Out of Control

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Summary: Outstanding - I'm hooked
Review: This book kept me up late and got me out of bed early to finish it. Ms. Brockmann tells several stories - all of which are wonderful. Ken & Savannah are a great story - they REALLY hit it off right away, but Savannah has to break the news that she had come to ask him a favor. He's disappointed because he thought their initial meeting was a chance encounter. That encounter, by the way, was a lot of fun. I love the way Ms. Brockmann makes each of these guys into their own characters. Too many romance writers write the same cookie cutter dialogue, mannerisms, and words from one man to the next. She gets us into the heads of the guys in these stories - and Wildcard's thoughts just kept me laughing - especially when he's helping change the tire and trying very hard to not say the wrong thing.

The plot was fast, many characters interwoven together, and lots of action!

Molly & Jones' story was wonderful - sad, but wonderful. I would like to see a whole book with them, but the way their relationship started would be so necessary to understand them together.

Alyssa & Sam...Well, the storyline continuation is disappointing, because, of course, you wanted them to live happily ever after after Over the Edge. But, I have to say, if Sam had to get married, the way the story continued is realistic - there's longing, but honesty from both sides that it can't continue. I was surprised that Alyssa would so easily dump her commitment to not being seen as sleeping her way to the top in order to make Sam believe she's moved on. It's a sad story that I hope, eventually, will be resolved happily. I kind of expected Sam to find out he'd been tricked, somehow, since the point was made at the end of "Over the Edge" that he had been very careful with protection. I guess that would've been too easy, though...

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Summary: SEAL Team 16 just keeps getting better....
Review: I couldn't put it down. I was so happy to see that "Wild Card" Karmody finally meets someone worthy of him. Especially after how much he suffered trying to get over Adele. Although he and Savannah get off to a rocky, but memorable, start they become closer than ever when they are stuck in the jungle after trying to deliver ransom money to free Savannah's uncle.

I also enjoyed the other characters in the book, including Savannah's grandmother Rose who has written a book about her life as a double agent for Nazi Germany and the United States. We also meet Molly and Jones and even though their story ends unfinished.. we can only hope for more of them in the next book. Even though I was totally disapointed that Sam and Alyssa didn't end up together in the last book, I really enjoyed reading about them in this story.

Don't miss this one.

I am already awaiting anxiously for the next book of this series: "Into the Fire" Don't miss the sneak preview of this book at the end of "Out of Control"

Rating:
Summary: Another keeper from Suzanne Brockmann
Review: This book, like its predecessors, is fast-paced, sexy, and fun. It is the fourth in a series that has many readers hooked. The author has taken a minor character from her previous books, the obnoxious computer whiz SEAL Wildcard, and turned him into a terrific lead. The subplots are engaging and well-woven into the story. The book stands well on its own for those who haven't read the first three, but there is a continuing saga of two characters, Sam and Alyssa, that has built (and hooked readers) throughout the earlier books.

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Summary: Out of Control is outrageously good!
Review: Out of Control is a fabulous addition to Brockmann's Navy Seals Team Sixteen series. It can also stand alone quite well so no need to worry if you haven't read the other 3 books in the series, although I can guarantee you will want to after reading Out of Control. It has romance, suspense and plenty of action while not skimping on plot and dialogue. I am already counting down to the next book in the series.

Rating:
Summary: 4 1/2 stars - My new obsession
Review: Suzanne Brockmann and her Navy Seal books are my new obsession. I loved this one the most because I actually liked all of the multiple storylines. She usually does a main romance, a secondary one, the obligatory Sam/Alyssa angst (which i adore because I LOVE these two) and a WWII flashback. In some of her other books there is at least one storyline I skim through because I think it steals valuable time from the better stuff. Not this time. I loved all the storylines.

There are two reasons this one doesn't get 5 whole stars:

First is Ken Karmody. This character has really changed from the previous books. He wasn't very recognizeable as "Wildcard" Karmody. He seemed way too normal in this one.

Second, I know that Sam and Alyssa's path to true love is already tortuous and doesn't need any other help to be even more torturous, but I was disappointed in the Max/Alyssa let's pretend we're together shenanigans. It just seems so high school. I think the heart-failure quotient for the Sam/Alyssa fans would've been really high if Max/Alyssa had actually, really tried to be together. Temporarily, of course.

But enough of my armchair fan-fic.

Great book, great series. Total recommendation!

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Summary: Wildcard?
Review: I might have given this book a 5 if I hadn't been introduced to the hero, "Wildcard" Karmody in earlier Brockmann books. In Over the Edge, Wildcard lives up to his name, taking on a bar full of Marines and playing "I want you back" (I think)loudly all night long to annoy the woman who dumped him (and get the message across). He's also identified as a computer wiz. In this book, however, he morphs into the typical cookie-cutter hero type. His obsession with his ex is explained - she's an evil, manipulating user and the only girl he's ever had. Nothing wild about him now. He's just a sweetie, hurt because his second love appears to be using him, too. Technological failure (dead batteries and worn out airplanes, etc., leaves the couple stranded in the jungle. I kept waiting for Wildcard to cobble together a McGyver-like fix, but no such luck. I wish Brockmann, and other authors, would do more background research on computer geniuses before writing about them. Karmody is identified as a millionaire, from marketing his computer inventions, (I hope they weren't created on the Navy's time). However, I never saw even the tidyed-up Wildcard and old money heiress Savannah as at all compatible.
I realized it's "wild" behavior is easier to take in supporting characters, but It's disappointing to learn to love a character, faults and all, to look forward to learning more about him or her, and then be presented with a bland "admiral's inspection" version. I have not read Gone Too Far. Sam is delightful and a total jerk. I'm not sure if it wouldn't break my heart to have him go from a tiger to a house cat because he doesn't really fit the romance novel recipe for lead characters. Both Wildcard and Savannah and Sam and Alyssia are doomed by the romance formula that all loves last forever.

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Summary: suspense & romance - WOW
Review: I loved the book, can't wait to check out what else she has written. I loved the suspense and the how the different stories all tied together. I would love to know how Jones & Molly ended up but I love but all things need to be spelled out. Savannah & Kenny's story is great and I couldn't put it down.

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Summary: In my Top Five
Review: This is one of my favorite romance novels of all time. Kenny is adorable, with his smart ass sense of humor. I even think his insecurities are a good thing - do we really want to read about yet another rich, brilliant hero who thinks he's god's gift to the world in general? I think the WWII story-line is great, though I have to agree with one review's comment that Jules, Max and Alyssa seem a little bit lost in this one. But if you think of the series as a whole, it makes sense - things are set up in this book that come to fruition later.
Besides, this book is downright sexy. The scene in the shelter/lean-to never fails to give me a little boost.


Rating:
Summary: Totally Awesome
Review: I have just recently found Suzanne Brockman and the only thing I wish.......I found her books sooner. Her insight & writing style regarding the Navy SEAL's is AWESOME!!!! I have also allowed a few of the nurses I work with to borrow my books & now they have become huge fans.