Roxanne St. Claire

Prelim Review: I haven't read a romantic suspense novel in a long time. At least not one that didn't involve the paranormal in some way. EDGE OF SIGHT, and St. Claire's other "Guardian Angelinos" books, caught my interest however so I decided to take a chance. I'm very glad I did, I forgot what its like to have my heart pounding in my chest, uncertain how the hero (or heroine) will overcome the bad guy since they are human and not supremely gifted.

On a sidenote, are the men in Boston like this? 'Cause honestly I'm thinking I need to go get myself caught up in some murderous plot and have an Angelinos of my very own protect me...

Full review to be posted at Poisoned Rationality… (altro)

3.5 stars, rounded up.

High school deb makes a bad decision (surprise!) and now she's cleaning toilets for a living.

High school geek turns into Superman and makes billions of dollars. Bumps into the down on her luck deb and his infatuation with her rekindles, but now he has to prove he's not just another rich bad boy.

Characterizations were sharp, the story was good. Ultimately, I suppose I prefer my characters to be more "everyday" to be relatable, so the beauty queen and the billionaire premise is what made me downgrade my rating, but that's a personal opinion and has nothing to do with the quality of this well-done book.… (altro)

The characters in this book portray their emotions brilliantly, the book is well written, and I enjoyed the read. You can stop there, and take that as my recommendation.

Delving a little deeper, the reason this is 4 instead of 5 stars is that the author missed the boat on fat girls. The psychology is off the mark, with the fat girl having enough confidence to proposition the guy, and the thin girl trying to leave that fat girl behind and losing some of her confidence. Once a fat girl loses the weight, her confidence rises exponentially, and the psychology is more along the lines of "see what you missed when all you saw was the fat girl?" There was a movie with Stockard Channing - "The Girl Most Likely To" that shows a woman who used to be bullied because of her looks seeking revenge. That piece is missing in this book. Willow too easily forgives a slight she got in college, too easily dismisses that her SEAL is panting after her now when he pushed her away before. While Ms. St. Claire does explore the reasons behind that decision, I would have liked to see more conflict about "oh, now you want me!" rather than "He's so hot, I still want him!"… (altro)

This was good. I've had this for a while but kept putting it off due to a reading slump. But it was just as good as I thought it would be. The suspense was great. There were lots of twists and turns and I didn't completely guess what was going on. The characters were likeable. Jazz was strong and brave and independent - the other thing I was surprised by was the idea that she had previously been reliant on others. It didn't really ring true. But totally minor issue. The romance perhaps happened a bit too fast but most romantic suspense does - on the other hand it did go so far as to develop a nice relationship between the two in terms of trust, respect and sharing what makes them tick. We didn't get to see a whole lot of insight into the background characters but enough to spark interest regarding the rest of the series. Great read. Will be reading more of the series.… (altro)