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2.0 out of 5 stars
Another Blah Book from Susan Johnson, January 26, 2010
This review is from: Sexy As Hell (Berkley Sensation) (Mass Market Paperback)
What can I say other than the plot line of this story is the same as any other recent Susan Johnson. The story started out interesting enough with the heroine using the hero to purposely ruin her reputation. At this point I thought 'Yay! Strong heroine, strong hero there's going to be spark and passion!". Alas, no. The heroine and hero do get married, however Johnson does not develop the relationship of the characters at all. The characters retain the feel of strangers who just happen to be compatible in bed.
Of course once the characters are married, Susan Johnson's repeats her overly used plot line that we've seen in tons of her past stories: hero has lots of sex with heroine, hero thinks he's starting to fall in love with heroine, hero doesn't like the idea of falling in love so leaves and renews a sexual relationship with a former lover, heroine finds she's fallen in love with hero but pines away for him, heroine decides to stop pining and returns to town, heroine catches hero cheating on her, hero feels bad, apologizes, heroine forgives him right away, and they lived happily ever after.
There's no resolution of the hero's infidelity. The heroine simply accepts it. Her character did a complete 180 from the strong willed character I saw in the beginning of the book. Plus there's nothing romantic in one spouse cheating on another.
This book is definitely not a keeper. I'd say check it out from the library if you really want to read it and save your $8 for a different book.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Hero Kinda Sucks, January 17, 2010
This review is from: Sexy As Hell (Berkley Sensation) (Mass Market Paperback)
Just FYI/Spoiler. Ther heroine is typical Susan Johnson, a bit strident and anooying, but mostly good. The realy problem with the story is the hero. He is really young at 22 and maybe that's the excuse for his behavoir. He leave his wife and goes back to his mistress and then gets rid of the mistress and spends a night with his wife then goes back to cheating on her with other women. Yes he sometimes calls the other women by his wife's name, but since the reason for him leaving is never really explains more than being commitment-phobic. He's also an alcoholic who never stops drinking something for every meal. I mean, alcoholism is a serious problem that causes lots of health problems. Also, he never feels guilt that he cheats on his wife or remorse even though she admits it bothers her that he did it. Also he says he loves her at the end of the story, but actions speak louder than words and his actions do not show love and even his wife doesn't think he means it when he says he loves her, but she feels he will mean it "with time". Yeah, it's a bit of a frustrating story so I'd stay away from it if I were you. Oh, and the end is really quick. It goes from him having dinner with a woman he's also sleeping with who runs a house of prostitution and within a few pages he has a complete turnaround because his wife is pregnant and suddenly he wants to be involved. There's no explanation given or closure. He just decided he wants her back after ignoring her and drinking all his meals and sleeping with innumerable women and he comes back and says he loves her and that's the end of it and the story is other. Literally the wrap up is like 5 pages.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hellishly Disappointing, January 24, 2010
This review is from: Sexy As Hell (Berkley Sensation) (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved Susan Johnson's earlier books. Her heroes, rogues all, were romantic and redeemable; her heroines, spirited but likeable. I'm not sure what has happened, but I wish Ms. Johnson's editor would start actually editing. Johnson's latest book, "Sexy As Hell" features a spoiled, narcissistic, alcoholic hero and a grating, possessive heroine who, after reluctantly agreeing to a quick marriage of convenience, turns into a jealous shrew. How her overbearing possessiveness makes her different from all the other women he has seduced and discarded, I don't know. But the most bilious part of this story is when, knowing their marriage is a sham, knowing he doesn't love her, the heroine refuses to remove herself from him when they are having sex (Johnson's couples never make love anymore), despite the fact he is tied to a bedpost, losing control, and has made it clear he doesn't wish to impregnate her. Of course, she becomes pregnant, whereupon he runs back to London and resumes his affair with a former amour who, incidentally, is another bitchy possessive shrew. No wonder the man drinks. Despite this story's requisite happy ending, the hero is never fully redeemable and the heroine is a shallow, petty shadow of Johnson's earlier heroines.
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