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Gevangen In Verlangen (2000)

by Karen Hawkins(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

Just Ask Reeves

review 1: This was pretty good and a fairly quick read. It was predictable, but that's OK, too. The characters were all likable and the H/H had great chemistry. My biggest complaint is the title. He was neither an officer nor a military man. At all. Not that it affects the plot at all, but I guess it bothers me when a title has absolutely nothing to do with the book. It makes me think the editor or publisher was just too lazy to be more creative, and didn't care much for accuracy. That's NOT smexy.
review 2: Her Officer and Gentleman is the sequel to Her Master and Commander. I found this one to be much more engaging and interesting than the first one. I didn't love it, but it was an easier read than HMaC and had more meat to the story.Even though I didn't think HMaC was... more all that wonderful of a book, I was looking forward to Christian's story. His introduction in HMaC left me wanting to know more about him, and also wanting to know the resolution of what had happened to him and his brother Tristan's mother. Christian is a great character...so dark and brooding.Story-line wise, I liked how everything worked out. The plot was so much more interesting than HMaC, which seemed to have no direction and point and bored me at times. I wasn't really bored with HOaG. Hawkins creates a nice, plausible plot that reads well. It's not full of twists and suspense, but it fits the story fairly well.Romance wise...well, for a historical, I thought it was lacking a bit in the sex-scenes area. Which is tacky to say, probably. But usually in historicals you get more than a little of the good stuff (*G*). In this book, though, you get only one full sex scene. And I will say that I thought it was unnecessary for Hawkins to put off the intimacy for so long in the book. Strictly on a romance sense, I enjoyed Christian and Elizabeth. They were nice counterparts.Overall, I liked HOaG much more than HMaC. It was just a much more well-rounded story with more purpose and meat. I didn't love the book, but I didn't mind reading it and mostly enjoyed it.Interesting sidenote - from the other reviews of HOaG I read, it seems as though those who liked HMaC hated HOaG, and those who liked HOaG hated HMaC. Just an interesting contrast. less

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