- they are even better.
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Summary: Quinn is fabulous!
Review: I love books where the heros are morally ambiguous and maybe while they might have some noble motives, they are also admittedly selfish in their actions. Most authors will shy away from this, giving their hero(ine)s some honorable backstory about why they are stealing. Hooper doesn't do that with Quinn. He likes the challenge and he doesn't feel bad about stealing money from the rich. He's a fabulous character, though the backstory is somewhat convoluted. He charms you into falling in love with him, even when his motives and methods for doing what he does are no longer a mystery.For some reason Morgan just didn't seem to be much of a believable match for him. Hooper kept alluding to her brilliance, but there wasn't much evidence of it. She wasn't stupid by any means, but she didn't seem as smart as Hooper kept giving her credit. I won't ruin the ending, but it left enough loose ends open to leave me wanting more of Quinn. I want a third installment!
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Summary: Don't bother!
Review: I read Once A Thief, what a disappointment. The first book was just an introduction for the second. The preview of Always A Thief ,located at the back of the first book, is still trying to solve the same crime. The characters are the same, still in the same location and still nothing happening. I really got weary of every person and animal described as having witchy green eyes. Remember Snoopy sitting on his dog house roof typing. "It was a dark and stormy night? " Well you would probably be happier with his book!
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Summary: Don't waste your time.
Review: In a continuing story from ONCE A THEIF, this book focuses on a cat burglar named Quinn. It is a big help to read the first book because the author jumps right into the story and the characters aren't introduced at all. Basically, the plot revolves around a cat burglar helping Interpol catch another cat burglar. Believe me, it is very basic. There is really nothing here to sustain a whole book. It's a very long drawn out process and not very exciting. The book reads more like the romance novel it once was. I can't believe romance readers would be very happy either in this diluted version. Annoyances abound like when an archeologist with a supposedly high IQ says she doesn't know what sackcloth is. Totally unbelievable as was so much of this book. Overall, it was a waste of time. Skip it and read something better.
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Summary: Agree with Disappointing Reviews
Review: It has become an unfortunate trend among more and more authors (mostly those who began as strictly romance writers) to resurrect earlier works, beef them up and then sell them like new works. Case in point are Once a Thief and Always a Thief. I was able to get through Once a Thief, but had enough by the time I started reading Always a Thief and ended up skimming the last 3/4's of the book. Don't bother with either one.
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Summary: Pretty bad suspense - 2nd rate romance
Review: Our heroine cannot make up her mind whether she loves quinn or hates him. In the mean time the non-suspense dribbles out a bit at a time. Worst read I have had in a long time - I expected a mystery/suspense novel - instead I got a romance novel (and a pretty bad one at that) Don't bother!
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Summary: Keep to the originals, always and once lack ....
Review: The re-writes are not compelling. There is even less character development and the plot has holes.... many of them. If you are at all interested in the stories, read the orignals, they are more mushy but are actually better written.
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Summary: Truly Part Two of Two
Review: This novel was truly a sequel. You probably will enjoy it if you haven't yet read Once a Thief, but to get the most out of Always a Thief you really need to have read the first book first. For instance, I don't think we ever really get a feel for what Morgan looks like in the second book, while in the first one we have description after description regarding her generous chest, etc. I felt that Always a Thief was a little thrown together. For instance, one major failing was that Morgan gets put to sleep at one point by a man, and we never find out who that man was. This means that we'll probably get a third book in this series (the end is left open for it as well) which I'm not that excited about. There aren't any characters that you really get attached to that you want to learn more about, so I'm hoping Hooper will put her talents to something else instead of a third. Assuming she does, that leaves much to be desired in Always a Thief regarding the loose ends and unexplained happenings. Overall, a fun beach book, but nothing overly special.
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Summary: Unsatisfying ending
Review: This story about a burglar named Quinn and his romantic interest named Morgan fishtails at the end. During the whole intrigue, the reader is made to believe that Nightshade may turn out to be a woman
Nightshade turns out to not be a woman, but another mysterious woman turns up at the end without ever having been introduced, and Quinn ends up pursuing her with the result that the reader remains clueless as to what her role was in the story to begin with. Lousy ending. Not worth the money.
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