La-Shauna F. (SHADY) reviewed Seduced: The Unexpected Virgin (Takeover) (Silhouette Desire, No 2066) on + 1266 more book reviews
From the start of this book I found Ana annoying. Ward is way too good for her. She behaves like a high school girl! Unforunately by the end of teh book she did not redeem herself. Not a good read.
Susan G. (WestofMars) reviewed Seduced: The Unexpected Virgin (Takeover) (Silhouette Desire, No 2066) on + 162 more book reviews
Originally posted at http://rockread.westofmars.com/2011/02/25/review-seduced-the-unexpected-virgin-by-emily-mckay/
Some friends told me a few years ago that rock stars were going to be the next big thing. So the time frame is about right for there to be not one but two books in the Silhouette Desire line featuring musicians.
I immediately ran to Paperback Swap and ordered both.
Seduced: The Unexpected Virgin, written by Emily McKay, was the first to arrive in my mailbox, so thats the one I read first.
Ive heard good things about the Desire line, but I have to tell you, this title is a turn-off. It seems beneath the book, especially since its about so very much more than a woman whos a virgin. In fact, when the loving happens and Ana is a virgin no more, its a bigger deal to her new partner, Ward Miller, than it is to her.
Ana Rodriguez walked away from a career in Hollywood as a costume designer. Shes back home in Vista del Mar now, involved in the launch of a new non-profit designed to help lift the community to new heights.
I like Ana, but Im not entirely certain I buy her as a costume designer. Shes not tough enough, not jaded and cynical enough. Her exchange with her right-hand helper, Emma, at the beginning of the book is great; that it becomes a running motif speaks to the skill of author McKay.
Our hero, too, is hard to buy as a rock star. Even a country music star. Hes bland. Even his name: Ward Miller. Yawn. He ought to be oozing the charisma that endears his fans to him. If not, at least lets see the grief that ought to be oozing out of him. After all, hes a man who wont live in the home hed shared with his first wife, who hasnt removed her things from that house.
Either Ward is severely repressed, or there just isnt that much to him. Oh, we get to see his worry that hes just a man, not a rock star. That he lets people down because hes a man underneath the persona. What we dont get to see is the persona.
This is the big let-down of this book. I love the plot. Love that weve got a woman who left behind the glamour to do something good in the world. Love that Ward set up this foundation/organization that incubates and launches and supports non-profits. What I am missing is that special spark in these two, not in a romantic sense. Thats there. But in who they are and how their lives outside of this story have shaped them.
Of course, we all know I wouldnt have this complaint if Ward had been oh, I dont know. An accountant. A computer dude. Something that hed have to have gone to college for. Hes got that vibe: college grad, straight-laced.
But a rocker, hes not.
Some friends told me a few years ago that rock stars were going to be the next big thing. So the time frame is about right for there to be not one but two books in the Silhouette Desire line featuring musicians.
I immediately ran to Paperback Swap and ordered both.
Seduced: The Unexpected Virgin, written by Emily McKay, was the first to arrive in my mailbox, so thats the one I read first.
Ive heard good things about the Desire line, but I have to tell you, this title is a turn-off. It seems beneath the book, especially since its about so very much more than a woman whos a virgin. In fact, when the loving happens and Ana is a virgin no more, its a bigger deal to her new partner, Ward Miller, than it is to her.
Ana Rodriguez walked away from a career in Hollywood as a costume designer. Shes back home in Vista del Mar now, involved in the launch of a new non-profit designed to help lift the community to new heights.
I like Ana, but Im not entirely certain I buy her as a costume designer. Shes not tough enough, not jaded and cynical enough. Her exchange with her right-hand helper, Emma, at the beginning of the book is great; that it becomes a running motif speaks to the skill of author McKay.
Our hero, too, is hard to buy as a rock star. Even a country music star. Hes bland. Even his name: Ward Miller. Yawn. He ought to be oozing the charisma that endears his fans to him. If not, at least lets see the grief that ought to be oozing out of him. After all, hes a man who wont live in the home hed shared with his first wife, who hasnt removed her things from that house.
Either Ward is severely repressed, or there just isnt that much to him. Oh, we get to see his worry that hes just a man, not a rock star. That he lets people down because hes a man underneath the persona. What we dont get to see is the persona.
This is the big let-down of this book. I love the plot. Love that weve got a woman who left behind the glamour to do something good in the world. Love that Ward set up this foundation/organization that incubates and launches and supports non-profits. What I am missing is that special spark in these two, not in a romantic sense. Thats there. But in who they are and how their lives outside of this story have shaped them.
Of course, we all know I wouldnt have this complaint if Ward had been oh, I dont know. An accountant. A computer dude. Something that hed have to have gone to college for. Hes got that vibe: college grad, straight-laced.
But a rocker, hes not.
