October 15th, 2009 — 5 Stars, ARC, About, Genre, S-U, V-Z
I won the Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels in the SBTB ARC giveaway contest. When I got it in the mail I ripped the packaging and squeed! About two chapters into the guide my first thought beyond the squeeing was this...
English/Lit grad students working with romance novels: Smart Bitches just pwned your thesis. Scrap what you got and start over. Think I'm kidding? Ignore my advice and you will Not Pass Go and Collect $200 you'll just go straight to FAIL.
My second thought another two chapters down the road was...
SBTB has written the ultimate end all be all guide for romances. You won't be able to talk about romance again without using this book because they've covered it all: lead types, plot tropes, standard clichés, wtf moments, sex, and HEAs.
Sarah and Candy have written a terrific book. Their guide to romances will definitely bring tears of laughter to your eyes as well as enlighten readers to why women love to read romances... the shortcut answer is all about the hero and heroine... or maybe it's all in the Magic Hoo-Hoo? Hmm... tricky. I guess you'll have to read to find out for yourself.
The tone of the novel is set to read like your best friend breaking down the facts of romance for you to understand, potty language and crude jokes included. Pick this book up for no other reason than to read and learn about the different types of heroes and heroines. It's sure to bust your gut because you've probably come across at least one of each... like the too stupid to live heroine.
Overall, 5 Stars out of 5 Stars.
Fans and Scorners ignore Beyond Heaving Bosoms at your own peril... especially the scorners for we just might throw the 80s Rapist Hero at you.
Originally posted 2009-02-14 05:22:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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September 3rd, 2008 — 4 Stars, Blind, Contests, Dukes and Earls, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, M-O, Nurse, Regency, Sailing, Scarred Hero, Spectacles, Spinster, Virgin Heroine
Welcome to RRN Amy! I am so happy to have you with us today! Amy is the first entrant into the current blog giveaway contest here at RRN. She's hoping to win a signed copy of Teresa Medeiros' Some Like it Wicked. Below is her review of Teresa Medeiros' novel Yours Until Dawn.
Hi everyone! I’m Amy and I decided to review Teresa Medeiros’s Yours Until Dawn, for the blog giveaway contest. This Regency set novel follows the troubles of a blind lord and a plain miss as they journey toward love. I really enjoyed this novel and quite loved everything about it from Gabriel’s angry bear behavior to Samantha’s waspish retorts. I would have given the novel five stars except for the ending, which I won’t spoil, but I was unsatisfied even though it was a HEA (happily ever after).
Naval war hero and English Earl, Gabriel Fairchild was blinded in his last battle at sea. A flying piece of shrapnel hit his eyes, forcing this proud man into acute darkness. The doctors say it’s permanent – well all but one who thinks it might be hysterical blindness. However, the very idea of a grown man like Fairchild having hysterics is hard to imagine.
Miss March, Gabriel’s sweetheart, leaves him lying alone in the hospital bed with a gasp of frightened sensibilities. The shrapnel has done more than take his eyesight, it has also taken his looks. Angry and hurt at her flight, Gabriel retreats to the countryside and terrorizes everyone around him for the abandonment of his family and of his love.
The novel starts with the tart Samantha Wickersham applying for the job of being Gabriel’s nurse. She finds the task eagerly handed to her despite her lack of solid references and immediately sets to work ignoring all of Gabriel’s blustering. Reeking of lemon verbena, capable prim Miss Wickersham sets about taming the wounded man hiding behind the lion façade.
Not unexpectedly, she wins his heart, but complications arise and she is forced to flee. Gabriel must find the woman of his dreams before it is too late – but how does one find a woman one has never seen?
4 Stars
To be considered for the autograph copy of Some Like it Wicked, send your review of on one of Teresa Medeiros' romance novels to reviewromancenovel[at]yahoo[dot]com.
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August 29th, 2008 — Contests, Georgian, Highlander
Hello and good morning readers! This post is going to be a short break from our usually scheduled programming to update everybody on the blog. There are a few new features up in the header, LRP's forum and contests are now their own section.
The forum is ready to go. We’re still in the process of editing it to fit the rest of LRP’s color scheme, but it is now available for readers to use! There are several sections including one for site notices, in which information like this post will be kept instead of stated on the blog. Use LRP’s forum to start group readings, trades and exchanges, discussion on blog posts, books, authors, yourselves. Find others like you who love romance novels!
The contest section will keep a list of all the contest winners. Speaking of contests, we have a new one! I got in contact with Teresa Medeiros a short time ago for an interview. Sadly, she is very busy and could not complete one with LRP at this time. However, she did send me a signed autographed copy of her novel Some Like It Wicked
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The inside cover reads, “Dare to Dream! – Teresa Medeiros”
If you would like to be the lucky receiver of this romance novel enter the Teresa Medeiros Blog Giveaway Contest. Details below!
Teresa Medeiros Blog Giveaway Contest - Rules of Submission:
- Read and review a romance novel written by Teresa Medeiros between now and Sunday, September 14th, 2008. Submit to reviewromancenovel[at]yahoo[com].
- Review must be at least 250 words long and be entirely unique content. Unique content is defined as content not seen on another website.
- Accepted reviews will be posted as they are received onto the blog.
- Reviews on previously posted novels by Teresa Medeiros do not count. Make sure to keep an eye out on the posts coming out between now and Friday the 22nd of September as this rule includes them.
- Clarification of rule above: Should more than one review of the same novel be received before time of posting, both will be posted and count as eligible submissions.
- Previous winners are eligible for this contest as winners are chosen at random.
Odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible submissions received.
Winner will be declared Monday, September 15th, 2008, and must leave a comment on the post before midnight east coast time, nine at night west coast time.
Good luck and many happy readings!
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