Helpful Score: 8
HUGE disappointment. The quality so below her usual that you have to suspect she threw this together overnight. I should have counted the battles with the incompetent Cobra fighters.......maybe fifteen?? About a hundred Cobra's killed, and not a single Englishman gets a scratch?? And where did all these swarm of dark skinned, turban clad fighters keep coming from in England, remaining undetected until they popped up on boats and from hedges? Are you kidding me! I realize this was never intended to be good literature, but this book was so shallow tht it was a total waste of time. I couldn't have counted the battles because I ended up skimming the last half of the book. Save your money and book credits.
Micki M. (mickiminner) reviewed The Elusive Bride (Black Cobra Quartet, Bk 2) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Unlike the first book in this series, the second one starts off as plausible....however, I got tired of reading "Dear diary"...ok, I got it after the first 15 entries in her diary as to what she was doing and why. I really didn't enjoy the book, until the very end, when they were planning counter-attacks, and gathering resources and questioning the cult reasonings. I will read the next two, but hopefully, there won't be anymore drivel whining about how to test a man's rightness for marriage....blech.
Helpful Score: 3
This story was better written than the first in the series, which was still better than what SL has been putting out the last couple years. That said, her earlier works were still written better than these. Yes, I just used the word, "better," a bajillion times. Alas, I'm not a writer - I'm a reader! Anyway, I'm looking forward to the third book in the series.
Suggestion for the author: perhaps a little less redundancy in the action scenes? Just because the setting changes doesn't make it interesting to read yet another fight scene. I began to wonder if it would ever end. It got a little boring.
Suggestion for the author: perhaps a little less redundancy in the action scenes? Just because the setting changes doesn't make it interesting to read yet another fight scene. I began to wonder if it would ever end. It got a little boring.
Michelle D. (Michelle74) reviewed The Elusive Bride (Black Cobra Quartet, Bk 2) on + 153 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is the second in a series. After reading the reviews about book number one, I skipped it and thought I'd give #2 a try. I was a little disappointed.
It starts off nicely, with a lot of insight into the heroine because of the numerous diary entries. Unfortunately, there were a little to many of them. - Although it may just feel that way because there was very little information from the hero's perspective.
He had no past to speak of, no family waiting for him, no plans for the future, and frankly, besides the physical attraction, I still wonder what makes the heroine drawn to him.
I felt as if the obstacles they faced were repetative until the ending. At this point the romance disappears and the "black cobra" story line takes over. I know it is setting up the next book in the series, but I wanted more happily ever after at the end.
If you like Laurens, and must read this book, put it on your waiting list, I wouldn't recommend buying it new. As for me, I will probably skip the rest of the series.
It starts off nicely, with a lot of insight into the heroine because of the numerous diary entries. Unfortunately, there were a little to many of them. - Although it may just feel that way because there was very little information from the hero's perspective.
He had no past to speak of, no family waiting for him, no plans for the future, and frankly, besides the physical attraction, I still wonder what makes the heroine drawn to him.
I felt as if the obstacles they faced were repetative until the ending. At this point the romance disappears and the "black cobra" story line takes over. I know it is setting up the next book in the series, but I wanted more happily ever after at the end.
If you like Laurens, and must read this book, put it on your waiting list, I wouldn't recommend buying it new. As for me, I will probably skip the rest of the series.
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed the book but found it very slow moving. It's the second in a quartet following the stories of 4 men riding back to England while avoiding the bad guys. The fight scenes were a little ridiculous - I don't know how many times they clashed, but the good guys never got more than a scratches. I ordered the first book to give it a shot, but if it's more of the same, I probably won't be able to get through it.
