Southern Rapture

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Summary: Fire the editor
Review: I didn't know if it was Jennifer Blake's fault or the publisher's, but this story got very confusing until I realized it had to be an editing mistake. I don't know how to say it without giving away the "plot twist" so... Ransom, the naive young man, and the sexy rogue Thorn were often mentioned as the same person, when we weren't supposed to find out about that until the end, because that's when the female lead character Lettie figured it out. Confused? I am. I didn't even buy this, it was my mother's flea market copy. You start reading it, and think, " wait a minute, I thought she was with Thorn, and she's calling him Ransom; instead of calling him Thorn or whatever." I had to keep back-tracking because I got so confused as to who was in the scene. It has its moments, but pack a lunch; it's a long torturous read.

Rating:
Summary: Fire the editor
Review: I didn't know if it was Jennifer Blake's fault or the publisher's, but this story got very confusing until I realized it had to be an editing mistake. I don't know how to say it without giving away the "plot twist" so... Ransom, the naive young man, and the sexy rogue Thorn were often mentioned as the same person, when we weren't supposed to find out about that until the end, because that's when the female lead character Lettie figured it out. Confused? I am. I didn't even buy this, it was my mother's flea market copy. You start reading it, and think, " wait a minute, I thought she was with Thorn, and she's calling him Ransom; instead of calling him Thorn or whatever." I had to keep back-tracking because I got so confused as to who was in the scene. It has its moments, but pack a lunch; it's a long torturous read.

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Summary: Not my favorite JB book.
Review: This story has a great plot (kind of a southern post civil war robin hood) so had enormous potential. Unfortunately the writing doesn't live up to the story line. It's very slow moving and sometimes confusing ( as noted in the above review.) The Thorn and Ransom are the same person and we are supposed to know it but it takes awhile to figure that out. That is an important part to this story. Lettie goes south to avenge her union brother's death supposedly by the "thorn". She gets an entirely new perspective on the south and this is one great thing about this book. It shows that not everyone sat on the porch getting fanned drinking mint juleps in the south's glory days!!! It also reflects southern hospitality even in the face of defeat. The Thorn is trying to correct injustices to help his fellow southerners survive the reconstruction era. The beauracracy, as portrayed in this book, was evidently grave cause for the miscarriage of justice in the defeated south. It becomes clear in this story that the enitre war bet the states was a huge power struggle by greedy men in the north and the south. This "potentially great story" was too slow paced and bogged down by unclear writing to do it justice. Ironically, another miscarriage of justice for we, the readers. Sorry JB. By the way the JB book Tender Betrayal rates at least 6*. You may want to try that one instead.

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Summary: Not my favorite JB book.
Review: While this is not my favorite Jennifer Blake book, it was great. There was never a question that we, the readers, were not to know the Thorn's true identity. Lettie did not know, we did...that was part of the tension. I love Ms. Blake's sexual tension, but more than that I love her witty dialogue and her sensitive, yet virile, men. While Royal Seduction and Royal Passion are my favorites, this was a great read as well.

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Summary: Not at all confused...keep the editor (proofreader?)!
Review: While this is not my favorite Jennifer Blake book, it was great. There was never a question that we, the readers, were not to know the Thorn's true identity. Lettie did not know, we did...that was part of the tension. I love Ms. Blake's sexual tension, but more than that I love her witty dialogue and her sensitive, yet virile, men. While Royal Seduction and Royal Passion are my favorites, this was a great read as well.