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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sassy and Sexy, June 17, 2010
This review is from: The Night She Got Lucky (Mass Market Paperback)
I have been an avid reader of Susan Donovan's for some time and was sad to see that others were giving this book low reviews. I think she took this book in the direction it needed, giving each character more depth and a subplot that would carry the story to the end. It was a sexy read that made the story worth a contemporary romance title and had the same edge as the first book in the trilogy. While the villain aspect of this story was not as integral to the male leads character development as the first book, it did help to carry the story along. I enjoyed the fact that her female lead was dealing with self esteem and relationship issues that most average women face which gave it a "real" feel that some people may not have appreciated. Lucky could have been a little more developed as well as his evolution to being with Ginger, but that did not take away from my enjoyment of the book. With Contemporary Romance falling to the side of Paranormals and Historicals, I think it is important to take notice of an amazing contemporary author who has always been able to deliver for me a story that will capture my heart and make me miss the characters once I book the book down. She also can write romance without it being too contrived and sexy at the same time, a talent not all authors share. Personally I recommend reading this book and keeping an open mind.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The dogs aren't mangy but this story is, July 25, 2010
This review is from: The Night She Got Lucky (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the last book by Donovan that I will even attempt to read. Once one of my favorite authors she has fallen so low that this series, especially this second book in the series, is stinking up my bookshelves. The characters are ridiculous. The slight paranormal aspect is worthless. Even the dogs don't get enough page-time to have made this worth the money I spent on this drivel. Any woman that has to go unconscious to have a sexual interlude is no "heroine". She, while in that dream-like state, uses the phrase "This [name used for a feline] belongs to you Lucio." and, of course, Lucio is right there to take ownership. Theoretically, she didn't realize he was there until, er, "after." Yeah. Right. The next day, she reprimands her teenage son for using the word "suck." How bi-polar can she get? There is the requisite totally immature and evil "ex". There are the hordes of women in Lucio's background. Same-old, same-old. By the time they start actually trying to deal with their respective issues, I just didn't even care anymore. I don't care about the remaining women in the dog-walking group either. That really shows how awful I think this series is. I can usually force myself to read almost anything that has dogs as important characters. Not this time. This series is mangy.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kind of disappointing, June 7, 2010
This review is from: The Night She Got Lucky (Mass Market Paperback)
Journalist Ginger has just found out that her newspaper has folded. While at a wedding reception, she meets sexy Spanish photojournalist Lucky Montevez who is stuck in northern California while awaiting a decision on his future as a nature photographer. To pay the bills, he decides to become a pet photographer and looks up Ginger, never anticipating that the two might hit it off, but the sparks soon fly and she wonders if she is built for a fling while he wonders if happily ever after is in his immediate future. I never thought I would hear myself say this about a book by Susan Donovan, but it was just alright - had it been my first by her, I doubt I would seek her out in the future. It takes place immeidately following the more entertaining " Ain't Too Proud to Beg" which starts the ball rolling on the gang of gals who choose their pooches over a mate (but one by one get paired off). Usually her plots are crisp and engaging and seem as if she wrote them effortlessly, the protagonists are two people you really want to get to know, and the romance is really spicy. This one was kind of lukewarm, I really did not care much about either of them (though I now know how to say the F word in Spanish - and they say you don't learn anything from fiction....), the plot pretty average, and pretty much no suspense as to who was behind Lucky's misfortune. I am hoping that this one was just a fluke, because rarely does she disappoint.
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