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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea; not so great delivery, February 5, 2008
This review is from: Red Hot Reunion (Paperback)
Emma and Jason were a mismatched couple from the start - she a debutante and he a guy from the wrong side of the tracks on scholarship. After a lot of pressure from her parents, she takes the easy way out and marries within her station, always wishing she had saved herself for Jason. She gets a second chance with him when they both attend their 10 year college reunion. Jason is a successful chef with his own TV show and vineyard - and he is out for revenge. He wants to make Emma fall for him again and then rip the rug out from under her like she did a decade earlier. After a torrid encounter outside at the reunion and she immediately feels love; he flees. Not satisfied with the outcome, she shows up at his Napa vineyard and the two embark of an affair where he calls the shots, and she tows the line. Will Jason be able to forget the past and build a new future with Emma?
Andre's latest spicy offering trades good plotting for an overabundance of sex. Other than the shared past and overactive libidos, this couple has nothing in common, and the constant sexual encounters just get really boring after awhile, as well as Emma's lack of a spine. A secondary romance for her friend Kate and his sous chef are promising, but again not fully developed. Andre has done much better - I loved her first novel "Take Me." This was a disappointment in comparison, and could have been so much more had the plot been developed, instead it is sadly just average.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I can't stand a pathetic heroine!, December 12, 2007
This review is from: Red Hot Reunion (Paperback)
I hate romances where the heroine is weak, pathetic, and humorless and that's what this book offers in spades. At 32, Emma has no mind of her own, no spine, no wit, no brains, no personality, and she spends all her time pining over Jason, who she jilted in college and laments she never had sex with. SO much so, all she appears to have done with her life in the 10 years since is fantasize about having sex with him. Constantly. Lame. Seriously, I don't know what there is to recommend her.
When Emma and Jason do meet again at their college reunion, he's now a successful famous chef and can have any woman he wants. But apparently, he too has been pining over Emma for the past 10 years, but wants revenge for her having broken his heart. He walks into the reunion, basically says 1 sentence to her which is on the order of: "let's go outside and f---". And she complies eagerly like a dopey puppy. Throughout the book, she and Jason barely converse (other than sex talk) or even interact all that much, other than to have sex. And as a previous reviewer stated, it's pretty basic sex. Or maybe it just felt that way because I didn't care about any of the characters. Actually, the most entertaining & therefore welcome character, is her best friend Kate. At least she has a personality and for as little as she's in the book, she's the best drawn character, which isn't saying much. Emma's parents and ex-husband are charichatures, and you really have no sense of why Emma is under their control or why she makes no decisions about her own life. Except for the sudden decision to be Jason's sex kitten, no matter what, for the majority of the book - apparently a decision out of character for her.
The very first chapter starts right out of the gate with a mild bondage sex scene between the 2 main characters (which turns out to be Emma's fantasy)that's sort of raunchy via the language and the mention of weird details like: "His 9 rock hard inches" which made me laugh out loud and immediately made me think of those penthouse forum letters (or the like) where wishful thinking men always "drop" that claim into their stories. Plus, we don't know anything about these characters yet, so there's no sexual tension or romance to it. It was a turn off. Ironically, there's so much sex in this book and so little substance, it got boring and I started to skim the sex scenes. Unfortunately, the story & plot didn't hold enough drama or conflict either, nor did the characters engage or leap off the page either. Lots of time spent in the main characters heads rehashing the same old angst over and over again. And with very little interesting dialogue between characters to supplement,it was hardly rivetting. I actually read this book in about 2 hours - not because it was a page turner, but because it's a skimmer. 277 pages, big print.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Red Hot Reunion, January 25, 2008
This review is from: Red Hot Reunion (Paperback)
At her ten year college reunion, Emma Holden is nervous to see Jason Roberts. Although she dumped him in college, Emma has never stopped loving Jason. Now that she is free, Emma is determined to live her life to the fullest. Opening her heart to Jason is her first step in achieving her dream.
Although he is incredibly successful, Jason Roberts has never gotten over Emma Holden. Seeing her again at their college reunion, Jason decides he wants revenge. He wants Emma to experience what he did ten years ago. Jason plans to seduce Emma and leave her high and dry. What Jason doesn't expect is for Emma to set him on fire and make it hard for him to walk away.
Bella Andre writes such romantic stories. I just adore how her writing makes my heart swell with emotion. Red Hot Reunion is passionate, romantic and yes, it is indeed, RED HOT! Emma and Jason are shivery delicious together. Totally pantalicious! If you love heart warming, erotic and yummy romances, you will adore Bella Andre's Red Hot Reunion!
Annmarie
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