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Tender Feud (Harlequin Historical, 97)

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This book was really good. It's one of Jordan's earliest pieces and this was reflected in the content of the book. However, this in no way takes away from how great the book was. The characters were likeable and fun to read about.
I especially liked the male hero, Raith. His character was developed so well and I was there with him every step he took. The emotional intensity and feelings between the main characters was electric. I reccommend this book. Buy it!

At 10% of the way into this story I just can't keep going. The prose is so bad I can't stand it. For example:

"For a dangerous moment he had felt the urge to pull her into his arms, to cover possessively the trembling lips that were parted in fear , to discover the sweet secrets her tender body promised."

For me, this reads like a parody of romance fiction. Romance fiction satirizing itself. It's wooden and cartoonish and bleh. Maybe it gets better and more authentic and more engaging deeper into the plot. I'll never know.

I read another book by her "The Seduction" that was a really fun read. I wouldn't call any of it out as being self-satirizing. I also read "Lord of Desire" which had a lot of wooden prose in the early or setup part of the plot. Once all the characters were introduced and the action was underway it was a very adventurous read.

But this book seems relentlessly wooden and cartoonish and I give up on it but not on the author.

I first read Tender Fued about a year ago and it is the type of book that you can read over and over again. I have read it so many times that it is really beginging to wear and tear. It's the type of book that makes you stay up all night reading because you cant wait to see what happens. I apprecate the fact that includes the importance of family and honer in it as well. It holds a great deal of romance in it without being too graphic, which I also apprecateted