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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Diana Palmer is my guilty secret, I love all her books. However, there are some details that make me cringe, like when the guy calls the girl "little one", jeez. In this case, Evan is in love with a 19 y/o woman, while he is 15 years older. She pursues him very aggresively until she realizes he'll do anything to be rid of her. Then when she turns form him, is when he can't resist her. I thought he was too cruel sometimes, but he got his comeuppance, so it was sweet revenge, until the HEA. Very nice book!
2.5 ⭐️
This book was ridiculous, so very ridiculous it made me laugh a couple of times. Although I don’t think that was the authors intention.
It’s redeemed by how short it was so I finished it
This book was ridiculous, so very ridiculous it made me laugh a couple of times. Although I don’t think that was the authors intention.
It’s redeemed by how short it was so I finished it
Delightfully cheesy. Tortured hero is a dummy and I loved to see him almost lose the girl because of it.
When Anna finally stops chasing Evan, he realizes that she is too much a part of his life to let her marry someone else! Bit of an age gap! Happy Reading!
Fact #1: I have read some other books by Diana Palmer and didn't like them.
Fact #2: I'm not really into category romance. They are not enough developed.
Fact #3: I don't like caveman alphas...
Fact #4: … or hairy male chests.
Fact #5: I don't mind age differences but I don't care about them either.
Fact #6: The naïve, sweeter then honey brainless virginal heroines are making me angry.
And what I really don't like are the books that have all of above piled on less than 300 pages. Unfortunately, I have not only already had Evan on my shelf but it suited perfectly not one but two of my challenges. So it was a perfect opportunity to take it out of my tbr pile and make some good job while doing it.
Things I didn't hate about this book:
- Anna is not as immature as some other heroines from Diana Palmer and she is less sugar sweet than the others.
Things that made me roll my eyes time after time:
- Evan. He was driving me crazy. He grumbles about Anna chasing after him and when she finally stops he is hurt that she is not interested in him anymore. Oh, poor little boy, Anne doesn't want him anymore! I would weep my eyes if he isn't such an asshole.
- He is toying with Anna all the time wanting her attention to laugh out at her feelings and pump up his ego. He is pulling and pushing her in some strange love-hate relation until you have it above your head.
- Also he talks about her virginity with everyone! With Nina, his ex, with his brother whatever his name is. What kind of man does things like that?
- And how to show your woman that you see her as a sexy grown up and not an immature kid according to Evan? Buy her a big, white teddy bear! And call her 'baby', she would love it!
- This is a contemporary romance written in '90s but Anna is as innocent(?) as some medieval heroine from an old-school body ripper. I met medieval heroines who know more about sex than her. - Also, both she and Evan are afraid that she may get pregnant if they have sex. Good to know you are aware of this possibility but well, have you ever heard about contraception? Still in 90's, right?
- There are also all these dull and clunky conversations full of nonsense. Sometimes they are even worse than frustrating characters.
- Also, I have read some other books in this series (though I can't remember a thing) and I understand that some readers would like to know what happen to the other couples but Mrs Palmer did it in such rough manner I found it annoying. What is the point in making some bizarre conversation enlisting all the other couples and their children without any connection to the current plot and between two people who have no point in being interested in this subject.
- The whole message of this book is overly stupid: you should be stalking your dreamed man until he finally realise he can't live without you. Well, Mrs Palmer, in real life you will probably go to jail instead. Or maybe you shouldn't do it considering how Evan is treating Anna after all.
- Also, what does Polly, Anna's mother teach us? That you should wait until your man grow up (even if it takes him twenty years) and then left everything for him without expecting him to fight for you or even apologise.
You can say I wasn't really impressed with this book. I'm giving it 1.5 star because I was actually able to finish it.
Fact #2: I'm not really into category romance. They are not enough developed.
Fact #3: I don't like caveman alphas...
Fact #4: … or hairy male chests.
Fact #5: I don't mind age differences but I don't care about them either.
Fact #6: The naïve, sweeter then honey brainless virginal heroines are making me angry.
And what I really don't like are the books that have all of above piled on less than 300 pages. Unfortunately, I have not only already had Evan on my shelf but it suited perfectly not one but two of my challenges. So it was a perfect opportunity to take it out of my tbr pile and make some good job while doing it.
Things I didn't hate about this book:
- Anna is not as immature as some other heroines from Diana Palmer and she is less sugar sweet than the others.
Things that made me roll my eyes time after time:
- Evan. He was driving me crazy. He grumbles about Anna chasing after him and when she finally stops he is hurt that she is not interested in him anymore. Oh, poor little boy, Anne doesn't want him anymore! I would weep my eyes if he isn't such an asshole.
