I’ve read any number of series that start out good, but get stale along the way. Not so with J.D. Robb’s In Death series. Not only are Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her mega-billionaire husband Roarke still one of the best couples in romance, but there are also enough good secondary characters in the books to…
Unearthed takes a while to warm up to, but eventually the out-of-this-world setting becomes enjoyable. But near the book’s end when the debut author falls back on one of my least favorite plot devices, instead of being excited about a new and interesting universe, I wondered why she plugged in a worn-out romance novel staple….
The two headings on the back of Piel’s latest talk of a “Darkest Hour” followed by a “Moment of Light.” Uncanny how that runs exactly counter to the experience I had with this book. Lord of the Dark Sun (which ties in to her earlier futuristics) starts off with an interesting premise, draws the reader…
Time-travel romances often take their characters into the past or bring them to the present, but the future seldom seems to be the destination of choice. While most futuristics seem to involve aliens, space travel and other worlds, I’ve always had a soft spot for SF tales of the future right here on planet earth,…
Portrait in Death is the 16th entry in J.D. Robb’s In Death series, featuring police officer Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke. At the beginning of the novel, Eve is called in to investigate a particularly troublesome murder. After killing a young university student, the killer contacts the news media. Aside from that cryptic communication,…
Last summer I discovered the Liaden Universe books written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. What a discovery! Not since I was a teenager and read the early Dragonriders of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey had I found science fiction books that so successfully combined adventure, personal relationships, and romance in a completely new and…
This review represents an accomplishment for me. Although I’d been a Nora Roberts fan for years, I avoided all the Robb books until about two years ago. There were too many to read in order, and who had the time? But fellow review Jennifer Schendel lent me the first two books, and I started making…
No one could ever accuse Susan Squires of being in a rut. Danegeld, her first book, was a Dark Ages Medieval about the Saxons and Vikings. Her second, Sacrament, involved a vampire during the Regency. Now she tackles artificial intelligence in the near future. Victoria “Vic” Barnhardt works for Visimorph, a Microsoft-like corporation, run by…
Just so you know, I was a reader of the Robb books from the moment Naked in Death hit the shelves. I was a fan before most people even knew she was Nora Roberts. Like all the other fans, I eagerly wait for each installment, buy it the moment I see it, and generally read…
If you are sensitive about spoilers, please stop reading this review right now. Please shade your eyes and click your “back” button. There. Anyone still with me? There is no possible way I can describe Greenfire without telling you up front that two-thirds through the book the hero kills the hero. Or the villain kills…