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Summary: It's got everything
Review: This book is absolutely great. I started reading it and couldn't put it down. It has everything to keep the reading going. Action, suspense, Romance and humor. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time.
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Summary: Masterpiece!
Review: My mother, of all people, told me I had to read this and lent me her copy. I loved it!
The actual suspense part was ok- predictable but ok- but the relationship between Daisy and the sherrif! It was sooooo funny and her experiences made me reflect to my teenage years.
If the remainder of her novels are this good- she has a new fan!
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Summary: good book
Review: not as good as i expected! it ended way to fast!
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Summary: Good Book
Review: I loved this book. I thought it was hilarious. I love all of Linda Howard's books. She is awesome. But was anyone as confused about the last couple of pages as I was? Where did that come from? Although the ending was weird, I recommend this book.
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Summary: Not bad . . .
Review: but not all that great. Even near the end, I was able to put this book down and work on other things. That's not something I can say about most books. It was a good, believable story with likable characters. But the plot wasn't as deep and entangling as it could have been.
I recommend "Mr. Perfect" or "Dying to Please" for a great Linda Howard romantic suspense.
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Summary: She pulls me in every time...
Review: Although each of Linda Howard's books contain the same basic elements, her talented presentation keeps them from becoming boring. We have flawed but dimensional characters, witty repartee, and powerful sex. Yes, ma'am, I am entertained.
"Open Season" tells the story of dowdy librarian Daisy Minor, who wakes up one morning to the knowledge her dream of being married and having a family is not going to happen unless she takes immediate and drastic action to change. She embarks on her personal improvement plan at the same time she is brought into reluctant (at first) contact with the new chief of police who delights in giving her a hard time.
The "new" Daisy becomes a catalyst for danger and romance as she goes on the hunt for a suitable mate. Her plans are seemingly thwarted by the repeated appearances of Jack Russo, Chief of Police, and the growing realization that Daisy has seen something she shouldn't have and is in danger.
While "Open Season" is not as rewarding a read as "Mr. Perfect", it was still a cut above the mainstream. The unexpected "union" in the very last pages was a pleasant surprise. Shhh, don't want to spoil the secret.
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Summary: Fine blend of suspense and romance--with a touch of humor
Review: On her thirty-fourth birthday, Daisy Minor has had enough. She's tired of being boring, ready to dance, date, fall in love, and get married. Of course she has no idea how to do any of those things, but she's ready for a makeover. She won't be a good girl any more, and knows she can't be a bad girl. What she can be, though, is a party girl--and she does intend to party. Chief of police Jack Russo has noticed Daisy before, but when she turns into the blonde bombshell, he does more than notice. Especially since Daisy doesn't seem to have a clue how to behave in the dangerous world she lives in. Date rape and worse are possible even in small-town Alabama, and Daisy seems too innocent to survive. Of course taking care of Daisy is a pleasure in itself, even if she does get mad that he's getting in the way of her having a good time and finding the right man. One thing they both know, Jack can't be the right man. With a suspense subplot involving kidnapped foreign women brought to America for sexual exploitation and murder, author Linda Howard has created a delightful blend of romance and plot. Someone in their small town will stop at nothing to protect their illegal enterprise, and Daisy finds herself in the crosshairs. OPEN SEASON is a page-turning read. Jack and Daisy are believable and their romance seems human and gentle while maintaining a strong sexual attraction. I especially liked Howard's secondary characters including the slimy mayor Temple Nolan and especially the plotting criminal Glenn Sykes. With Sykes, in particular, Howard provides a fine (and difficult) balance between pure evil and a fully sympathetic character.
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Summary: Linda Howard is always worth reading.
Review: Linda Howard, at her worst, is better than most other single title romance authors. While OPEN SEASON is not one of her best, it was entertaining and contained several wonderful characters, including the gay? antiques dealer. The humor was top-notch, but the sex scenes suffered in comparison to those in KILL AND TELL and other Howard books. I found the last few scenes, involving two peripheral characters, disturbing and totally alien to anything I have read in other Howard novels. In spite of that,this is a great rainy day read-funny,charming and not too scary.
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Summary: Career on the inverted U curve
Review: I think of Linda Howard's career as an inverted U curve because it seems to me that she has come way up, chugged along at a very high level of popular fiction for several years, only to fall in the last couple of years. Many of her books of the 1980's were unbearable: domineering male and female doormat who thinks his kind of tyranny and borderline abuse is evidence of love. Then Howard really hit her stride in the 1990's (roughly) with the Mackenzie series, romantic suspense such as Shades of Twilight, Kill and Tell, and Now You See Her, and the one-of-a-kind, fabulous Son of the Morning. Now she appears to be in something of a decline, with relatively weak romantic suspense such as Mr. Perfect and Open Season. (Even All the Queen's Men was unsatisfying: While I don't identify with a doormat, I find it equally hard to identify with a woman who wants to be a counterterrorism agent, living a life of deception and impermanence.) Open Season, while enjoyable because Ms. Howard is always a competent writer, lacks something. The romance and any conflict around it is brought to a somewhat premature conclusion, and the crime is solved with a whimper, not a bang. And one of the earlier reviewers is right: What's with the murdering sidekick and the abused wife? Has he had some sort of redemption offscreen that we never saw? Is she nuts? If you're new to Linda Howard, here's my recommendation: Read every one of Howard's books from the late 80's to the late 90's; you'll find several gems. And let's hope Howard hits those kinds of peaks again in the future.
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Summary: WORTH READING
Review: Well, a lot of people seem to be a bit disappointed in LH's Open Season. Since it is LH, I can't give her anything less than a four because I LOVE her books. It's not as bad as some of the reviews lead you to believe - and it's not as good as a lot of her other books. My only problem with the book was the hero. His initial description/introduction didn't exactly grab me. Usually LH's heros are to die for from the beginning until the end. However, he grew on me and the story had a lot of humor and action. A big plus - no psycho killer. Let's face it. Just about every book you pick up has a psycho killer in it. No it's not as good as Mr. Perfect, but it's worth your time. Once agin LH . . .a western, PLEASE.
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