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Most of the Book Focused on Suspense Not the Romance

The Obsession by Nora Roberts

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Not too much to say here. Roberts focuses mostly on the suspense aspect of this book and it works much better. The main reason why I gave it three stars is that I think that it would have been smart to include the POV of Naomi’s brother as well. Thank goodness though he doesn’t enter into a romance in this one. I loved how they both changed based on what happened with their parents and the paths they took. Other than that the book felt a bit boring to me. I guess because bad guys like depicted in this book […]

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5/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:100 |

Not That Engrossing, Story Loses Itself Halfway Through

Sanctuary by Nora Roberts

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Well “Sanctuary” was not that interesting in the end. I think this is one of Robert’s earlier works in romantic suspense. We have three siblings (of course) and most of the book is following the as they act brand new about love and relationships. “Sanctuary” mostly hones in on one of the three siblings, Jo Ellen, though is a successful photographer who returns to her home after getting sent a bunch of threatening photos. One of the photos is of her mother who her family has assumed ran away from them decades ago. Jo’s brother, Brian, and Alexa (Lexie) are […]

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5/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:99 |

When You’re Rooting for the Grandmother and Hero to Get Together Something Has Gone Wrong…

Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts

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Trigger warning: mass shooting depicted. This was such a weird romantic suspense book. Very little romance was to be seen/read about in this case. I ended up not really caring at all for the heroine (Simone) and fell in love with the hero (Reed) and thought that it made better sense for Reed to get together with the grandmother (Cici) in this one. I thought there wasn’t much character development outside of Reed and his partner and friend Essie. Following the serial killer or spree killer I guess we would say reminded me too much of Robert’s “The Search.” There’s even […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:73 |

More Witchy Irish Stereotypes then you can shake a stick at (Bingo #3)

Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

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Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, MD and currently lives up in the northwestern part of the state. And so this book, Dark Witch, fills the Home Something Home slot on my bingo card. I am not impressed. I mean, kissing books are not my favorite genre and unfortunately this one follows the plot beats with drumming regularity. I think if you’re fond of a particular genre, then this type of drumming to the story beats will appeal to you. I know that I have forgiven many a stereotypical fantasy novel it’s wizards and mcguffins simply because of what […]

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9/21/2018 's CBR10 Review No:48 |

Cause we’re going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married…

The Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts

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I’ve read the Bride Quartet before, but sometimes, you just need a little Nora Roberts escapism. And I had forgotten about this series until that we were talking about that stupid New York Times Review of Books piece, and so I hopped on to the library website, and suddenly, I was back at Vows with Parker, Laurel, Emma, and Mac, dreaming of fairy tale weddings where every bride has a completely unlimited budget and nobody has diabetes from eating too much wedding cake. I swear, if I worked there, I’d be drunk on champagne and weigh a thousand pounds from […]

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10/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:17 |

Noon in the Garden of Good & Evil

High Noon by Nora Roberts

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I do this thing where I keep a running list of my book titles in my drafts folder, so when I have downtime, or when the inspiration strikes, I can go back and write my reviews. I’m very undisciplined in my review-writing, as evidenced by the fact that it’s May July and I’m reviewing stuff I read in January. Anyway, I was going down the list and saw the title High Noon and had to look it up on Amazon. Usually the cover sparks a memory. It did not. So I read the synopsis, which did spark a memory, but […]

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7/31/2017 's CBR9 Review No:6 |

Sequel Does Not Work as Well as the First Book In Series

Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts

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Please note that I gave this book 2.5 stars and rounded it up to 3 stars for the purposes of this review.  Trigger warning: rape.  I read this for Romance Book Bingo: Love is Murder square. So book #2 definitely does not work as well as book #1 does. The story-line felt very rushed (the hero declares his love for the heroine before they even make love, proposes marriage after they make love for the first time) and the serial rapist/murderer did not work real well. The two leads had no real chemistry and I was more happy to see […]

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1/23/2017 's CBR9 Review No:14 |

Mr. Serial Killer Comes to Washington

Sacred Sins by Nora Roberts

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I read this for Romance Book Bingo 2017: Headless Woman square. I vaguely recall reading this book when I was a teenager. I re-read it because I was totally light on details. I think I ended up getting bored with it and never finishing it though. If the book didn’t have a cover with a woman half out of a dress with Fabio and his flowing mane of hair I tended to not sneak those from my mom. Sacred Sins is a pretty good procedural by Roberts. There was some romance, and the two leads didn’t annoy me to death […]

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1/23/2017 's CBR9 Review No:13 |


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