Customer Reviews

Flash

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I saw a lot of reviews screaming about how unoriginal this was...earth to readers....lol....JAK is NOT original. She is formula, but it is a formula we so enjoy. All her males are deceptive mild on outside, very controled inside; they are Alpha Males underneath and don't you think otherwise. They are green, grey or amber eyed. She is not that pretty, but very vivacious, a forceful personality and is used to getting her own way. Generally, she has been hurt, maybe he has been hurt or both, and one side of their family - close kissing cousins of the Adams Family - will drive them nuts. Every book has their share of quirky characters, and lots of rapier repartee, mostly centre around a mystery that forces the leads together.

There!! I just reviewed EVERY JAK book every written...however, have you ever looked at Nora Roberts?? You are talking formula again. Lets face it - out side of Maggie Davis with her Out of the Blue and Last Male Virgin - most stories have already been written dozens of times. It is what the writer DOES with the story. JAK does very well. Just we sort of know her too well so the razzle-dazzle is a bit expected, so we are let down. When someone yells BOO! you jump the first time. 5th time it's the same fightful BOO!, but you go yeah yeah...

I really enjoyed Flash. Not as much as Wildest Hearts, Deep Waters or Absolutely, Positively, but I really enjoyed it.

Olivia Chantry is a messy bessy in the desk department, but she is a one woman dynamo in her business Light Fantastic. The Chantry family (the pains in the bums this go around) expected her to inherit and run her uncle's business Glow, Inc. when he dies. Instead, he was in money troubles and sold the 51% of the stock to Jasper Sloan. Naturally, they are at loggerheads about how to run the business, with Olivia not likely she is 49% owner, but they have little time to iron this out, before a blackmailer strikes. They are forced to reveal all to each other and work together to stop the blackmailer.

Formula, formula, formula...JAK trademark all the way...but this dog and and pony show is one well polished rendition....

It wasn't as good as some of her others but considering how many books she's written, it will happen. I agree with what Kelly said about plot lines. There is just so much original material out there but I read to escape and enjoy and that is what I do with Ms. Krentz's books. I am a fan for life.

Jayne Ann Krentz seems definitely on the path of Mainsteam Women Fiction. The romance in her latest is very very ultra-lite. I have no idea what the main characters look like at all!

The wit, the humour, and the suspense are there, but everything seems so fimiliar after a while. And the suspense isn't even strong to begin with, hence my interest begins to wane after a while.

And for $7.99, this book isn't worth the price.

I really loved this story. Jayne Ann Krentz has such a playful style and her characters have the greatest quirks and wit. Lots of fun.

This romantic suspense novel had a good mystery, a gaggle of wonderful suspects, and a terrific setting. The heroine, Olivia, has a great job putting together flashy events for benefits. Lots of coffee, too.

However, I felt cheated in the romance department. One minute, the characters weren't sure if they were in love. Then, suddenly, they were in love. Were some pages missing! What happened to the JAK who used to show us the growth of a relationship as the couple fell in love?

I gave this book a B- at All About Romance.

I read the bad reviews this book has gotten, but they're wrong. This was a great book. The characters are unforgetable and the romance was great. Jasper and Olivia were two very unforgetable people, and the situations they find themselves in will make you laugh throughout the book.

As a devout fan of Janye Ann Krentz, I can't believe how disappointing this book was. Her usual wit was lacking and her characters were cardboard. Even the plot was lackluster; and the romance, nonexistant. If this is an example of her future work, one must wonder what she does all day in that "corner office with the big windows"!

Took me a week to read Flash. I usually read her books in one/two days - I can't put them down. The sensual side of the relationship was missing (basically a fade out). Her main characters did not set off sparks. After reading a Krentz/Quick/Castle book, I usually want to re-read it immediately but not this one. She is going toward main stream books instead of her romances (what a lose for romance readers). Hope Jayne reads her reviews.

I have enjoyed Jayne Ann Krentz, and all her other alias, for a long time. So I was disappointed with her last effort in Flash. Neither of the main characters were developed enough, except for the organization issue. It is just not that great...very glad I only checked it out from the library instead of spending my money on it. IF you really enjoy Krentz than read it..but if this is her first book that you have read than I suggest you start with something else so that you can have something good to comapare Flash to. I recommend Deep Waters, Absolutely Postitively, or Grand Passion before FLash. NEXT TIME I expect better from you, Jayne Ann

I think Jayne Ann has gone more in the General Fiction market than romance. I have been reading her books for years since her Stephanie James days and have always enjoyed her. This book hardly has any romance at all and the general story line wasn't that great to be able to hold interest. I think she should stay with romance (she does it really well) and not become like Sandra Brown (who used to be one of my favorite authors).