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Summary: Another great from Sandra
Review: I was in tears reading this book, from laughter. I had tears of sadness at Thorks destiny. Even thought he was not very nice to Ruby until the end, he is still a man to die for. You are never disapointed by Sandra's hero's. Ruby's antics in the 10th. century are absolutely hillarious. The things she got up to were totally unbelievable, like giving women contraception advice, starting her own lingerie business. The ending had me in stitches while she was trying to seduce Jack into coming back to her. If you love a book that will make you laugh and cry this book is the one, but saying that all the books i've read of Sandra's make me feel this way. Great read Sandra!!!!!!!
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Summary: NOT her best
Review: Ihad very high expectations for this book as I started the Viking series with "The Blue Viking". The book started out great but then the back and forth, hot and cold banter between Ruby and Thork (the two main characters) had me going in circles and extremly frusterated. Although Hill's time travel romances are (I think ) her best and funniest work this book lacked the usuall humor and fast pace that her readers have come to identiy her with.
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Summary: My Least Favorite Hill
Review: The word "Reluctant" in this book's title is decidedly apropos. Never has a man been more exasperatingly reluctant to love a woman than Thork, the Viking "hero" in this novel. Admittedly, I read the stories of Thork and Ruby's children first ("The Outlaw Viking", "The Tarnished Lady", & "The Bewitched Viking"--in that order). So, I was disappointed when I went back and read the parents' story only to find an extremely aggravating relationship between the hero and heroine. Ruby loved Thork from the get-go and remained faithful to him because of that fact. Thork, on the other hand, realized that he felt something for Ruby, but refusing to acknowledge it, availed himself of every woman he came across in the novel. He was hurtful to the heroine to the point where in one scene he actually threw her out of his bedroom, but not before she overheard him loudly ask a servant to bring his mistress to him to take care of "his needs". Worse yet, Ruby continued to pursue the idiot...relentlessly. I knew ths novel wasn't for me when I started hoping that Hill would have Ruby take another lover. Thork simply didn't deserve her love, or even her caring. He didn't even come around and admit his feelings (and start being faithful) until the book was a chapter or two from being finished. Still, I gave this novel 3 stars because it contained a lot of Hill's trademark humor and it was well written. There are some readers who will no doubt like this book a lot...my mom enjoyed it immensely. But my mom also enjoys Danielle Steele and ulcer-inducing sagas like "The Thornbirds". If you're like my mother and enjoy reading those types of gut-wrenching, harrowing novels where tragedy isn't triumphed over until the very end, then you will like this book. If you're like me and can't stand novels like that, then save your money.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!
Review: This is one of the few books that I can't forget! It made me laugh and cry and while I didn't like Thork's fate, it was still one of the best books I've ever read. Through her vivid descriptions, use of ancient Norse and English we are taken back in time with Ruby. You'll feel like you're sitting in old England just watching it all unfold. If you've never read one of Sandra's books before read this one - you'll be hooked on her forever.
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Summary: A reluctant reader
Review: Though the writing was done well, I more then once wanted to put this book down. I found the character of Ruby to be frustrating. And her actions were painfully repetitive. For a 38-year-old woman, she seemed a little dense. Perhaps the first thing one does when one wakes up 1,000 years in the past is try to convince people you're from the future. Perhaps. But After 50 pages I think you would shut up and try to figure out what's going on instead of yapping so much. And though Thork looks like her husband Jack, I don't feel that's enough to make her love him despite all the horrible treatment she gets. That was another problem for me. Thork and Jack were two different people. Why couldn't she see that? OK, I know Thork is an earlier incarnation of Jack, and Ruby finally figures that out, but her constant insistence didn't make sense after the first few times. Once again, the character is not too smart. In all, I was reluctant to keep reading the Reluctant Viking, and only suffered through it because so many people gave it great reviews. I guess it's another case of chacun à son goût
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