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Summary: I absolutely love this series!
Review: Another winner for Hunter. Vergil is the strong, silent type but oh so sexy and truly a romantic not a saint. I loved Bianca and Vergil - they just smolder with hot passionate love between them. This was a second read for me on this book. After reading the Romantic I needed to go back and have a clearer understanding of all that happened in this 15 year long tail of the Laclairs. For all Hunter fans - this is a must read!! Do try to read these in order - they are so much more enjoyable!!
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Summary: Vergil Was Nice, But Kind of Wimpy
Review: I did, however, respect the fact that he actually had a job. And Bianca was witty, lovely and smart, not to mention talented. But several things bothered me about this book.*What was so all-fired wrong with being an opera singer? To have one of the best talents in the world? Leave it to the English (of that era) to find something sordid about it.
*Vergil said he'd settle for being Bianca's lover if she wanted to pursue her career. Why? Couldn't he just as easily have married her? After all, he claimed not to care what others thought.
*I didn't care for Vergil's *rules* regarding his relationship with Bianca. "...That you will give yourself to me when I want, how I want." Puh-leeze! Somebody should have smacked that guy!
*After more than 230 pages, didn't Vergil even wonder how Bianca felt about him? Up til then, she never said how she felt about him. We, the readers, didn't have a clue either.
*Why did Bianca have to write her letter to Vergil in code? That made absolutely no sense. It caused him undo heartache, and delayed him getting to her.
*The ending was weak. And Nigel's actions were far too serious for Bianca to have let it go. And if it would have been any other hero (a tougher man like Daniel St. John or Adrian Burchard), Nigel would have paid dearly for what he did. But Vergil's problem was that he was too laid back, not tough enough.
*The four stars is due to the addition of the other male heros included in this story. It's important to read all books in the same series.
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Summary: This series just keep getting better and better.
Review: I enjoyed this book, (the second in the series) even more than "The Seducer" if that is even possible. I love Vergil's type. Quiet, proper and dispassionate on the outside, but smolderingly sensual and passionate in the inside. It shows you that appearances can be deceiving and the contrast between what he appears to be and what he really is makes for a nice surprise and is incredibly appealing. This book is intelligent and well thought. It actually has one of the best conversations about the reasons to marry (or not) that I have found in a romance novel. In other novels I have gotten really annoyed when the heroine refuses to marry the hero (or viceversa) for no good reason, when it is obvious that they are head over heels in love with each other. In this book, for the first time, I have read an intelligent discussion about the subject. She really loves him, but she wants to pursue her career, and he is not willing to permit it, moreover, she is not totally convinced that he is not pursuing her (at least in part) for her money, so she tells him that she needs some time to think things through, and he accepts this. The character really acted like adult people, which is not usual and that impressed me. I once mentioned in another of my reviews that if I could put together Stephanie Laurens' incredibly sensual love scenes, with Jo Beverley's interesting plots and Judith McNaught gift for creating emotionally charged, heart wrenching scenes, I would have the perfect romantic novel. Well, this book is it. I literally could not put it down. Madeline Hunter has made herself one of my favorite authors with this novel. And it is only the second one I read from her. I just hope she keeps writing about the Regency period since I'm not really into Medieval Romances. But according to the reviews those are very good too, so I might give them a try. Please, don't miss this series. If you are tired of the silly romance novels out there and want to read something really good.
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Summary: This series just keep getting better and better.
Review: I enjoyed this book, (the second in the series) even more than "The Seducer" if that is even possible. I love Vergil's type. Quiet, proper and dispassionate on the outside, but smolderingly sensual and passionate in the inside. It shows you that appearances can be deceiving and the contrast between what he appears to be and what he really is makes for a nice surprise and is incredibly appealing. This book is intelligent and well thought. It actually has one of the best conversations about the reasons to marry (or not) that I have found in a romance novel. In other novels I have gotten really annoyed when the heroine refuses to marry the hero (or viceversa) for no good reason, when it is obvious that they are head over heels in love with each other. In this book, for the first time, I have read an intelligent discussion about the subject. She really loves him, but she wants to pursue her career, and he is not willing to permit it, moreover, she is not totally convinced that he is not pursuing her (at least in part) for her money, so she tells him that she needs some time to think things through, and he accepts this. The character really acted like adult people, which is not usual and that impressed me. I once mentioned in another of my reviews that if I could put together Stephanie Laurens' incredibly sensual love scenes, with Jo Beverley's interesting plots and Judith McNaught gift for creating emotionally charged, heart wrenching scenes, I would have the perfect romantic novel. Well, this book is it. I literally could not put it down. Madeline Hunter has made herself one of my favorite authors with this novel. And it is only the second one I read from her. I just hope she keeps writing about the Regency period since I'm not really into Medieval Romances. But according to the reviews those are very good too, so I might give them a try. Please, don't miss this series. If you are tired of the silly romance novels out there and want to read something really good.
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Summary: What a series!
Review: I read the books in this group out of order, finishing up with "The Saint", and it had me wishing the series would go on. I thought Dante ("The Sinner") would always be my favorite of the heroes, but Vergil is giving him serious competition. Maybe because they are opposite sides of the same coin. The "good girl" in me really loves Vergil - hardworking, respecable, mature, and I liked how torn he is between his family responsibilities and his heart's desire, a young woman who wants things from life that do not fit into his upstanding moral plan. It's wonderful to watch her crack his armor and loosen him up a bit. It's the reverse of the "taming the bad boy" routine that is so popular in romance novels, but it worked just as well at keeping me interested. A smart, fun(...) read, and a keeper for sure.
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Summary: My second favorite Hunter book
Review: I really loved Vergil from page one. I don't know, there was just something about him....and I must say that Madeline Hunter writes THE best love scenes.
I started this book a few months ago and put it down. I just picked it up recently and was so glad I did. It's slow moving at first, but don't give up on it.
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Summary: 4 1/2 stars - better than first in series
Review: I thought this book was really good - I enjoyed the characters but the biggest problem I had was with the last page. It seemed to just be cut off - the ending was just really abrupt and didn't feel like an ending at - felt like it stopped mid-thought. Otherwise would have been a 5 star.
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Summary: Another great story!
Review: It almosts amazes me how much I like this series by Madeline Hunter. I usually don't have much patience when it takes the hero and heroine forever to get things worked out, but here the wait is so worth it. To those critics who say Vergil is just too "nice", well, duh, the book is called "The Saint" for a reason. Read the other stories in this series for the bad boys. For the nice guy who is trying his best to restore respecabitily to his family after many other members have nearly brought it down, and falling for the "wrong" girl in the process, read this wonderful book. I agonized for Vergil, as he fell in love with his ward, awkward enough, who wants a career that brands women as much less than respectable. Those who accuse Vergil of being uptight are forgetting the rigid rules of that age. He thinks as a man of that time period should, and I for one am glad that Ms. Hunter didn't give her characters modern "anything goes" views that would have been out of place in a historical novel. If you don't care for the strictures of the era, then stick to contempory romances instead of giving low marks for what amounts to author's accuracy. If, on the other hand, you can appreciate the historical confines in which the author had to work, then you will enjoy this tender and steamy love story.
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Summary: Couldn't even finish it
Review: It was so dull. Check out her "By" books. This whole regency series was disappointing to say the least.
Rating:
Summary: Couldn't even finish it
Review: It was so dull. Check out her "By" books. This whole regency series was disappointing to say the least.
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