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1.0 out of 5 stars Where is the romance?, July 18 2004

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This review is from: Satisfaction (Paperback)

This was the first book I had read by Thea Devine. The plot had some potential but I could have cared less about the characters, accept for the younger brother, he has future possibilities. All the other characters were either annoying, cruel, and/or obsessive. I got tired of reading about how Janice wanted revenge, revenge, revenge. As the heroine I thought that she was a bit dull witted and wanted to scream at her, "help yourself twit"! It is hard to think of this as a romance novel when there seemed to be no feeling from Lujan toward his wife, Janice, who he repeatedly degrades by calling her wifec*nt, vessel and receptical. Too often he refers to her as just "the companion". Also, I continually found myself looking back to see if I had skipped a page because things seemed to suddenly occur or have happened without the reader knowing anything about it. I.E. a year's worth of playful seduction is skipped over and then casually mentioned in a later scene. I seemed as if the author got tired or the editor said, "leave out all this extra stuff". Forgive me but I found this book in the Romance section of my bookstore, where was the romance? Plenty of sex, no romance.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Thea Divine Does it Again, Jun 18 2004

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Thea Devine writes the kind of erotic historical romances that steam the glasses, fog the windows, and cause people to go looking for someone to practice what they may have learned. Satisfaction is firmly in that class of books. Unlike other recent outings from Devine, this book has a firm plot which stands up to and is more than a good skeleton for the sex scenes. The characters are well drawn, if not overly complex. None of them are people you'd think about after putting the book down, but Devine doesn't generally write that kind of book anyway.
Read other reviews for the story details. Let it suffice to say that the conflicts are well plotted, with supporting villans and helpers who fit right in. The language is a bit rough for those who don't like a lot of basic Anglo-Saxon nouns and verbs. Otherwise it seems true to its period and flows convincingly.
Divine's writing is improving with time and practice. She is learning how to draw her characters more vividly, and make her dialog sound real and convincing. Her work is improving by leaps in this novel, and I suggest that you visit her website to see what else she has written, www.theadevine.com.
Would I buy this? Yes. Would I keep it? No. Not memorable enough to keep but certainly entertaining enough to read. And stimulating.
Have a good time with this one evening.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Money!, May 21 2004

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I made the mistake of buying this book thinking it would be better than the last one. It's not. I love well written erotic romance ala Robin Schone or Emma Holly authors who don't feel the need to have the male lead denegrate and humilitate the female throughout the book. Nor is using the four letter "c" word to describe her on almost every other page. Yes, there's a lot of graphic sex but but I lost interest very quickly.

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