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brendalovesbooks's review against another edition
3.0
This was okay, but I would have liked it better without all the romancey stuff. So basically if it wasn't a romance novel, and was a different genre altogether.
katyanaish's review against another edition
1.0
Why can't I select ZERO stars? Why, Goodreads? Tell me why!
WTF is the matter with this author?! We have an amazing heroine, in most respects. Paired with a hero that is fucking unforgivable. After saving their lives, he betrays her, treats her like a whore, and virtually threatens her with sexual assault on a constant basis.
Then, heroine helps them again. I don't know why. Personally, I would have left the bastards to fucking die. I would have been rubbing two sticks together to try and light them on fucking fire, frankly. But I guess she was trying to garner some goodwill, to improve her situation a little. Good fucking luck with that.
Anyway, she helps save the life of one of them AGAIN, and then the hero decides it is time to start dosing her with opiates.
WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?
This is where I started skimming.
She comes on to him - STONED OUT OF HER MIND - and he happily takes advantage. With Adrian, whom I sort of liked up until this point (because he had been pressing Gray to lay the fuck off), encouraging him to go ahead and screw her while she's like that.
FUCK!
She continues to help, after the "hero" (yeah, I am being sarcastic. Fuck Gray.) SLAPS her out of the drug-induced haze he has been keeping her in (hey, I guess he prefers his women to just lie there drooling).
WTF is the matter with this author? How can anyone like this book? I can't even, really, like the heroine anymore, because I have ZERO respect for her. And frankly, if I kept reading to see her hook up with the hero once she, you know, recovers from her opium addition, fucking thank you very fucking much, I would probably instantly die of apoplexy.
Fuck this book. Arrrrrrrrggggggghhhh!!
WTF is the matter with this author?! We have an amazing heroine, in most respects. Paired with a hero that is fucking unforgivable. After saving their lives, he betrays her, treats her like a whore, and virtually threatens her with sexual assault on a constant basis.
Then, heroine helps them again. I don't know why. Personally, I would have left the bastards to fucking die. I would have been rubbing two sticks together to try and light them on fucking fire, frankly. But I guess she was trying to garner some goodwill, to improve her situation a little. Good fucking luck with that.
Anyway, she helps save the life of one of them AGAIN, and then the hero decides it is time to start dosing her with opiates.
WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?
This is where I started skimming.
She comes on to him - STONED OUT OF HER MIND - and he happily takes advantage. With Adrian, whom I sort of liked up until this point (because he had been pressing Gray to lay the fuck off), encouraging him to go ahead and screw her while she's like that.
FUCK!
She continues to help, after the "hero" (yeah, I am being sarcastic. Fuck Gray.) SLAPS her out of the drug-induced haze he has been keeping her in (hey, I guess he prefers his women to just lie there drooling).
WTF is the matter with this author? How can anyone like this book? I can't even, really, like the heroine anymore, because I have ZERO respect for her. And frankly, if I kept reading to see her hook up with the hero once she, you know, recovers from her opium addition, fucking thank you very fucking much, I would probably instantly die of apoplexy.
Fuck this book. Arrrrrrrrggggggghhhh!!
heathernh1996's review against another edition
I liked the premise, but the writing wasn't good enough. Not subtle enough with the sex.
bitterlina's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
amlibera's review against another edition
4.0
Bourne's writing, characterization, and plotting are excellent. This is a romance that moves. The fundamental issues between her characters are never blown out of proportion - they are based in true ethical dilemmas. Gray, as a character, is a bit opaque (especially in contrast to Annique) which makes it harder to go along with some of his iffier behavior (and of course, the real star of the proceedings is Hawker...)
birdloveranne's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book. I think the author did a great job with the characters. There is an incident at the end, where the h acted in a TSTL way, that knocked it down from 5 to 4 stars. I really don't think it should have been done that way. The same results could easily have been accomplished in a different way that would not have been the character's fault, thus not TSTL.
Looking forward to more from this author.
Looking forward to more from this author.
annkniggendorf's review against another edition
2.0
[author: Joanna Bourne]'s [book: The Spymaster's Lady] was an entertaining read with a capable, at times almost too capable heroine against the nicely complex told background of the espionage between Britain and France during the bloody part of the French revolution. In this game of spies, virtually nobody is who s/he seems to be.
However, the involved family relations revealed toward the end were a bit much and - at least in my eyes - not necessary for a believable (and nicely romantic) conclusion of the tale. In fact, they robbed the book some of its initial appeal to me.
Especially the rediscovered grandfather irked me.
However, the involved family relations revealed toward the end were a bit much and - at least in my eyes - not necessary for a believable (and nicely romantic) conclusion of the tale. In fact, they robbed the book some of its initial appeal to me.
Especially the rediscovered grandfather irked me.
leigh_47's review against another edition
4.0
This was a ridiculously fun read. And I loved how Bourne captured Annique's French intonation in dialogue (written in English).
tani's review against another edition
4.0
Once I got through this one, I really enjoyed it a lot, and my struggles were with listening to the audio, not with the book itself. (And don't get me wrong, I thought the audio version was great. I'm just not great at listening to books being read to me.)
Anyway, I thought that Annique was a wonderful character, and I quite enjoyed Grey as well. I think that if you can buy into them being spies on opposite sides of a near-war, it's quite an enjoyable read. Considering that the fate of his country was supposed to be hanging on the information that Annique had, I didn't really blame Grey for being kind of a jerk. But yeah, you have to buy in, or it's just not going to work.
Anyway, I thought it was fun. I'd read more by the author, if I'm ever up for a romance again in the near future. :)
Anyway, I thought that Annique was a wonderful character, and I quite enjoyed Grey as well. I think that if you can buy into them being spies on opposite sides of a near-war, it's quite an enjoyable read. Considering that the fate of his country was supposed to be hanging on the information that Annique had, I didn't really blame Grey for being kind of a jerk. But yeah, you have to buy in, or it's just not going to work.
Anyway, I thought it was fun. I'd read more by the author, if I'm ever up for a romance again in the near future. :)
kefink's review against another edition
4.0
God, what an awful cover and title.
If adventure novels were marketed to women, that’s the niche this book fits in.
If adventure novels were marketed to women, that’s the niche this book fits in.