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A review by ccgwalt
Wicked Widow by Jayne Ann Krentz, Amanda Quick
3.0
2.5 stars, C-
4 stars for the narration by Barbara Rosenblat, B
This book didn't do it for me on many levels. I know what I'm getting into with Amanda Quick's books, including the obstinate (and sometimes stubbornly foolish) heroines that somehow make otherwise brave, strong, intelligent heroes lose their minds. But in this book, it was too much for me. Miranda, the titular Wicked Widow, alternately acts superior to, or is yelling at the hero. And I know it's going to happen, but when you hear, "Vanza" several dozen times throughout the book, it gets really cheesy. There are even Vanza knots!
I don't know what I was thinking. The heroines always think they understand so much and we, the readers, knows they are both innocent and ignorant of the things that matter. I think Quick was trying to write strong, independent women, but she often just wrote stubbornly obtuse ones.
If I decide someday to read the rest of the Vanza series, I am going to turn it into a drinking game. A shot for every time the word "vanza" is mentioned, and the entire drink every time the heroine leaps to stupid conclusions about what the hero wants.
Barbara Rosenblat is a talented narrator and I loved her on this book, which actually kept me going. If I'd been reading in print it would have been a DNF. However, on this book I could hear more of her inhalations and an occasional swallow than in other books. It didn't happen often, but at one point, it was distracting.
4 stars for the narration by Barbara Rosenblat, B
This book didn't do it for me on many levels. I know what I'm getting into with Amanda Quick's books, including the obstinate (and sometimes stubbornly foolish) heroines that somehow make otherwise brave, strong, intelligent heroes lose their minds. But in this book, it was too much for me. Miranda, the titular Wicked Widow, alternately acts superior to, or is yelling at the hero. And I know it's going to happen, but when you hear, "Vanza" several dozen times throughout the book, it gets really cheesy. There are even Vanza knots!
I don't know what I was thinking. The heroines always think they understand so much and we, the readers, knows they are both innocent and ignorant of the things that matter. I think Quick was trying to write strong, independent women, but she often just wrote stubbornly obtuse ones.
If I decide someday to read the rest of the Vanza series, I am going to turn it into a drinking game. A shot for every time the word "vanza" is mentioned, and the entire drink every time the heroine leaps to stupid conclusions about what the hero wants.
Barbara Rosenblat is a talented narrator and I loved her on this book, which actually kept me going. If I'd been reading in print it would have been a DNF. However, on this book I could hear more of her inhalations and an occasional swallow than in other books. It didn't happen often, but at one point, it was distracting.