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Summary: Not too original.
Review: I liked the book, and the concept is interesting . . . however, it was just a little disappointing. The problem is that her society mirrors Regency England, just with the women in men's roles. This reversal would be interesting, but it was just the EXACT opposite of the old sex roles. In her book, the men are the weaker sex, abused and taken advantage of by women. It just wasn't very imaginative.After reading her other books, I expected more originality from her work. I really enjoyed the new world she brought to life in books like, "Knight of a Trillion Stars," and "Mine to Take." Thus, if you expect this new book to be in line with her past book, you may be disappointed. However, this is Dara Joy book so it is still a decent read.
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Summary: A Sad Parody of Romance
Review: I was more than disappointed with this book. I have come to expect only the highest quality story from Dara Joy but this book seems to have been written to meet a deadline. The characters were poorly developed. The whole "women rule the world" premise came off as a parody and all the other-world slang was distracting. If I did not know any better I would think this was someone's first novel and certainly not worthy of being a hard back. Don't bother to buy it. If you have to read it, check it out from your local library.
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Summary: What A Book!
Review: I think that Dara Joy has outdone herself again. I love all her books but this one is amazing. I enjoyed both Green and Jorlan are great characters. I enjoy the fact that it's set in a time where women rule and the men are bid upon. If you like her books then this is a great buy.
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Summary: Different... and interesting.
Review: Wow! It took awhile for me to get into this book - mostly because of pre-conceived ideas.. but once I got over my hand-ups I thoroughly enjoyed it. Total role reversal.. Men who are treated as objects possessions playthings.. Male virginity.. male taken on the job of caring for the children... Male pleasure givers ( ie prostitutes ).. and there whole life revolves around book about Almacks set in the regency period of England.. with update look.. Ie role reversal. Woman are in charge strong in character and warriors.. Men on the other hand are to be protected and cherished. Or in some case used and abused.. Men who have strong personalities are frowned upon.. So you see it took me a while to come to terms with this book.. but the story is a wonderful story and very entertaining. Some might say this book is about feminisms I disagree.. it more about adaptation of a race.. would be interesting to know why on this planet they have such books and how the communitity evolved.. I know its not reality only fiction.. Excellent read and a well worth purchasing.. Excellent.. Well done Dara..
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Summary: ROP falls short of Matrix Series
Review: Dara Joy is a very gifted and imaginative author. I have really enjoyed her previous novels, especially the Matrix Series. I was very excited to learn that she had her first hardcover novel out. ROP definitely had a new twist on the male/female relationship. I give her an A+ for creativity. But I found all the new vocabulary rather tedious. At least for me, the story and characters did not measure up to previous novels. I was disappointed in that. I hope that this novel is not a springboard for more of this same genre. She pretty much covered the role reversal idea---any more would be redundant. Please, Dara, return to the Matrix Series!
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Summary: Role Reversal Romance? Too Extreme
Review: I have been a great fan of Dara Joy and was eagerly awaiting the release of Ritual of Proof. What a disappointment! I was kind of hoping she would continue her previous series with Traed as the hero. I love her futuristic and/or paranormal stories. Ritual Of Proof is a backwards romance with very strong woman. OK, I dont have a problem with strong heriones. Making men the weaker sex does have some appeal, but it was too extreme. Making the men prove they are virgins! Kind of a backwards victorian historical. I really believe woman are the stronger sex mentally and emotionally, but physically, not really. True romance readers want strong heriones but even stronger heros. Atleast I do. Don't be discouraged by reading her other books. ie Knight of a Trillion Stars, Rejar, and others. They were great reads.
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Summary: Role Reversal Romance? Too Extreme
Review: I have been a great fan of Dara Joy and was eagerly awaiting the release of Ritual of Proof. What a disappointment! I love her futuristic and/or paranormal stories. Ritual Of Proof is a backwards romance with very strong women. OK, I dont have a problem with strong heriones. Making men the weaker sex does have some appeal, but it was too extreme. I really believe woman are the stronger sex mentally and emotionally, but physically, not really. True romance readers want strong heriones but even stronger heros. Atleast I do. Don't be discouraged by reading her other books. ie Knight of a Trillion Stars, Rejar, and others. They were great reads. Ritual of proof was a waste of money in my opinion.
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Summary: Disappointing after all the hype...
Review: I loved the premise of this book but the actual book did not stand up to all it's pre-release hype. I was disappointed that the story was not fully developed and seemed to be rushed. The vocabulary that was invented was distracting as everytime I came across a new term (and there were lots of them) I had to go to the back of the book and look it up, it would have been easier to just use the standard lingo. I just wish there had been more "meat" to this story. If you must read it then wait for it in paperback, buy it used or borrow it from the library. It wasn't worthy of being HB in my opinion.
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Summary: A Disappointment
Review: I read Ritual of Proof twice during a recent business trip. I wanted to make sure I was not missing some hidden creativity. The book seemed to lack Ms. Joy's inventiveness and the depth of the story was not a well developed as in her other books. It was sort of a cross between Rejar, a standard Regency with a little Knight of a Trillion Stars thrown in... I didn't find the plot believable, the character's lacked depth, there was almost no secondary character development and, unfortunately, there are hints of a sequel. I also didn't think that the emotional connection between Green and Jorlan was very well developed and the whole 'Sensitive' thing was a plot tool to avoid the work of building relationship. ...I look forward to the next in the Matrix series and hope that Ms. Joy regains her creativity.
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Summary: Incredible Disappointment
Review: Dara Joy is one of my favorite authors and when I purchased this book it was with the hope that it would be as good as the MOD series. After two chapters I knew it wasn't, but continued reading. The charaters are not likeable and the story plot is not complete. There are to many unanswered questions in the story. Dara has tried to help the reader by giving us a glossary of terms (210 on 8 pages approximately) that left me feeling as though I had to keep leaving the story to refer to the glossary for definitions. I would rather a complete uninterrupted story. I hope that there is a second book to at least explain the first one, but I would rather have another Matrix of Destiny or Tyber and Zanita. Forget this one.
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