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Summary: Brockman does it again
Review: Brockman just keeps getting better and better. She has multi-story lines going on and like a master juggler she keeps them all in the air. Brockman wins hands down as the first choice for those of us who enjoy our romances with a large helping of adventure.I can hardly wait for her next installment. Write faster Ms. Brockman
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Summary: WOW - What a book
Review: I absolutely could not put this book down! What a great book! It was so timely with world events and filled with action. Loved the story with Terri and Stan. However, I was loving the story with Sam and Alyssa just as much! Very good ending for Terri and Stan, but I was so disappointed with the ending for Sam and Alyssa! It hung with me for days! But that's what makes this book 5 instead of 4 stars! You don't always get what you are expecting and I like that in books that I read.
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Summary: My first Brockmann book.....
Review: I enjoyed it. There were lots of characters to keep track of, but it really wasn't that difficult. This isn't one of those mindless one-day reads; it will keep your attention, and quite possibly keep you up late trying to find out what is going to happen next. It was easy to relate with the various characters. I recommend it.
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Summary: My First Review
Review: I'm glad I saved my first review for this book. I feel impelled to let people know what a wonderful book Suzanne Brockmann has written. As an African-American I'm used to many authors not including people of color, or when they do, not doing a very good job of it. Suzanne Brockmann has not only included characters of many hues and religious backgrounds, but she's concocted an engrossing tale of action and romance with multi-dimensional characters that leave you craving more. I am now a fan and I've just ordered all her books. She has written a book that other authors should take a lesson from. Stan and Teri, Sam and Alyssa, Max and Gina (she has to pursue their story!) would make great individual stories and all together they made one fantastic story. I disagree with some of the readers who didn't like the WWII component - this was also inclusive. Get your history wherever you can. It was a good history lesson. Also, Jules was a character that with a few words gave a look at a good friend, that had nothing to do with his lifestyle, but what friendship is all about. If you like romantic suspense, this will be on your list of favorites.
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Summary: Over The Edge
Review: I really liked this book! I got into the romance between Stan and Meg. Meg's abuse issues really weren't solved in this book. Abuse doesn't go away once you fall in love. I think Meg needs counseling. Sam and Alyssa! My reason for reading this book! This couple has more chemistry than a few of the main couples in the last 3 books. Sam and Alyssa has such a tumultuous relationship, they deserve their own book. It just about broke my heart to read their last scene in the book. I read an excerpt from the upcoming book and found to my horror, it's hero is Wildcard. What's up with that? I hope to see more of Max and Gina and hopefully a budding romance. The story about Helga just didn't do it for me. I skimmed right through those passages. Just wasn't interested! I will read the next installment although I am WAITING FOR SAM AND ALYSSA's story!
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: I am an avid reader and this book is the best that I have come across in a long long time. I had never heard of Suzanne Brockman and randomly picked this book up at the airport, not expecting anything spectular. I was not able to put it down. I fell in love with all of the characters. especially Stan. Ms. Brockman paints the characters in such a way that you feel like you know and like them all, men and women. There is plenty of action, suspense and romance to keep you intrigued. I couldn't put the book down but I hated to finish it because I knew I would miss the people I had met in the book. Then I found out this was oonly one book in a series of books about the same charcters. I immediately went out and purchased as many other books as I could find by Ms. Brockmann. I am now a huge fan and highly recommend this book.
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Summary: When will Alyssa and Sam get together?
Review: This book is much better than the last,The Defiant Hero. In the Defiant Hero the main characters were ellipse by the chemistry between Alyssa and Sam. I basically missed the story between John Nilsson and Meg Moore because I wanted to know more about Alyssa and Sam.
Over the Edge does a better job of presenting a story within a story. Perhaps it does too good of a job because when it was done I was annoyed. I could not believe the ending between Sam and Alyssa. While I enjoyed the story of Stan and Terri, I wanted to yell at Suzanne Brockmann for making such an assine cliffender for Alyssa and Sam. Basically this is a good book, buy it and know that you will be buying her next book also.
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Summary: Another Great Book
Review: This review may sound like 90% of all the other positive reviews, but stick with me, please. Suzanne has written another great SEAL Team 16 romance, with multi-couple relationships & a real-world mission plot to frame the story. (Perhaps a little too real-world, considering the attacks of September 11 & the current operations in Afghanistan.) As with "The Unsung Hero" and "The Defiant Hero," Suzanne writes a bittersweet WWII romance in memory of Holocaust survivors. Her main couple, Stan & Teri, do get to go down the happily everafter route. However, I would like to note my dismay about her choice of sexual harrassment in the military as one of Teri's problems. As a female service member myself, I get REALLY tired of people thinking that the only story for females in the military is sexual harrassment. But I digress. Suzanne's 3rd couple, Sam & Alyssa, have obviously generated the most comment, so I will follow suit. Sam & Alyssa's unhappily everafter ending in "Over the Edge" has got nearly everyone up in arms. I would like to point out that their relationship is taking time & effort to build, and the course doesn't always run smooth, sort of like real life. I appreciate seeing fictional characters struggle with problems even as they have hot sex and sensational dialog. Be warned though, this book didn't have anything as steamy as the chocolate scene from "the Defiant Hero." My gripe with Sam's decision to marry Miss Pregnant Mega-Mammaries, is that it is so old-fashioned that it sounds like he stepped straight off the pages of a Regency romance novel. Come on, we all know a marriage between Sam and Miss P M-M is not going to work while he's lusting after/loving Alyssa. In real life, we're talking divorce in 2 years, tops. Let's hope Suzanne "gets real" with this dilemma in book 4, like financial support & a parenting plan that allows Sam to participate in his child's life. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to give that story another 5 star rating. A final note, a 4th relationship was forming between Max & the college student. I would prefer to see that develop in a stand alone book. Please keep the Hero series focused on the SEALs.
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Summary: Totally Captivating
Review: This novel needs to be in the general fiction category, it definitely is NOT your typical romance novel. It has everything you could want; intrigue, drama, action, and heartstopping sensuality. A few readers may find some of the dialog offensive (lots of F**K's flying around) but it's Navy SEALs that are talking. Anything else would have been totally unrealistic. I would also caution squeamish readers, there is a measure of extreme violence in this book that is also not found in a typical romance novel. I, for one, applaud Ms. Brockmann for not taking the easy way out and making each subplot have a "happily ever after" ending. The storyline that began with THE UNSUNG HERO and continued with THE DEFIANT HERO just keeps getting better and better. According to Ms. Brockmann, she has already written the fourth installment in this series (OUT OF CONTROL, due out early 2002)and at least two more will be coming soon. They can't come fast enough for me!
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Summary: Simply amazing
Review: This book was truly unbelievable and catapulted Ms. Brockmann's books onto the top shelf of my bookcase (which is no easy feat). It was a total page turner, keeping me glued to it, and I even snuck it to work with me and hid it under my desk so that I could read it when no one was looking. That's what I get for starting an amazing book right before I go to bed.
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