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A review by desiree_mcl
Hot Ice by Nora Roberts
2.0
One of my goals of 2021 is to read at least 2 of my Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books, I have a lot of them (a little over 100) but have only read a small handful (about 15) and it's been years since I read even 1 of her books. Pretty sure the last one I read was The Obsession and that was a few years ago and I tried to read The Liar sometime in 2019, I think, but I wasn't in the mood for it and set it aside. The reason I have so many of her books, despite only reading a small amount of them, is because I know I like/love this author's work and I know the likelihood of giving at least 4 stars is very high.
However, Hot Ice was one of those rare books of NR that missed the mark. I listened to the audiobook, which was good, I enjoyed the narrator's voice and her narration.
This was so boring. Reading the summary, a career thief is on the run, to both look for treasure and try to get away from people who want him dead, and jumps into this rich woman's car, a rich woman who is craving adventure and jumps at the chance to tag along, it sounds like it's going to be fun. It wasn't fun.
The "romance" wasn't good either. Sometimes when the plot is lacking in whatever way, if the romance is good, I can usually push through and find something entertaining but that wasn't good either. Whitney and Doug had no chemistry. They didn't even like each other and that can work, so many of my favorite pairings start out with the leads not liking each other, but again this didn't have the fun that makes those kinds of pairings entertaining. This had so little romance that I didn't even put this in the contemporary romance category.
Also there were so many things that were repeated. I can't tell you how many times Doug would think back on a previous con and how much sex he had with other rich women who he skillfully robbed.
However, the last hour and a half of the audiobook, this did get a little better. Those last moments where Whitney is
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this, I'd just pass it on by, NR has so many other amazing stories, grab one of those and enjoy.
However, Hot Ice was one of those rare books of NR that missed the mark. I listened to the audiobook, which was good, I enjoyed the narrator's voice and her narration.
This was so boring. Reading the summary, a career thief is on the run, to both look for treasure and try to get away from people who want him dead, and jumps into this rich woman's car, a rich woman who is craving adventure and jumps at the chance to tag along, it sounds like it's going to be fun. It wasn't fun.
The "romance" wasn't good either. Sometimes when the plot is lacking in whatever way, if the romance is good, I can usually push through and find something entertaining but that wasn't good either. Whitney and Doug had no chemistry. They didn't even like each other and that can work, so many of my favorite pairings start out with the leads not liking each other, but again this didn't have the fun that makes those kinds of pairings entertaining. This had so little romance that I didn't even put this in the contemporary romance category.
Also there were so many things that were repeated. I can't tell you how many times Doug would think back on a previous con and how much sex he had with other rich women who he skillfully robbed.
However, the last hour and a half of the audiobook, this did get a little better. Those last moments where Whitney is
Spoiler
a prisoner of the guy who's been sending goons after her and Doug and following them, is great. It's the main reason why I gave this 2 starts instead of the 1 it had been for most of the book.Overall, I wouldn't recommend this, I'd just pass it on by, NR has so many other amazing stories, grab one of those and enjoy.