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No Greater Pleasure (2009)

by Megan Hart(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0425229815 (ISBN13: 9780425229811)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

series

Order of Solace

review 1: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Megan Hart writes angst and psychological tension and raw emotion beautifully. Her writing style is very stylish with beautiful turns of phrase and wording. While I understand some people may have a problem liking Tranquilla Caden I did not. To me Quilla was a strong person to handle many issues within a dysfunctional household with dignity, sacrifice, character and at times an unorthodox approach. To have handled the wife and company's dinner table scene would have cracked a lot of people (especially me as Tranquil I am not). Gabriel is a hard man to like, but has had a difficult time in his life so he is multi-layered, complicated and emotionally stunted. Several secondary characters within the pages of this book have a flawed history of t... moreheir own and are dealing with issues as well, so there are subtle stories within that mesh the characters well. This book has a slow build in terms of the eroticism, which may not please all and sundry, but I loved the (unfortunately in some ways few) moments when Quilla and Gabriel did actually get together. The writing takes into account a different period and the English used is very poetic and has helped me enjoy the first two books in this series very much partly due to this fact. I hope this series continues as it is intelligent and, whilst angsty, also beautiful at the same time.
review 2: This book is classified as erotica but contained surprisingly few sex scenes. I'm not complaining about that since the story part was well written, but it just wasn't what I expected. The story was about a handmaiden from a religious order whose mission is to provide patrons with whatever they desire so that they can find solace. In this fictional world, the gods will come back when everyone has found solace. In a way, this book reminded me of Jane Eyre in that the handmaiden was sent to help a rich man heal his soul from the damage that his crazy wife did to him. less

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