AAR

[graceC]

[Eliza]

[Eliza]

My worst EVER is a book everyone else seemed to really like: Born in Sin by Kinley Macgregor. I didn't like the way she wrote, and more than that was all the mistaken Scottish stuff stuffed in the book. One of my few wallbangers.

[erhea13]

[erhea13]

[KayWebbHarrison]

[Charlotte McClain]

[jaime]

[anastacyann]

Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins. Absolutely hated it. The her and heroine didn't spend much time together at all, they basically cheated with each other, her parents had issues, etc. The last three pages - which were great - couldn't make up for the rest of the book.

I've tried others of hers, but didn't like them either. Sad, too, because they always sound like they'd be great reads.

[JyLnC]

The worst book I ever read was from several year's ago. The book was so horrible .... I have blocked both the title and the author from my memory. It was a western where both the heroine and the hero were too stupid to live. The heroine made so many ridiculous choices and endangered their lives so often that I wanted them both dead just to end my misery. I would have gladly given up the HEA.

It is the only book, I have thrown against the wall and for the life of me, I don't know why I didn't shred it. I gave it away to Good Will and hopefully someone enjoyed it. I do feel a little guilty about donating it to some poor unsuspecting romance reader. C'est la vie!

Linnae aka JyLnC
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[tuga]

One of the worst books I've read was Dark Seduction by Brenda Joyce. Several things in the story didn't work for me.
Then I decided to give the author another try and I've picked Firestorm. Yack!
No more Joyce for me, that's for sure.
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[shelf]

The Warlord by Elizabeth Elliot - read it recently and it made me so frustrated. It was a rip off of Julia Garwoods work (I don't even like Garwood so this was a negative for multiple reasons) and the heroine the typical pathetic, dim-witted, dependant type. I'm so frustrated with romances at the moment, everything just seems terrible

[dick]

@shelf: I have to disagree. Elliott has some of the best characterization by "showing" rather than "telling" I've read. Nothing I read in the book reminded me of Garwood at all. The historicity was better than usual in romance fiction of the period, with the exception of the hero's paternity, perhaps. The paranormal elements were so minimal as to be easily ignored and even so, they contributed to the story.

[shelf]

Well, I very much disagree that she showed rather than told (and I'm talking about just this book, not Elliott's work in general like you suggested). That was one of my main gripes with the book. Her characters in this were so like Garwood's Scottish lairds and ladies that it was glaringly obvious to me. The paranormal aspect wasn't a minimal part to me, it was consistent throughout and I didn't care for it one bit (and it clearly wasn't easily ignored if I noticed it and found it displeasing). I also do not see what was so historically sound about the book so as to differ to the other hundred or so historical romances out there of this period. Indeed, if this was historically sound, most of this book wouldn't have even happened given the traits, actions and characteristics of the people of the time compared with this book. The heroine was one of the most fanciful and martyred characters I've yet to read, it was incredibly grating. I suppose I just prefer less sweet and perfect heroines than her. Her decision making processes were also baffling and irritating and incredibly frustrating

[kris]

The Innocent by Bertrice Small. The heroine was very young(14 if I remember correctly) and the hero was in his late 20'/early 30's. Creepy. It was one of my very few DNF's. .
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