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The Price Of Retribution (2012)

by Sara Craven(Favorite Author)

3.01 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

037352885X (ISBN13: 9780373528851)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin Books

review 1: This started out great, a rare revenge romance in which the heroine is the one out for blood. Tarn sets out to seduce and humiliate Caz, to avenge the foster sister he used and discarded. Of course, she winds up in love with him too... but as we see as the book begins, she carries through with her plan anyway. It quickly becomes clear that Tarn's sister is a liar and that she is an idiot, which didn't really bother me at first, since aren't revenge plots inherently pretty stupid? And Craven wrote it cleverly -- just when I reached the point where I thought, "Okay, it's become utterly ludicrous that she hasn't caught on yet," something happened to confirm her beliefs. But it all dragged on too long, with Tarn resolutely holding onto despising Caz even in the face of more an... mored more conflicting evidence. I also missed Caz's point of view, which we see at first but which then disappears; he winds up seeming kind of dumb too, for falling so hard for someone who's always lying to him. Finally, there wasn't much of a payoff at the end. So though it was a fairly entertaining read, it worked its way from a possible 4 stars down to 2.
review 2: Initially, I took a peek @ the last few pages & put it on hold cuz it didn't seem that appetizing but boy was I wrong. Anotha good 1. Endearing hero, silly twit of a heroine, eyebrows-raising plot based on a drug-dealing, mentally unhinged, stalkerazzi relative being locked up in Pityville. All ingredients make a riveting read. SC ain't exactly spring chicken anymore & I cherish every tasty concoction, good or bad. What stood out was that in an age where skyping, texting, emailing & all gizmos are available, the loony bin of foster sista from hell still uses the ol-fashioned way to communicate w/ heroine, penning a truckload of B.S. in black & white. Of course, heroine is such a smart cookie, she gobbles up all the letters & didn't connect all the obvious trails that there are gaping holes in her sista's OTT tales of bliss & woes. She embarks on a solo mission to take down the hawt azz gazillionaire & gets a chunk of her own heart burnt in the process, on top of getting scratched in the face by the asylum resident. What a double whammy. Poor, broken-hearted hero shoulda made heroine tread on flaming coals but decides to let it slide cuz she's the 1. Ah twu wuf ! less

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