I finished up Duchess in Love the other day and I was wondering if this is a good sample of her writing. This was my first book and I thought the first half of the book was just OK...nothing special. The last half of the book was terrific but I found that the secondary characters pulled my heartstrings more then the primaries. Anyone else read this book? Kim? I got it from you....any input? I have a couple other books by her (Much Ado About You and Your Wicked Ways...which I now see is the 4th book in her Duchess series) and I was wondering if they will be along the same lines or are they better or worse? I really think I do need to get the 2nd and 3rd book in the Duchess series because Eloisa James' website says Esme makes an appearance in them. I really liked her.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this author.

I've read and enjoyed them all. I'm sure some are better than others. Its best if you can read an entire series all at once, at least for me, or I forget about the other characters.

Anne

She is very hit or miss for me. I was unimpressed with Duchess in Love, but enjoyed An Affair Before Christmas, the next book in the series. I've heard from a lot of others that they felt the same. The two you have in your TBR are not favorites of mine, for what that's worth.

The one I sent you, Christina, was an extra copy; I have one for myself, but haven't read it yet.  In fact, she's another who I have bunches of books by that I haven't gotten to yet:P

Too funny Kim. I have books on my shelf that I never read too for the same reason.

I guess I will have to just read a few more of her books just to see.

It's good to know it isn't just me:P  I have piles and piles of this kind of stuff.

I just got finished reading my first Eloisa James novel, Kiss Me Annabel. It wasn't bad... it was slow in a few places, but overall it was a decent book. There are a few other authors out there that I want to read their series before I jump into more of her books, but I wouldn't discount her as an author. I think I go through phases tho.... I just get stuck on one author and read all I can get my hands on, and then move on.... I'm strange like that, LOL.... and since I'm reading Cathy Maxwell right now, it is what I'm comparing it to. :) Another comparison I can make is that I enjoyed the Eloisa James novel better than I enjoyed Johanna Lindsay's "The Devil Who Tamed her".... For some reason I guess I was just expecting a lot from Johanna Lindsay (since she is so known) but that was my first Lindsay novel to read as well.

Smiles,

Angela

Johanna Lindsay is what I consider "light" romance....formulaic...I haven't read any of hers in so long, though I do have some TBR. I like to do that too Angela, read  all the books by one author I can get my hands on. Right now I am doing Lisa Kleypas, plan to do Sandra Hill next. The Annabel novel you just read is part of a series, its best to read them in order if you can.

Anne