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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Wilde Book For My Collection!, August 24, 2005
This review is from: Too Wilde to Tame (Paperback)
Known as the Wilde Child, Mia has a reputation for being outrageous, brazen and unpredictable. She's been flirting with Cameron, but even though she can tell he's attracted to her, so far she's been unable get him to take the next step. Private Investigator Cameron Sinclair has been fighting his unwanted attraction to Mia Wilde for years. The Wilde men are protective of the only girl in the family. Plus, Cameron has been friends with his partner Steve Wilde, Mia's cousin, since they were teenagers and he has no desire to ruin a life-long friendship. Cameron firmly believes that Mia is not the type of woman he should get involved with, no matter how much he desires her. But when a stalker begins to send Mia photos of herself in various places, Cameron agrees to help her without letting her family know what's going on. Only the more Cameron is with Mia, the more he realizes that there is so much more to her than the Wilde Child the rest of the world sees. It isn't long before they are involved in a passionate relationship while they continue to look for Mia's stalker. But once the stalker is found, how can Cameron convince Mia to let down her guards and take a chance on forever with him?
I have read every Wilde story that Janelle Denison has written and have never been disappointed. Too Wilde Too Tame is no exception. It is hotly sensual and loaded with emotional intensity. There are appearances by all the Wilde characters whose stories have gone before and a tease for Joel's story that is yet to come. This book was so good I devoured it in one night. Readers who have been waiting for Cameron and Mia's book will love it!
Melissa
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pro: Character Development, Con: Sex Scenes--Tamed?!, September 21, 2005
This review is from: Too Wilde to Tame (Paperback)
I've been drawn to Janelle Denison's work ever since reading her first full-length novel, WILDE THING. Although the protagonists of that novel were one-dimensional, the sex was incredible! My second Denison book was THE WILDE SIDE. Unlike her first novel, the protagonists were more fleshed out. However, I still didn't care very much for them or their story. The sex scenes had the usual Denison flair--very graphic with lots of explicit, contemporary language--which I really enjoyed. Yet, if we were talking about bedroom Olympics, then Scott and Ashley (THE WILDE SIDE) lose to the inventiveness, wild, and craziness of Steve and Liz (WILDE THING)!
Denison was correct in that Cameron and Mia's story was the most anticipated out of the Wilde series. I was one of many who anxiously awaited their story. My compliments to Denison for further improving on character development. In this story, I actually cared about the protagonists. However, a major disappointment (to my surprise) was the sex scenes! Not graphic enough and lacked a great deal of provocative dialogue. What happened, Ms. Denison? Since reading her previous two novels, I've come to rely on Denison for VERY steamy, hot, erotic reads. Sure...the sex scenes were titillating enough, but once again, they paled in comparison to WILDE THING. (I noticed that Denison is no longer with Brava and now publishes her books with Berkley Sensation. Wonder if that change has anything to do with it?).
Sex scenes aside, however, I rate TOO WILDE TO TAME as the best Wilde book so far. Mia and Cam are both delightful; their story enjoyable, fun, and really sexy! The ending is especially sweet--making me wish I had a man like Cam!! I can't wait for Denison's upcoming novel. BORN TO BE WILDE, featuring Mia's older brother, Joel, is the last member in the Wilde family to get his own story.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed, January 28, 2006
This review is from: Too Wilde to Tame (Paperback)
I was very disappointed in this book because of all the great reviews. I found Mia to be blindly self-centered and selfish and never came to like her character. Having insecurities is human, hurting others repeatedly and over long periods of time because of those insecurities shows a lack of courage and/or the intelligence required to be at all perceptive or sensitive to others' feelings, to say nothing of one's own. Towards the end of the book, Cameron tells her he loves her and she doesn't even acknowledge it. At all! Not to his face nor even in her private thoughts afterwards. She hurts her stepmother all her life, therefore, hurting her own father (although the author never acknowledges that part, but how could he not be hurt when his youngest and only daughter doesn't accept the woman he loves during all her growing up years! Maybe he too lacks perception, and never figured out his wife was hurt by Mia's lack of trust.) Mia shows her selfishness with her roommate, Gina, as well. Gina is involved in an abusive relationship, comes home with bruises and Mia won't push the issue because she doesn't want to lose her friendship! And this behavior and all of her insecurities stem from her mother dying when Mia was only 5? Sorry, but I just couldn't swallow it. Not only do most people not even remember much of what happened when they were five, but at that age kids are extremely resilient. It's hard to see this as the sole reason for Mia's many emotional issues since she was surrounded by a very loving family the whole time after that and nothing else bad happened to her, ever. Not even with boyfriends. After all, she was the one who broke up all her amorous relationships. And no, I do not accept her family's over protectiveness as a cause for her inability to form long term relationships. A cause for an overly developed sense of independence, yes, but not fear of getting emotionally involved. Frankly, if so little messed up a person's psyche to such an extent, our world would truly be hell on earth for everyone, all the time, everywhere. I gave this book 2 stars, because I've read worst. But that's not saying much. I'm very sorry I paid full price for this. I can't believe there are so many 4 and 5 stars! They really fooled me into buying this book.
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