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Liked It “Intense! But I hate JB Hammock for his cruelty to Tellie. As the story progressed, I thought I would have Grange for Tellie and not J.B. who took her for granted and verbally abused her. How can she love him after all is said and done?” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “So I love Guilty Pleasures. I am an avid fan of the shark movie (unforgivably denigrated and ridiculed by Sheridan Sakura Carlotta, who fails to see that it is an indispensable footnote to cinematic history), MacDonald’s chocolate fudge sundaes (”extra fudge please you cheapskate git, this is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“So I love Guilty Pleasures. I am an avid fan of the shark movie (unforgivably denigrated and ridiculed by Sheridan Sakura Carlotta, who fails to see that it is an indispensable footnote to cinematic history), MacDonald’s chocolate fudge sundaes (”extra fudge please you cheapskate git, this is chocolate, not fossil fuel.”) and Diana Palmer novels.
RipMyBodice wrote this review Sunday, November 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Diana Palmer is a romance author who’s been listed as one of the top ten romance writers in America. This is probably part of the same poll which featured “Outlander” (aka the albatross around Sheridan Sakura Carlotta’s neck) as the 2nd best romance novel of all time. She writes category romances, which are basically shorter novels. These are invariably set in Texas, which isn’t a problem for me (hey I love cowboys as much as the next girl). All her heroes are Alpha Jerks, which make their eventual grovel all the more satisfying.
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For more of this review, check out: http://www.ripmybodice.com/2007/03/23/doormat-heroines-and-the-jerks-who-step-on-them/”“Intense! But I hate JB Hammock for his cruelty to Tellie. As the story progressed, I thought I would have Grange for Tellie and not J.B. who took her for granted and verbally abused her. How can she love him after all is said and done? ”
delia A wrote this review Tuesday, September 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book could have been so much better if there would have been a more believable reason for JB's cruel actions. Saying that he did it because he was frustrated over having to wait for Tellie to become physically aware of him was ridiculous. He knew she loved him - just because her nipples didn't rise up and salute him every time he kissed/looked/touched her didn't give him the right to verbally abuse her. I don't think they should have ended up together. I would have really liked Grange for her. This is my second DP book, first being The Last Mercenary, and I'm beginning to think that there is going to be a trend in her books where: a young girl is head-over-heels in love with a older sexy dangerous male, that she's known a long time, who is cruel to her because he wants her and doesn't want her to know due to some traumatic incident in his past. I'm going to try Big Sky Winter, but if it's another one of those [see description above] I won't be reading anymore of her work.”
nicole wrote this review Tuesday, May 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“J. B. Hammock is a confirmed bachelor, or so it seems. Tellie Maddox has loved him since she was...guess? 14 years old. Another fun romance from Palmer. J.B. took Tillie in when her parents died. She was actually raised by his sister, Maggie. He has seemed to treat her like a pest. Many calamities occur to change all of that.”
Marty H wrote this review Thursday, May 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was my 1st DP book and probably my last. It rates a two for me, only because the overall writing was good. For me, characterization was a major problem.
Carol Burnside wrote this review Sunday, May 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The hero was too hard-edged to me, to the point of being cruel. IMO even verbally abusive. What the heroine (whom I found wimpy) found to love in him, I couldn't say. For this reader, the motivation for his actions simply didn't hold water.
I managed to finish it, but found myself wondering how many months their marriage would last before she wised up.”
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