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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is not one of my favorite Sandra Brown books. It was okay, the plot was interesting enough for me to finish it. I didn't expect it would end up the way it did.
Sandra's hero was a little too off, Key Tackett was almost too bad, if there is such a thing. Although I can forgive him for it. My main problem was Lara. How much self-sacrifice could that woman endure? I mean, wow. Why? By the end of the book this woman could have been crowned a saint for the things she was put through.
Also the bad guy was one of Sandra's best if you ask me. The thriller angle didn't disappoint, it's the romance and the heroine that I wasn't too crazy about.
Sandra's hero was a little too off, Key Tackett was almost too bad, if there is such a thing. Although I can forgive him for it. My main problem was Lara. How much self-sacrifice could that woman endure? I mean, wow. Why? By the end of the book this woman could have been crowned a saint for the things she was put through.
Also the bad guy was one of Sandra's best if you ask me. The thriller angle didn't disappoint, it's the romance and the heroine that I wasn't too crazy about.
dark
medium-paced
3.5* Where There's Smoke is a romantic suspense in that it places the relationship of the two main characters in the forefront of the readers mind, if not the forefront of the action. The reader is constantly aware that Key and Lara will end up together, as in any romance book. But after establishing that fact, Brown seems fairly unconcerned with the romance and more with the layered suspense and mystery plot lines. The more satisfying relationship development takes place between two secondary characters, Janellen and Bowie.
Key is a flawed, and not always likable, character for most of the book, even if the reader understands the whys behind his actions. Lara is a more sympathetic character, but her unwillingness to defend herself in the face of very damning and important lies is never fully explained. In retrospect, you have to wonder why she was married to Randall in the first place or stayed with him as long as she did.
All that said, I thought the suspense plot was well done and surprising at times. I definitely enjoyed the book other than occasionally feeling irritated with the main characters for their actions.
Key is a flawed, and not always likable, character for most of the book, even if the reader understands the whys behind his actions. Lara is a more sympathetic character, but her unwillingness to defend herself in the face of very damning and important lies is never fully explained. In retrospect, you have to wonder why she was married to Randall in the first place or stayed with him as long as she did.
All that said, I thought the suspense plot was well done and surprising at times. I definitely enjoyed the book other than occasionally feeling irritated with the main characters for their actions.
I've always shied away from Sandra Brown, but recently read Deadline, which was pretty good. So when I saw the chance to nab another - unabridged on cd - I went for it. Big disappointment. Simply put: not enough characters to like, and plenty to not like. Too many unanswered ridiculous maneuvers and happenings. Bullying and meanness. Way too much romance for me. Couldn't wait until it ended. (And probably should have given it a "1".)
Como culebronazo que este libro es, me lo he pasado pipa leyéndolo (no tanto como con Imagen en el espejo pero es que ese es lo más culebronesco que he leído en la vida, jeje). Esta lectura no es una novela romántica sino un libro de suspense romántico, donde lo principal es el pistaco, el secreto que todo Penry oculta y que queremos descubrir a toda costa, y el amor es algo más secundario. La relación entre Key y Lara es más bien una atracción pura y de boa dura que impregna toda la lectura y que se resuelve de un modo que ya reconozco como típicamente browniano y que a mí me requetencanta. Key es un machote muy de la Brown, duro, nada moñas, que demuestra lo que siente con sus actos (a veces bastante brutos pero que a mí me ponen perraquilla) y no con sus palabras. Podrá ser un bebedor/vividor/picha alegre pero en lo importante es un hombre íntegro y leal. Lara es más íntegra y leal aún, una mujer golpeada hasta el extremo por la vida y que intenta sobreponerse a esos golpes constantemente incluso con la carga de secretos que lleva encima. En cuanto a los personajes no tengo ninguna queja, los protagonistas los he visto bien definidos y con un comportamiendo coherente con su modo de ser (y con sus deseos bajeriles), y los secundarios me han encantado, muy brownianos también, mostrándonos lo mejor y lo peor del ser humano, la sordidez de determinados ambientes, las preciosas historias de amor que pueden surgir donde menos te lo esperas... Además Sandra Brown siempre tiene para el lector una leche a mano vuelta que te hace ser consciente de que sus libros no son complacientes y de que, para llegar al HEA (final feliz), hay que pasar por muchas penas e incluso algunas deberemos sobrellevarlas forever (claro, que con Key dándote lo tuyo y lo de tu prima soportas tú hasta el peso del Coloso de Rodas). El libro tiene un ritmo muy ágil y no se entretiene en descripciones inútiles, algo que siempre agradezco mucho, aunque se me ha hecho un pelín más pesado cuando los personajes salen de Eden Pass. Eso sí, el tramo final es vertiginoso y no he podido dejar de leer hasta que me he dado de bruces con el final (final que a mí me ha gustado, me gusta que no me cuente todo de pe a pa 😂). En fin, que a veces encontramos escritoras cuyo estilo nos engancha especialmente y, para mí, Sandra Brown es una de ellas, incluso aunque sus novelas no sean todo lo románticas que a mí me gustaría.
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amazing hot hero
great heroine
great adventure
scene steamy hot
love they chemistry and emotion
great great great story
great heroine
great adventure
scene steamy hot
love they chemistry and emotion
great great great story