- He is toying with Anna all the time wanting her attention to laugh out at her feelings and pump up his ego. He is pulling and pushing her in some strange love-hate relation until you have it above your head.
- Also he talks about her virginity with everyone! With Nina, his ex, with his brother whatever his name is. What kind of man does things like that?
- And how to show your woman that you see her as a sexy grown up and not an immature kid according to Evan? Buy her a big, white teddy bear! And call her 'baby', she would love it!
- This is a contemporary romance written in '90s but Anna is as innocent(?) as some medieval heroine from an old-school body ripper. I met medieval heroines who know more about sex than her. - Also, both she and Evan are afraid that she may get pregnant if they have sex. Good to know you are aware of this possibility but well, have you ever heard about contraception? Still in 90's, right?
- There are also all these dull and clunky conversations full of nonsense. Sometimes they are even worse than frustrating characters.
- Also, I have read some other books in this series (though I can't remember a thing) and I understand that some readers would like to know what happen to the other couples but Mrs Palmer did it in such rough manner I found it annoying. What is the point in making some bizarre conversation enlisting all the other couples and their children without any connection to the current plot and between two people who have no point in being interested in this subject.
- The whole message of this book is overly stupid: you should be stalking your dreamed man until he finally realise he can't live without you. Well, Mrs Palmer, in real life you will probably go to jail instead. Or maybe you shouldn't do it considering how Evan is treating Anna after all.
- Also, what does Polly, Anna's mother teach us? That you should wait until your man grow up (even if it takes him twenty years) and then left everything for him without expecting him to fight for you or even apologise.
You can say I wasn't really impressed with this book. I'm giving it 1.5 star because I was actually able to finish it.
Good heavens. That was hysterically cheesy, but I did enjoy it in that guilty way I enjoy a box of Cheez-Its. I just had to exercise this Diana Palmer mania that got started up over at Amazon. I didn't feel right being the only one to suffer since I'd kinda suggested that it would be fun to have a Diana Palmer/Lynne Graham mish-mash. Basically the MOST pitiful downtrodden, orphan heroine EVER and the Greek tycoon turned rancher turned secret federal agent.
This one didn't really have a downtrodden heroine though. She actually had living parents and was fairly well off, financially. She also had no great past trauma that made her fear intimacy and dress frumpy.
Basic story - Evan is a 34-year-old "big" strapping cowboy. 6'4" broad shoulders, big frame, huge hands. All of this was emphasized over and over and over, along with his fear of being with a virgin due to one experience. Because really all this talk about his size was all eluding to the awesome manliness of his penis. I'm sure my brilliant analysis of the subtext is impressive ;)
Anna is 19 and virginal and has been chasing him for 2 years. Evan thinks she's too young for him, but mostly he's just scared he'll kill her with his giant wiener. No, I'm not kidding.
So, he pushes her away and publicly humiliates her (basic DP hero). So, she decides to move on and stop chasing him and marry someone else. That's when Evan gets all jealous and then REALLY goes psycho with the hot/cold treatment.
There was lots of chest hair fetish and cheeztastic lines. You'll all be glad to know that the H/h lived happily ever after and she was absolutely thrilled that he was such a "big man" ;)
ETA: The tiny town of Jacobsville,TX (~2K) has a fine art gallery and a new mall just opened in this installment.
This one didn't really have a downtrodden heroine though. She actually had living parents and was fairly well off, financially. She also had no great past trauma that made her fear intimacy and dress frumpy.
Basic story - Evan is a 34-year-old "big" strapping cowboy. 6'4" broad shoulders, big frame, huge hands. All of this was emphasized over and over and over, along with his fear of being with a virgin due to one experience. Because really all this talk about his size was all eluding to the awesome manliness of his penis. I'm sure my brilliant analysis of the subtext is impressive ;)
Anna is 19 and virginal and has been chasing him for 2 years. Evan thinks she's too young for him, but mostly he's just scared he'll kill her with his giant wiener. No, I'm not kidding.
So, he pushes her away and publicly humiliates her (basic DP hero). So, she decides to move on and stop chasing him and marry someone else. That's when Evan gets all jealous and then REALLY goes psycho with the hot/cold treatment.
There was lots of chest hair fetish and cheeztastic lines. You'll all be glad to know that the H/h lived happily ever after and she was absolutely thrilled that he was such a "big man" ;)
ETA: The tiny town of Jacobsville,TX (~2K) has a fine art gallery and a new mall just opened in this installment.