Customer Reviews

Viking Heat (Berkley Sensation)

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I agree that this story repeats previous storylines in Hill's viking books, so much so that I thought I had read it before, but it was such fun to read that I still could not put it down. Unlike some of the paranormal, time travel books I have read that take themselves so seriously that they become bogged down in misery, Hill's viking series is enjoyable from beginning to end, even if some events are far from upbeat. If you have not read this series you are missing a great opportunity to read something that makes you smile, cry and be glad you made the purchase. Joy and Brandr are a great couple with terrific chemistry played out with humor and lots of hot scenes. This is one series that does not have to be read from the beginning as each story stands alone and is easily understood not matter where you start. All I can say is you are in for a real treat with Hill's vikings.

I'm a big Sandra Hill fan. I buy everything she puts out, but this was mediocre for her. I was a little disappointed that I put out money for this one to be honest. I normally love her Viking stories, but I think she may have run out of ideas for them. This was formulaic, as was previously suggested, and short. It wrapped up way too fast and abruptly at the end. I'm torn between wanting more of her humorous Viking time travel, and deciding that she has done it to death. I think there needs to be a new "twist", and the SEAL thing needs to be put to rest. A new batch of characters to choose from would be nice.

There were parts of this book I loved... when we get introduced to her brothers and she then hears that one of them dies, I teared up....and some of the banter between Brandr and Joy had me laughing. Setting aside that there is in fact time travel involved for this story and I had to be in a certain mind set to even start, this was just so far-fetched it boggled the mind.

Joy, a training WEAL (female SEAL) tries to escape from her "prison" only to get caught because she forgot to LOOK DOWN and spot everyone staring up at her? I guess a years worth of WEAL training, at least as far as Sandra Hill is considered, only prepares you to knee a few guys in the balls and practice archery (a short paragraph on archery, surprised I even remembered it). The great love she feels for her brothers, practically forgotten. She remembers it when she needs to name a baby and when we're in the last few pages and she actually decides to bring them up. And Brandr? He's gone berserker?? He's deranged with violence over what happened to his family? I'm so glad we were TOLD about it.

Also, I found it very annoying that Brandr was so quick to pick up "I double-dog-dare-you" and yet continued lapsing into his viking-speak. I get that the author was trying to show the differences, but I just found it annoying.

The story held no real surprises. There were a few poignant moments, but all in all I would hesitate to pick up another Sandra Hill book.

I knew I was probably in for a big disappointment when I found myself scanning soon after starting to read this book. It seemed that the first 36 pages could have been reduced to about 10 and we would have gotten all the necessary information without the inane chatter and formulaic, nearly soap operatic situations and discussions about her WEALS training and the death of her brother.

I did find the banter funny between the hero and the heroine since there were misunderstandings based upon how much the language has changed, but that wore thin after a while. The heroine was annoying, and I'm sorry but I don't think any professionally trained SEALS/WEALS would have been such a sarcastic blabbermouth after being taken captive. Illogical behavior and irrelevance abound in this book - or at least the first half because that is as far as I could manage. She even screwed up a basically simple escape plan! Then when she started "fixing" everything, like helping the abused sister Liv and then taking over the unsanitary kitchen - I could barely keep from throwing the book into the fireplace. Give me a break!

I love Sandra Hill books. I have them all and there are still characters from previous books whose stories I'm waiting to read.

But this is one's a complete formula. I still liked bits, but I skimmed it pretty fast, because I've read it all before in other books. Unfortunately there wasn't much different with this story: lots of misunderstanding each other's words, fairly quick to the sex and magically falling in love, and easily believe that time travel is a possibility.

I'm still hoping, though that a story more like her early ones will show up. I still go back and read the first Sandra Hill book I ever read: "The Very Verile Viking". It's still hokey and it's still hilarious.

If you like romance and vikings....heavy sigh read this book. I have many times and I love S Hill so much I own almost every book she has written.

This is the 9th book in a series. I have read a few prior books in this same series. This book can be read as a stand-alone. Some of the characters were from previous books but Sandra Hill did not spend a lot of ink on them.

The great aspect about this book is the humour. Sandra Hill also illustrates how Vikings lived and thought without it becoming a boring history lesson.

As others have pointed out, once you have read a couple of books in this Viking series you have pretty much read them all as they have a similiar formula (Navy Seals/Weals current day and Vikings, one or the other or both being transported in time). That being said, they are still enjoyable if the reader does not read them back-to-back. Read one of these 9 months to a year after reading a number of other books and I think you will still enjoy.

Happy reading!

This is the first Sandra Hill book that I've read , and I must say I really enjoyed it!!
I find myself being darwn to these vikings all of a sudden,Brandr and his brothers...tooo funny! and Joy!1...too much, not going to give away to good parts of the book, but if your looking for funny, sexy action !..this is one to read!!..
i look forward to more of sandra hills readings!!

Love this author. Time travel and humor combined. Would recommend this author. Response was fast and friendly.

As others have said, this is yet another in Sandra Hill's viking, Navy Seals/Weals time traveling series. I found this book to be slow at the beginning. I was at least 1/4 of the way through it before I began to find it interesting. After that I enjoyed reading the story. The characters are well developed, but not new or interesting in many ways. The sex scenes went on for pages and pages, which I found a bit boring. Sometimes a little goes a long way (no put intended!)