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Summary: There are better books by Amanda Quick
Review: While I like a lot of Amanda Quick's books and a lot
of the books she's written under the name
Jayne Anne Krentz, this is not one of them.
She's gotten into one of her redundant fits in this
book where she repeats things over and over. Vanza!
Vanza! Vanza! Enough already!! I really wish she
would make an effort in some of her novels not to
be so dull and repetitive. Is she trying to do this
to fill up pages because she has a quota of so many
pages per book and doesn't have enough ideas on what
to write? I picked this book up at the library because
the cover was so pretty, but I couldn't get into the
plot because it had a dreary dull mood to it and as
I started to get bored and paged thru the book and
noticed this was one of those books where she kept
repeating certain words, I just couldn't read the
book.... Begone Book!!! Back from whence you came!!
Another book I am returning back to the library
this week without hardly reading had the same problem
as this book, the author kept repeating over and
over and over and over about the charming/beautiful
etc etc dimples that the heroine had. Alright already!
We get the point! Stop the repetition!!
Rating: 
Summary: A fun, easy-to-read tale for the Regency fan!
Review: Jayne Anne Krentz writing as Amanda Quick has moved her distinct contemporary writing style into the realm of the gothic regency with Wicked Widow. The main characters, Artemas Hunt and Madeline Deveridge, are delightful and quickly capture your heart. Lively dialogue snaps back and forth between the two as each attends to his/her personal agenda while combining efforts to unveil the ghost who is stalking the Wicked Widow, Madeline, and the Vanza Book of Secrets. All the while, they fight their growing attraction to each other. Her superb, evocative word pictures of the gothic regency era paint the perfect setting in the reader's mind. True, the references to the Vanzagarian Society are at times overwhelming, but its representation is accurate for the period. That's what you did in the early 1800's! Such fixations have been replaced by things like Internet surfing, TV, movies, etc. in the 21st century. The engaging personalities of her secondary characters add yet another level of charm to the story. Short John, the street urchin spy; Latimer, the bodyguard coachman; Aunt Bernice, herbalist extraordinaire; Henry Leggett, Artemas's solicitor and strategist. Madeline's dead husband, Renwick, whom she is rumored to have murdered. Catherine, Artemas's lover, who was murdered in a prank by rakes of the ton. Even those rakes against whom Artemas now seeks revenge. All these believable characters and their interaction draw you easily into the storyline. The captivating plot moves smoothly with its twists, turns, and subtle humor until Madeline and Artemas solve the mysteries and love brings them together.
Wicked Widow is an enchanting regency love story that will stay with you long after the final page.
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Summary: WICKED WIDOW
Review: I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR EACH NEW BOOK BY AMANDA QUICK TO BE PUBLISHED. AM AN AVID FAN. ALTHO THIS ONE IS NOT AS GOOD AS SOME OF HER OTHERS. ie.MISCHIEF--AFFAIR STILL ALL IN ALL HER LADIES ALL LEND A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE REGENCY PERIOD. HER LOVE SCENES ARE BELIEVABLE AND HER MEN ARE RATHER NICE EVEN WHEN PROVEN THAT THEY ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO EVERY MAIDENS PRAYERS. I LIKE IT WHEN THE BAD AND REALLY BAD GUYS GET THEIR JUST REWARDS. ALSO THE STREET CHILDREN ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS. ALL IN ALL A GOOD BOOK.
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Summary: Wicked Widow
Review: Like some of the other reviews, I am saddened that the Amanda Quick books are beginning to become boring, with Wicked Widow barely making the mark. Yes, the Vanza reference is getting old very quickly. Also, the characters seem to argue most of the way through the book - that is tiring. Hopefully Amanda Quick books will get back on track to some of the more interesting ones of the early 90's, such as Ravaged and Mystique.
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Summary: What happened to AQ?
Review: This book is a way to pass a few hours, but on the whole, not up to this author's potential. A one word description of the plot, characters, love scenes, and dialogue: competent. They get the job done, but lack the sizzle and interest that I used to expect in Quick novels. Unfortunately, this trend of blandness seems to be bleeding into AQ's other pseudonym writings as well. To find better examples of this author's work, look to the books that are titled using the same first letter (Mistress, Mystique, Mischief; Ravished, Reckless, Rendevous; etc). That's Quick at her best! I don't think she's finished out the alphabet yet. Maybe she'd consider going back to that project??
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Summary: A disappointment, surely, Ms. Krentz?
Review: I've collected Ms. Krentz books since her first periodic novel came about and this is the biggest disappointment yet. It's a summary of the other Vanza books and men being enigmatic but resigned to the inevitable (read: women nagging them into submission). After the first few chapters, it was clear that the hero would 'concur' with the heroine and ultimately fall in love with her, etc. Meanwhile, the baddie would try to separate them and threaten them which makes them cling on to each other even more, etc. Surely, Ms. Krentz, you can do better than regurgitate old materials with a different dressing? One can only hope that Slightly Shady, which I have yet to read, is better.
Rating: 
Summary: Impossible to put down!!
Review: This is the first novel I have read from Amanda Quick. She grapped my attention before i finished the 2 pages. Her characters are hard to hate, and I found myself laughing at the sexual tention between the Dialogue of Wicked Widow and Hunt. The scenes where very real and the tention of the mistery keep me up for hours. I finished the book in 2 days and I found it impossible to put down. This book allowed me to laugh, cry and be scared. Its the perfect mixutre of everything. I am dying to read another Amanda Quick book really soon.
Rating:
Summary: Not what I expected
Review: When I first got this book, I expected one thing, and got an entire different thing altogether. First and foremost, the title shouldn't be "wicked Widow". I was under the impression that WW is about a widow, and her life and all that. The story is about Vanza, a philosophy, and although it circulates around the life of the said widow, it is hardly about the widow herself. I expected something light and fun, and beautiful, but got something different. The romance between Artemus and the widow lacks passion. One wonders HOW the heck they manage to fall in love. Their conversation together is too formal, too starchy, too cold. I'm giving it 3 stars not because it is very lousy, but because I felt that it would be better with a different title altogether.
Rating:
Summary: Loved it!
Review: This was my first Quick book, and I haven't been able to put down her books ever since. Imagine my surprise when I read her earlier work! This is no doubt a lesser book than her early efforts, but I still found it to be funny and intriguing. I do agree with another reviewer who said that the author used Vanza as an excuse for any inexplicable behavior the hero displayed. Vanza became more of a nuisance after a while, but the characters really kept me turning the pages.
Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully entertaining
Review: I really liked Wicked Widow very much. I love the Vanza-philosophy theme and I was very glad when I discovered that it is continued in this book. The female heroine, Madeline, and her aunt are very likable characters, two determined ladies who are scared by the shadows of events in the past but they are not letting their fears influence their good spirits and their lives. The hero, Artemas Hunt, is also a wonderful character, who slowly learns to look into the future instead of remaining in the past he cannot but would like to change. I really enjoyed the book very much and was sad when it ende.
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