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Summary: What A Ride!
Review: Once again, Elizabeth Lowell treats us to an incredible ride with twists and turns that keep you spellbound. The characters jump off the pages and leave you wanting more. Readers of Elizabeth Lowell will do well to check out Shade of the Maple by Kirk Martin. Yes,a guy, whose characters and story will leave you breathless and amazed. You will not be disappointed with either of these titles.
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Summary: Another great book by Lowell
Review: Risa is a gold expert who works for Shane, the owner of a Casino who collects gold (surprise!). Shane is planning an exhibit to attract customers for a big New Years bash. While they are looking for the perfect center-piece for the exhibit, an old friend of Risa's arrives in town and that's when the trouble begins. With stolen gold, anxious casino owners, and possible government stings, I never knew what was going to be added to create more chaos for Risa and Shane. On top of all that, Risa and Shane are trying not to be trite about having an boss/employee affair.While everything wraps up nicely, there were a few things thrown in that could either have been developed more (April Joy and the Triads) or removed completely (the gangster father). I wish Lowell had developed the paranormal bit a little more towards the beginning because it seemed rather unbalanced at the end. Overall, a typical Lowell book, which means it was definately worth the time. And I will agree with one of the other reviewers and say I'd like a book about April Joy-- but I'd like her paired up with one of the remaining Donovan brothers. To be even more specific, I'd like her story to be in the last Donovan book.
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Summary: not her best work
Review: The story line is good however she doesn't develop the realtionships between people and it frizzles out really quick.
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Summary: too many different view points
Review: This book had the possibility of being a very good five star book, maybe that's why it's so disapointing that it was only a two or three star book. I won't get into the plot because others have done a good job at that. My main problem with the book is that the author gives the reader way to may view points of characters through out. In this book we not only have the Shane and Risa's points of view, but we have entire chapters, albeit shorter chapters (usually), devoted to about five other characters. This is just way too much to make the reader care about the developing relationship between Risa and Shane or to even be a good suspense, because she gives away so much by going into the other character's heads. As someone else mentioned you almost begin to see Shane and Risa as secondary characters. Also, because there are so many different points of view it was very easy for me to put the book down when we got to someone that I didn't really care about, which was often. Should you buy this book? I'd say check it out at the local library or wait a while and try to find it in a used book store. Don't spend the full price on the book, because in my opinoin, it isn't worth it.
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Summary: too many different view points
Review: This book had the possibility of being a very good five star book, maybe that's why it's so disapointing that it was only a two or three star book. I won't get into the plot because others have done a good job at that. My main problem with the book is that the author gives the reader way to may view points of characters through out. In this book we not only have the Shane and Risa's points of view, but we have entire chapters, albeit shorter chapters (usually), devoted to about five other characters. This is just way too much to make the reader care about the developing relationship between Risa and Shane or to even be a good suspense, because she gives away so much by going into the other character's heads. As someone else mentioned you almost begin to see Shane and Risa as secondary characters. Also, because there are so many different points of view it was very easy for me to put the book down when we got to someone that I didn't really care about, which was often. Should you buy this book? I'd say check it out at the local library or wait a while and try to find it in a used book store. Don't spend the full price on the book, because in my opinoin, it isn't worth it.
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Summary: Boring
Review: This book is one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. It started off ok but it dragged on and the suspence was missing to keep me reading. I tried very hard to read this book but it was so boring I kept on falling asleep.
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Summary: Beyond Boring
Review: This is a very hard book to read. I found the characters to be shallow and uninteresting. I also found the storyline very unintering. I guess you could say in short the entire book is just plain long winded and boring.
The one thing this book did do was make me take a look at the Celtic civilation as a whole and I found somethings about that interesting.
I was very disappointed in this book after having read Elizabeth Lowell's previous novels. This one did not live up to any expectations.
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Summary: Fool's Gold?
Review: This is my last Elizabeth Lowell book. Her formula simply doesn't work for me, basically too much suspenseful dashing about, shallow characters that have been assigned gorgeous bodies to go with their incredible brains, explicit and gratuitous sex, along with a little bit of obscure research on are/precious/historical objects. Yes, I finished the book but I'm still trying to figure out why. A mindlessly commercial effort.
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Summary: Interesting peek into the world of gold
Review: This was a good book with several significant flaws, but it is still a great read. I recommend it if you want to escape to a world of money and wealth and power and handsome, smart, lucky people; vs not handsome, not smart, unlucky people. These characters are pretty much formula, but the story of the gold is very interesting. Tracing the history of the Celtic gold was facinating. I also liked the fact that the thieves were ignorant to the value of what they had and what they could do with it. This was the strength of the story, how the gold changed hands and how it effected the lives of those who touched it before it finally ended up in the collection. The Risa and Shane romance never grabbed me. First of all, neither of them were developed as real characters. And the way they consumated their relationship was not credible, it was cheap. It was not an appropriate moment for lust. The fact that they rushed into marriage made it even less credible. But, that aside, I loved the story about the gold and the greed and the obsession. I recommend this book as a good read for a rainy weekend. It will have your eyes glowing for the gold.
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Summary: Interesting peek into the world of gold
Review: This was a good book with several significant flaws, but it is still a great read. I recommend it if you want to escape to a world of money and wealth and power and handsome, smart, lucky people; vs not handsome, not smart, unlucky people. These characters are pretty much formula, but the story of the gold is very interesting. Tracing the history of the Celtic gold was facinating. I also liked the fact that the thieves were ignorant to the value of what they had and what they could do with it. This was the strength of the story, how the gold changed hands and how it effected the lives of those who touched it before it finally ended up in the collection. The Risa and Shane romance never grabbed me. First of all, neither of them were developed as real characters. And the way they consumated their relationship was not credible, it was cheap. It was not an appropriate moment for lust. The fact that they rushed into marriage made it even less credible. But, that aside, I loved the story about the gold and the greed and the obsession. I recommend this book as a good read for a rainy weekend. It will have your eyes glowing for the gold.
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