AAR

[roseisa]

Well I bit the bullet and thought I'd give JG one more try.

In my opinion, JG has lost developing depth to her characters; the books read more like scripts for a television action shows.

JG has set Sweet Talk up for three more books about a quartet of girls who survived chemotherapy as children - you can expect the follow up books to probably come out either every six months or once a year.

Do not get me wrong, Sweet Talk is an engaging story, it's a light read and if you are interested in reading "light" romance suspense, Sweet Talk is perfect for you.

Grade B for light romantic suspense, Grade C for character development.

Your thoughts?

[Tee]

Perfect mini review, roseisa. Could not have said it better myself. Actually, it started out rather well, but then it hit a point where I was losing the focus in the story. I finished it, but with more of a fast run during the final chapters. As you said, not enough depth to the characters, but I did like Kincaid.

[roseisa]

Thank you Tee, I really appreciate the compliment!

I haven't read Sizzle, but based on your liking Kincaid, think I'll give it a try - there's always time for a cool hero!


Sunny California - hot and hotter still...............

[Tee]

[roseisa]

LOL, I see this Kincaid. Well he made an impression on me as a cardboard alpha male.

I only bought the book because the Ponzi scheme interested me.

No point in checking out Sizzle, if you can't recall the plot.

THanks for the correction.

Sunny California 104 raising

[Tee]

[roseisa]

Well then, I will check it out


Sunny California, we are melting.......

[oklanannie]

I was disappointed in SWEET TALK. The Ponzi scheme drew my attention to the story but it wasn't even a well-developed plot. As I keep telling myself, it wasn't a terrible book - but it coulda/shoulda/woulda been better with more character and plot development and less unnecessary sideline filler. This one was just less than fulfilling. I'm not sure I even want to read a sequel -- if indeed this is the path Garwood is leading us on.

[roseisa]

oklanannie said:

[Pan's Wife]

I keep clicking on Garwood threads hoping one of her new books will sound worthwhile, but it looks like I will once again be skipping a new release. I wonder if she is still writing these books or if some ghost writer bought the rights to her name? I haven't liked anything since Ransom.

[Sputnik]

I must be a sucker... I keep buying them, in hardcover no less! She is an auto buy for me - my first author who became an auto buy and I just can't stop. I didn't like the book that much, but I got it... in hardcover. *sigh*

[dick]

Yeah, the plot was shaky, the characters rather flat, the relationship not too well developed, but IMO, Garwood has something, a sine qua non that's hard to pin down. Even her medievals, which nearly everybody read with pleasure, lacked a bit. The heroine in Sweet Talk, in fact, reminded me a great deal of the heroines in those medievals. And she still has that tone of what I once called innocent awe about romance that captures the fairy tale aspects of romance better than many another. That said, the epilogue puzzled the hell out of me.

[Tee]

[Judyblueeyes]

Here is what I am most interested in knowing about Sweet Talk, (still on waiting list with library). IS IT FUNNY? I think her characters interactions can be just so witty. I think that is what hooked me, I need to read stuff that was funny dialogue that moved along with a believeable plot and likeable characters and she always gave me that. Julia Quinn is another that does that for me.

[roseisa]

Tee