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The Wicked Ways of a True Hero by Barbara Metzger, March 25, 2009
This review is from: The Wicked Ways of a True Hero (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)
Barbara Metzger's regencies are full of fun and humor. Her heroines need a bit of rescuing, but so do her heros--just in a different way. "The Wicked Ways of a True Hero" is the third connected novel about a family whose sons have the 'special' inherited trait of being able to, in different ways, sense lies and deceit.
Daniel has become something of a dissipated scoundrel since his release from the military. He spends his time gambling, drinking, and consorting with loose women. But he knows his freedom to carouse is about to be cut short because his mother and sister are coming to London for the season. If that weren't bad enough, they're bringing his sister's friend and mother's god-daughter...the same girl he had to retrieve from an inn while trying to elope with a no-good cad! What can his mother be thinking?
Corie has despised Daniel ever since he foiled her youthful escape from her abusive father. And the things she's heard about his life since the military certainly don't change her mind. But living in the same house in London and seeing how he cares for his mother and sister and protects them...and even her despite his opinion of her, may just change her mind.
I have to admit that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I have all the rest by Barbara Metzger. I didn't particularly like Corine OR Daniel. Corine came across as more witless than winning and Daniel seemed rather slow. I also missed the normally sparkling banter I'm used to from this author. The relationship between the main characters suffered from a constant lack of communication and that bugged me. They didn't blow hot and cold...they just blew cold and then all of a sudden realized they cared for each other. That just doesn't work for me.
"The Wicked Ways of a True Hero" is a G-rated romance whose sex scenes are more along the lines of make-out sessions. I would have no problem letting a young teen read this as well as most other of Metzger's works. But to be blunt, I'd recommend they start with her House of Cards trilogy which I found fabulous from start to finish.
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Not up to par, March 21, 2009
I really enjoyed the first books in this series. There were mysteries and the weird paranormal talent each hero had to deal with included in those. This one, however, was a disappointment. The hero and heroine don't really like each other through most of the book - not very romantic, in my opinion. There is an added subplot of a counterfeiting ring, but it is not developed very much. Daniel was one of the interesting supporting characters in the other books; he should have been left that way.
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Publishers Should Let Authors Do What They Do Best, June 8, 2011
This review is from: The Wicked Ways of a True Hero (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)
I am working on an outline of a novel. After building a career writing 200-page laugh-out-loud Regency romances with warm and lively characters and intricate plots, a writer is told by her editor/agent she has to produce 350-page novels (maybe with a paranormal plot) or her contract won't be renewed.
And then....
I have ideas - caring for sick parents or foster children has depleted her resources, she goes away to a secluded getaway and meets a sinister-but hot-looking man, she expressed her frustration a little too vehemently and then the editor is murdered.
A lot of the usual plot suspects could fit here, but I get the feeling Ms. Metzger has lived some of my story.
These later books are OK, but it's a pity, she could be allowed, like Jane Austen, to stick to her own little bit of ivory and fine brush.
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