Soft Porn, pure and simple.
Ok, I finally decided to take a go at a few Stephanie Laurens books, and checked out several, including this one. After reading them, I have come to a few conclusions about Ms. Laurens and her writing ability.
First, she creates rich backdrops for her stories. You almost feel like you are there, in the environment she details so richly. Some of her subplots are well thought out and interesting.
But....Ms. Lauren goes back to the same words over and over. She is in desperate need of a Thesaurus apparently. Our heroine "humphs". Endlessly. And over and over we see "ruched peaks", and "fractured gasps"......which leads me to the most important point.
Ms. Lauren basically writes soft porn. I tried to keep up with the story lines, skipping over the pornographic portions, because I usually found the story at least a bit engaging. But after three books I had to give up. I think I had finally had enough after Ms. Laurens describes the TASTE of our heroine's vaginal secretions as her lover performs cunnilingus on her. Enough. Pretty packaging, it still adds up to porn. I love historical romances, and don't object to a few racy scenes here and there. But I am done with Ms. Lauren's brand of "historical" novels.
Sad case of personality loss
Gyles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingworth, appeared in Laurens' earlier Cynster novels (especially Gabriel's story, A Secret Love) as a delightful man with a truly sly and wicked sense of humor -- and no objection whatsoever to marrying a woman he liked and whose company and wit he enjoyed. Unfortunately, he was elected an honorary Cynster, which apparently resulted in a personality amputation, because none of his charm carried over into the book dedicated to his own romance. He shows up with a paralyzing determination to have a bloodless, conventional, marriage but otherwise blah.
This is really too bad. The heroine deserved better treatment from her author.
All About Passion
Laurens storyline held my attention, however it wasn't as good as 'Devils Bride.' Laurens stories are quite predictable, but if you want to forget the outside world for a while and indulge in pure romance then they are a jolly good read.
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