tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post3386896095928441331..comments2023-09-07T05:35:29.189-07:00Comments on Leslie's Psyche: ARC Review: Naked EdgeLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-38356232651947652142010-03-29T08:52:57.235-07:002010-03-29T08:52:57.235-07:00Hils ~ you’re right, Clare does mesh the romance/s...Hils ~ you’re right, Clare does mesh the romance/suspense well. For me it came down to the h/h – I just had too many issues with them. <br /><br />Kristie ~ I really wanted to like it more. I’ve enjoyed Pamela’s contemps and historicals but I guess I can’t love every one. <i>Hard Evidence</i> and Julian are still my favorite. :)Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-91728844164481173652010-03-29T08:05:23.753-07:002010-03-29T08:05:23.753-07:00I just wrote up my review of this one and it shoul...I just wrote up my review of this one and it should be up tomorrow. I liked it more than you did to :-} though Unlawful Contact is still my favourite.Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-26881019845831414662010-03-29T05:35:04.637-07:002010-03-29T05:35:04.637-07:00Leslie, I also love some of the books in this seri...Leslie, I also love some of the books in this series & I love the way Clare puts together a romantic/suspense book. She can really integrate both well & she writes some pretty erotic/hot scenes. However, you and I agree with a lot of the issues in this book.<br /><br />For me it wasn't so much Gabe's character (although I had some issues with him) as Kat's. I didn't and couldn't see her as a strong character in this story. She was either crying or getting rescued every other chapter... and I hardly recognized her in this book. I didn't think she was the tough journalist, or even aggressive enough to know how to go after the details of the story on her own. <br /><br />I also thought the ending was overly dramatic, unbelievable & didn't buy a lot of it. But as you say, it all comes down to a question of personal taste there. :)Hilciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765831808358693421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-58081433176756300872010-03-28T19:47:31.846-07:002010-03-28T19:47:31.846-07:00Lori ~ I didn't think Gabe was disrespectful t...Lori ~ I didn't think Gabe was disrespectful towards Kat, I even mentioned that in the review. He just didn't want anything more than sex from her. <br /><br />Scorpio M. ~ I figured I'd be in the minority with this review. I wish I could have liked it more because I do like this series a bunch. Sadly, it just didn't work for me.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-44338005602199321852010-03-28T19:30:32.352-07:002010-03-28T19:30:32.352-07:00Wow, from me too. I did not have the same impressi...Wow, from me too. I did not have the same impressions of Naked Edge as you, but that is the nature of reviews, they are subjective :)<br /><br />I never found Gabe unlikable, even from his very horn-dog beginnings I understood the genesis of his mistrust of women and his daredevil, adrenaline lifestyle. <br /><br />I did not see Kat as a crybaby at all, in fact I don't even recall her crying all that much. I read her as a character full of dignity and exhibited a realistic goodness.<br /><br />The ending got me. It tore at my heart strings and shocked me a bit to be honest. Naked Edge was my first I-Team book and an A+ read for me.<br /><br />I have subsequently read Hard Evidence (book 2) but it did not surpass NE in my opinion.Scorpio M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14220703314400620519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055517804410962340.post-40513182626833796542010-03-28T18:37:24.630-07:002010-03-28T18:37:24.630-07:00Wow. Imust be a more forgiving reader than you. Al...Wow. Imust be a more forgiving reader than you. Although I thought Gabe could have let go of his issues a bit earlier, I loved both him and Kat. I loved that he was a man-whore and had absolutely no clue what to make of a woman like Kat. But that even though he had his issues, he never (k, almost never) treated her with anything other than respect.<br /><br />And I loved the ending, although I did think Gabe took it too easily.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250972350798310498noreply@blogger.com