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Vol Fan
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| Kristie, thanks for that breakdown. I had been checking the list at Amazon & was concerned when I saw so many of those that seemed to carry the old and tired (IMO) forumla of Dukes, Earls, etc. Glad to be able now to watch for, and determine, the before and after group. I love historicals, but I am rarely able to handle many of the regency type books. I really wish publishers would stop pushing them so much. I am so tired of that era. I wish authors could give us more different time frames and locations, because they are such a bright ray of sunshine in the same old, same old that have bombarded the market now-a-days. That's why I am SOOOO grateful to find a book like Conor's and other oldies that I missed out on. |
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Jean Wan AAR
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I'm super glad that a) you guys liked the review, and b) some of you guys are (re)reading it. Because, just in case you couldn't from my review, I loved it. Haven't read the others that are out in eBook, but they're cheap, and look really good. I'm waiting for a Kobo coupon.
However, I think I do have to defend one of LLG's Regency Avon books: His Every Kiss is not your normal Duke Meets Young Miss book, and I think in its own way is as original as Conor's Way.
But no real argument about the others. They're better than average, certainly, and her last few have been Edwardians. But not spectacular. In addition, I heard on the grapevine that after LLG's last Edwardian, she's been asked to go back to Regencies. Booooo.
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kris
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:34 pm Post subject: conor's way |
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I'm about a 1/4 of the way through and I see why you all love it. Conor and Olivia are very believable. Darn that I have to work nights tonight or I'd be up late reading.
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xina
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:07 am Post subject: Re: conor's way |
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| kris wrote: | | I'm about a 1/4 of the way through and I see why you all love it. Conor and Olivia are very believable. Darn that I have to work nights tonight or I'd be up late reading. |
Yes, their building relationship is very believable. No falling in love at first sight.
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Kristie(J)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | However, I think I do have to defend one of LLG's Regency Avon books: His Every Kiss is not your normal Duke Meets Young Miss book, and I think in its own way is as original as Conor's Way. |
Jean, I agree, His Every Kiss is very good and not like most. I think it was her second book once she started writing for Avon. I quite enjoyed it. But if I’m not mistaken, the hero was a Marquis. The hero of her first book was also a ‘titled’ hero. That’s what I get so tired of – the titles. In her books preAvon, the heroes weren’t the dukes, the earls etc. Conor was an Irish boxer wandering through the post civil war South, the hero in Breathless is a lawyer in the early 20th century South and the heroine is a divorced librarian! In To Dream Again, though it takes place in England, the hero is an inventor and toymaker. The hero in Not So Innocent, her last preAvon days, is a police inspector and the heroine a physic. I could go on, but I think you know what I mean. Her heroes before were outside the box.
To me, it doesn’t really make a whole lot of difference the time period of a historical – a Regency is an Edwardian is a Victorian if the hero is a Duke or any lower titled dude. It’s what he does that makes a book different for me.
And I have to add, I don’t blame her at all for the path she took. It makes me sad for my own sake but I dare say if one were to ask, her sales have increased quite a bit since she moved to Avon and started writing English set, titled characters. One has to be practical and there are a whole lot readers out there that prefer this setting and authors have bills to pay and families to keep just like the rest of us. And she still is a very good story teller, that hasn’t changed. It’s just that they are no longer the stories me, myself and I want to read when I prefer the more unique. I know I’m in the minority when it comes to this, though not the only one *g*
| Quote: | | I'm about a 1/4 of the way through and I see why you all love it. Conor and Olivia are very believable. Darn that I have to work nights tonight or I'd be up late reading. |
Isn't it a pain when our working life interferes with our reading life. Family life comes first of course, but ggrrr to the working life when we are into a good book!!
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kris
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:22 pm Post subject: conor's way |
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Kristie(J) said
| Quote: | | Isn't it a pain when our working life interferes with our reading life. Family life comes first of course, but ggrrr to the working life when we are into a good book!! |
I managed to read for about an hour when I got home this morning. What an amazing book. Staying up late tonight no matter what. This book is just too good to put down.
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bavarian
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KristieJ said refering to the older Guhrke books:I know I’m in the minority when it comes to this, though not the only one *g*
Make me a part of this minority! Sometimes I think our minority is not as small as the publishers think. But there's a problem: We all are "addicted" to romance and so not able to show our discontent with all the dukes by not buying these books. Always in search for good reading material we buy and buy... The publishers will only notice our disapproval when their sales go down.
I had Conor's way on my kindle because of the price and this thread brought me to finally start reading it. What a wonderful reading experience! I'm half way through and like it very much! Going right back to it! |
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xina
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Jean Wan AAR wrote: |
However, I think I do have to defend one of LLG's Regency Avon books: His Every Kiss is not your normal Duke Meets Young Miss book, and I think in its own way is as original as Conor's Way.
But no real argument about the others. They're better than average, certainly, and her last few have been Edwardians. But not spectacular. In addition, I heard on the grapevine that after LLG's last Edwardian, she's been asked to go back to Regencies. Booooo. |
Jean... Agree!I loved His Every Kiss. Such a wonderful book.
I am really enjoying Conor's Way. Thanks again for the review. I had forgotten what a great book this is. Lovely to go back and read a favorite after so many years.
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xina
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Goodness...I had forgotten what a tortured hero Conor is. Am 3/4 done with this book and it seems so new to me even though I read it years ago. I'm so glad to given it another read. It is a fantastic book mostly about the hero's pain. Love the heroine's daughters too and how they are melting his heart.
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Marilyn.K
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| I can't remember what led me to read recently Conor's Way...but one thing I can certainly add is that Conor's Way is a true gem. |
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clutterconqueror
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Thank you, thank you, thank you Jean and Kristie(J) for spreading the word on this book. It was beautiful. It's been at least a year, maybe more, since I've read a romance straight through. I thought I'd never get out of my reading rut. I thought it was me, but it turns out I've just been choosing the wrong books. I just loved Conor's Way.
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Kristie(J)
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| clutterconqueror wrote: | | Thank you, thank you, thank you Jean and Kristie(J) for spreading the word on this book. It was beautiful. It's been at least a year, maybe more, since I've read a romance straight through. I thought I'd never get out of my reading rut. I thought it was me, but it turns out I've just been choosing the wrong books. I just loved Conor's Way. |
*g*. Doesn't it give you such a warm and fuzzy feeling when you find such a book and you think you yourself, THIS is why I love romance books? |
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