Review:This is possibly the most confusing book I've ever read. I'm an avid reader. I loved the author's other book - Bernadette. This is not even close to that. It was the writing style that I could not get over. I can't even finish it. And I've tried. I don't like the protagonist but I understand that's a character and doesn't matter if I identify with them. The writing just jumps around. It's like random thoughts and flashbacks everywhere, some with no purpose or connection. It also goes from 1st pe... Read more

Review:I was pulled into this story immediately and began to care so much about the two main characters that I was constantly thinking about them and worried for days about them. I would have ordinarily read this wonderful book in one or two sittings, but really couldn't get the free time, so I just kept trying to figure out what was going to happen, and I was never right! Maria has a way of looking at things and telling things that is completely original. What a treat. Read more

Review:I had read some good reviews before buying the book so I thought, "Why not?"

In the erotic literature sense, it is very graphic in its descriptions, and there is a lot of it. However, I find that the story development was a bit lacking, almost as if it was rushed. There is little to know character development either, in my opinion. All that aside, the author has a very descriptive, eloquent writing style, to the point where I got confused about what was being described.

Overall, I'... Read more

Review:If you are someone with delicate sensibilities, for the love of all that is holy, do not read this book. This book was at times harrowing, funny, sexy, and one of the most touching love stories I've ever read.
There is no way to tell you anything without giving something away. But it will consume you for long after you finish. I just love this writer. She really knows how to make you invest in her characters. It's one of my all time favorites. Read more

Review:Kay does a wonderful job transporting readers to far flung destinations - from my first experience reading "You're the One That I Want," which made me feel the intense heat of Florida, to the experience in The Aftermath of the PNW's lush mountains and secluded small towns. I felt completely immersed in the setting in a way a lot of stories skimp on. This book also does a wonderful job of pulling the reader into the literature referenced throughout without needing the advantage of having read all... Read more

Review:I think an abridged version would be better as there were different events where it dragged because of too much detail. "She put her left foot down, then her right foot. She paused and looked around. Then she moved another step." Read more

Review:Since the last novel there was an incredible plot twist that left the story hanging from the minds of readers everywhere. There was a hardening of characters, but also a deeper look at who they were and who they are now that was incredibly thoughtful and captivating.

This is a not a novel for the fainthearted, or for someone who thinks that these queens are going to live happily ever after. These are queens who are destined to destroy one another as they have for centuries, leaving the st... Read more

Review:Once the kingdoms of Flame and Frost had peace between them until something tore that peace apart. Now Firebloods are hunted by the king and as their numbers dwindle, the Frost King grows crueler to his subjects and allies.

Ruby has grown up in the time of this cruelty, trying to keep her powers of fire a secret but when her gentle mother is killed in front of her, Ruby vows revenge. When she is asked by rebel frostbloods to help them take down the king, she readily agrees. Training with ... Read more

Review:I just went to Jeff Giles' Los Angeles panel with James Dasher, who not only blurbed Giles' debut YA novel -- about a badass teen heroine and the hell-born demon who saves her -- but seemed to genuinely love it. Social media is already abuzz about "The Edge" being, well, everything. Buy it now and you can say you read it before it became a bestseller, a trilogy and/or a box-office smash. Read more

Review:The weird thing is that I agree with the substance of most other reviews of this book. Yeah, there's not much action. I wanted action. I wanted more magic. It's not there. The book focuses on several messed up characters, and they're messed up in a way that's not outlandish and bold, the way Dumas' Three Musketeers are messed up. These characters are twisted in on themselves. Hobb can write action well, but maybe her head isn't in that, the way it once was.

I agree with the other reviewer... Read more