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1.0 out of 5 stars
Tangled up? More like beaten into submission., March 28, 2010
I have no idea what these other reviewers are thinking. They are either close personal friends with the author or loyal members of the Yarn Mafia. This book is filled with grossly repetitive inner dialogue that lends nothing but length to this book(I found myself skipping huge sections of text), imagined angst(ridicuous and boring), and completely laughable(and not in a good way) interchanges between the male characters. If this author has ever been in the same room with a man, I'd be surprised. There are pages upon pages involving an old woman with a magic spinning wheel. That's right folks. A magic spinning wheel from which she spins magic alpaca hair yarn that will make the protagonists fall in love. Uh huh. I spent money on this book!? And then there's the ending. Everything wraps up in a perfect, perdictable bow in two pages. Save your money. I wish I had. I would have to be tangled up and trapped to ever read anything by this author again.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
3.5 Stars, September 30, 2009
This review is from: Tangled Up In Love (Mass Market Paperback)
In this "Battle of the Sexes" story, the H&H continually try to one-up each other, and things come to a head when Ronnie (short for Veronica) bets Dylan he can't learn how to knit. The bet forces them to spend entirely too much time together, and they end up falling in love. It's really a cute story, but I got a little annoyed with the Battle of the Sexes theme and I didn't connect with the overly independent Ice Queen heroine. And although the adorable cover makes this look like it'll be a sweet romantic comedy, I was surprised to find out that it's anything but tame. The sex is hot and graphic. I'd actually call this an erotic romance. Anyway, it's cute and sexy and was a lot of fun to read.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant and fun, but similar to other romance novels. I wanted to be a little more surprised or delighted., December 11, 2009
This review is from: Tangled Up In Love (Mass Market Paperback)
STORY BRIEF:
Dylan and Ronnie both applied for the job of columnist at the Cleveland Herald. Dylan got it. Ronnie became a columnist for a smaller rival newspaper. They hate each other. In their columns they challenge and dare each other to go bungee jumping, white-water rafting, getting a tattoo, etc. to see who will wimp out first. Ronnie's latest taunt: she dares Dylan to learn to knit and complete a knitted item within the month. Dylan attends Ronnie's weekly knitting circle and has other interactions with Ronnie during this project.
REVIEWER'S OPINION:
This was a pleasant story. It was fun watching Dylan and Ronnie fall for each other, going from hate, to lust, to love. The ending was nice. The characters and plot were typical for contemporary romance, but I'm looking for something a little different. I might have liked more unique and interesting character development. There were several sex scenes that seemed longer than expected due to a lot of conversation within those scenes. There is a hint of fantasy in the story. One character believes an item has a magical quality.
DATA:
Story length: 296 pages. Swearing language: strong (including religious swear words). Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 8. Total number of sex scene pages: 39. Setting: current day Cleveland, Ohio, and Mercer, Pennsylvania. Copyright: 2009. Genre: erotic contemporary romance with a hint of fantasy.
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