Prize, The (MIRA Tradesize S.) [Import] [Paperback]

Brenda Joyce (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Mira (January 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741161835
• ISBN-13: 978-1741161830
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Brenda Joyce is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fourty-nine novels and five novellas. There are over fourteen million copies of her novels in print and she is published in over a dozen foreign countries. A native New Yorker, she now lives in southern Arizona with her son, dogs and numerous Arabian and Half-Arabian reining horses. Brenda divides her time between her twin passions' writing powerful love stories and her quest to become a nationally ranked Top Ten equestrian. For more information about Brenda and her upcoming novels, please visit her websites: www.brendajoyce.com, www.francescacahillseries.com www.thedewarennedynasty.com and www.mastersoftimebooks.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Halfway through and I don't think I'll finish, February 8, 2007

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Krysia (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Prize (De Warenne Dynasty) (Mass Market Paperback)

Omigosh, what a boring disappointment. I've read other Brenda Joyce novels and bought "The Prize" based on past good experiences. But this book just plods along with repetitious dialog, unsympathetic characters and truly dull plotting.

What we have is another tale of the girl hating the guy but wanting to have sex with him. The guy hates the girl too but wants to have sex with her as well. In my neighborhood we call that dysfunction, not romance.

I'm halfway through the book and not much has happened other than they hate each other, they have sex, then they hate each other some more, they have sex again and then they think about it for four chapters before they start all over again.

I don't think I can stick with this drivel. I think I'll re-read "A Lady at Last" (also by Brenda Joyce)a true romance novel with characters you can actually like.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed as well...., September 6, 2005

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Loves Romance - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Prize (De Warenne Dynasty) (Mass Market Paperback)

I also agree with the earlier reviews in that this clearly was not up to the same standard as Joyce's other works, particularly the Cahill series. I have found those books to be some of the best I've ever read, and are the only books I track in order to rush out and buy the latest installment. I decided to try the Prize because of this, and was severly disappointed to the point where I have a hard time believing Brenda Joyce actually wrote this book.

This book was poorly written, in every way. I totally agree with the previous reviewer who stated "it was more like something one would expect from a Jr. highschooler" which makes me wonder if this is a work that Joyce created in her earlier days that was initially rejected and now they are pulling it out because she has attained a level of celebrity with her other excellent work. The Prize smacks of earlier romance novels from the 70's and 80's where the lead character (man or woman) was so abusive to the love interest as to try the patience of any reader. I found Virginia's willingness to be treated so abusively over and over ridiculous and unbelievable.

After reading romance novels for over 25 years, and seeing how far the genre has come (especially how much better the men are treating the women), I was especially disappointed that Joyce would resort to, as another reviewer writes: "...the bewildering cliche-ridden sex fests of her early works and a total abandonment of the emotionally compelling work". I couldn't agree more.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I Cried out because my annoyance knew no bounds!, August 24, 2009

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Elisha V "readsalot" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Prize (De Warenne Dynasty) (Mass Market Paperback)

Is it just me or does anyone else notice how Brenda Joyce repeats phrases over and over??? Im talking about "knew no bounds" and "she cried out" among others these must have been repeated like 50 times! Every time I read them I got more annoyed! Can't she think of another way to explain how angry someone is besides their anger (or frustration or sadness) "knew no bounds"? And what exactly are the characters "crying out" all the time. TELL US! I'm sorry but I think if she tried alittle harder the books could have been so much better. Unbelievably I read The Masqerade after this book and she is STILL using these phrases over and over! Get a thesaurus or something BRENDA!