All That Glitters [Paperback]

Linda Howard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Mira Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551660865
• ISBN-13: 978-1551660868
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,695,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Up Close and Dangerous, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, and Dying to Please. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Linda Howard fans, remember when this was written!, October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: All That Glitters (Paperback)

Fellow Linda Howard fans, you certainly have a right to be angry about a heroine who has a backbone as rigid as a wet spaghetti noodle, and a hero who was not only domineering, but also downright sadistic, but that's what almost all the series romances were like then. This was the Harlequin formula at the time, and Silhouette, who originally published this book, was still following the Harlequin formula. Jayne Castle/Krentz/stephanie James, Nora Roberts, etc., were just beginning to change America's series romance readers views on doormat-ish women and psychotically possessive heroes. But even then, Linda Howard showed her talent; I did not like All That Glitters in 1982, but Linda's ability as a storyteller was very much in evidence, and boy, did she improve over the years. New writers have to start somewhere and if you love the Mackenzies, Dream Man , and Son of the Morning, then realize how far Linda has come since All That Glitters, and also how far we readers have come--in the 1970's and early 80's , we category-romance readers used to accept those kind of heros and heroines as the norm. My quarrel is with publishers who cash in on an author's popularity by republishing his/her older books without considering whether they deserve republishing (and, I might add, at a much higher price). If Ms. Howard wanted it reprinted, she might be thinking twice now . Those people who are just discovering her might not buy another book of hers if this is the first they read, but I hope they will try one of her more recent books (but not Now You See Her) and find out why we Linda Howard fans are so loyal.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'm deaf from all the chest-thumping!, February 15, 2002

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Book Addict "B.A." (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All That Glitters (Paperback)

As a confirmed Linda Howard fan, I looked forward to a story I'd not yet read - but oh boy, this one was not one of her better efforts! Linda's heroes are renowned for their "alpha" male characteristics, but Niko Constantinos takes it two steps past alpha, and does Greek men a disservice at the same time. Jessica Stanton is a whiny, tearful idiot, who lacks the courage of her convictions. She's also never read the instruction manual for heroines - you don't mention marriage the first time you're in bed with the hero! Tsk tsk. It's an interesting read for Howard fans, but if you're looking to try one of her books, don't start with this one unless you're still convinced that men are dominant and should control the lives of their women. If you do feel this way, then by all means take this book back into your cave, but make sure you skin the woolly mammoth carcass before you settle down to read!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Is this really Linda Howard?, November 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: All That Glitters (Paperback)

I fell in love with Linda Howard reading MacKenzie Mountain and Dream Man and have eagerly snatched up all her books since then. I love her style of writing and her characters, they are strong, well-adjusted, perfectly matched both in bed and out! This book was a shock, the storyline gave me the creeps and I had to struggle to finish it.

The story went something like this, they met, sparks fly, Nicholas goes into a fit of jealous rage for no apparent reason, Jessica crys, they make up, Jessica crys, they go to Greece, Jessica crys, Nicholas forces Jessica (in more ways than one) to stay on the Island, Jessica crys. They live happily ever after, or at least as happily as dripping faucet can live with an extremely violent, immature man.

Shame on the publishers for reprinting this -- don't buy it, get Dream Man, Son of the Morning or any of the MacKenzie books instead!