Comments on: Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/ it's not chick porn Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sandra http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-9717 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:53:46 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-9717 It's funny how tastes differ. I have read the whole "Bow Street Trilogy"- Worth Any price, Lady Sophia's Lover and Someone To Watch Over me - and did not consider any of them to be keepers. And of her 'Wallflower" series, the only keeper was Devil In Winter. My favorite Kleypas novels are Suddenly You ( which is getting dogeared from rereading. Jack Devlin is HOT) and Where Dreams Begin (Zachary Bronson is almost as hot as JD). I keep reading raves about Dreaming of You, but I have yet to find a copy. I shall keep looking. Oh, by the way, I just found an early Kleypas called Prince of Dreams at the Sally Anne. Anybody have an opinion on it? It’s funny how tastes differ. I have read the whole “Bow Street Trilogy”- Worth Any price, Lady Sophia’s Lover and Someone To Watch Over me - and did not consider any of them to be keepers. And of her ‘Wallflower” series, the only keeper was Devil In Winter. My favorite Kleypas novels are Suddenly You ( which is getting dogeared from rereading. Jack Devlin is HOT) and Where Dreams Begin (Zachary Bronson is almost as hot as JD). I keep reading raves about Dreaming of You, but I have yet to find a copy. I shall keep looking. Oh, by the way, I just found an early Kleypas called Prince of Dreams at the Sally Anne. Anybody have an opinion on it?

]]> by: Imani http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8312 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:41:52 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8312 You wouldn't happen to be talking about Laurell K Hamilton would you? Because that sounds like something she would do. (Thank God I dropped that Anita Blake after Cerulean Dreams or whatever it was called.) But yes, Westcliff was first introduced in "Worth Any Price", the book with one of the best heroes ever! (I'm another lurker.) You wouldn’t happen to be talking about Laurell K Hamilton would you? Because that sounds like something she would do. (Thank God I dropped that Anita Blake after Cerulean Dreams or whatever it was called.)

But yes, Westcliff was first introduced in “Worth Any Price”, the book with one of the best heroes ever!

(I’m another lurker.)

]]> by: KariBelle http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8173 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:04:38 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8173 I beg to differ. Again the Magic was published in Jan 2004. Worth Any Price was published year earlier in Jan 2003. When Nick found Lottie she was working as a lady's companion to the Dowager Countess Westcliff. When Nick made his and Lottie's identities known, Westcliff offered to marry Lottie to protect her from her nasty old fiance. The next book after ATM was the first of the Wallflower series so he has been in the lsat 6 of her historicals. Nick Gentry is my all time favorite Kleypas hero. I have read that book three times. Sebastian is my second favorite. Sugar Daddy, btw, was pretty good. Maybe not worth the hardcover price, but I did enjoy it and I was impressed to see an author change her style so dramatically and still be good. If it had been a paperback I would have given it an A but since my expectations are higher for a $17.00 hardcover, I give it a B. It was a damn sight better than the last hardcover I purchased, written by the evil author who shall remain nameless but seems to have hypnotized me into buying her books even though I know the are going to suck donkey dick. (I hope she doesn't read your blog because then she will get ideas and we will have to read all about a certian someone getting fucked by a weredonkey.) I beg to differ. Again the Magic was published in Jan 2004. Worth Any Price was published year earlier in Jan 2003. When Nick found Lottie she was working as a lady’s companion to the Dowager Countess Westcliff. When Nick made his and Lottie’s identities known, Westcliff offered to marry Lottie to protect her from her nasty old fiance. The next book after ATM was the first of the Wallflower series so he has been in the lsat 6 of her historicals.

Nick Gentry is my all time favorite Kleypas hero. I have read that book three times. Sebastian is my second favorite.

Sugar Daddy, btw, was pretty good. Maybe not worth the hardcover price, but I did enjoy it and I was impressed to see an author change her style so dramatically and still be good. If it had been a paperback I would have given it an A but since my expectations are higher for a $17.00 hardcover, I give it a B. It was a damn sight better than the last hardcover I purchased, written by the evil author who shall remain nameless but seems to have hypnotized me into buying her books even though I know the are going to suck donkey dick. (I hope she doesn’t read your blog because then she will get ideas and we will have to read all about a certian someone getting fucked by a weredonkey.)

]]> by: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8120 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:51:27 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8120 Nope, Westcliff was actually introduced in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/01/28/again-the-magic-by-lisa-kleypas/" rel="nofollow">Again the Magic</a>. He was the heroine's not-so-handsome, but powerful-looking brother. Btw, I really, REALLY adored Nick Gentry. I liked his relationship with---ah hell, I can't even remember the heroine's name now, but Nick was just yummy. ... my fave Kleypas hero, though, is still Sebastian from Devil in Winter. Nope, Westcliff was actually introduced in Again the Magic. He was the heroine’s not-so-handsome, but powerful-looking brother.

Btw, I really, REALLY adored Nick Gentry. I liked his relationship with—ah hell, I can’t even remember the heroine’s name now, but Nick was just yummy.

… my fave Kleypas hero, though, is still Sebastian from Devil in Winter.

]]> by: KariBelle http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8119 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:06:53 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8119 I forgot. Also noteworthy about Worth Any Price is that we get our first introduction to Marcus Marsden, Lord Westcliff, who is in each of the next FIVE books in some way or another. He is the hero in It Happened One Autumn. I am reading Sugar Daddy now. I recieved it for a BD gift. I'm only one chapter in but so far, I like it. I will let you know. I forgot. Also noteworthy about Worth Any Price is that we get our first introduction to Marcus Marsden, Lord Westcliff, who is in each of the next FIVE books in some way or another. He is the hero in It Happened One Autumn.

I am reading Sugar Daddy now. I recieved it for a BD gift. I’m only one chapter in but so far, I like it. I will let you know.

]]> by: KariBelle http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8118 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:59:47 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-8118 The Bow Street trilogy is my favorite Kleypas series. Someone to Watch Over Me was probably my least favorite but still a good read. My biggest problem was what Web alluded to. A bit of deus ex machina in the form of a plot device that is almost as cliched as the amnesia angle, but I did like V so I was able to get past it. Lady Sophia's Lover was great and the sex scenes were really hot. Worth Any Price is my favorite. If you like tortured heroes then Nick Gentry is your man! The Bow Street trilogy is my favorite Kleypas series. Someone to Watch Over Me was probably my least favorite but still a good read. My biggest problem was what Web alluded to. A bit of deus ex machina in the form of a plot device that is almost as cliched as the amnesia angle, but I did like V so I was able to get past it.

Lady Sophia’s Lover was great and the sex scenes were really hot. Worth Any Price is my favorite. If you like tortured heroes then Nick Gentry is your man!

]]> by: Janeo http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7912 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:58:22 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7912 Hey Dawn et al, I like Lisa K's sex scenes and their pacing which is different I think for each novel. Together with anything by Mary J Blige just makes me flutter all over, especially in 'Dreaming of You'. Sara in that blue dress and Derek not knowing it was her....' Someone please call 911. I'm about to be shot down'. I've eyed some Julia Quinn novels but have yet to read one. Any recommends on that front? As far as fingering tons... I like it when they get so hot and heavy that they wham bam (no pun intended Bam ;) ) before they know each others names and then comes the fallout. It is better than chocolate for me. And less fattening. Janeo on da farm Hey Dawn et al,

I like Lisa K’s sex scenes and their pacing which is different I think for each novel. Together with anything by Mary J Blige just makes me flutter all over, especially in ‘Dreaming of You’. Sara in that blue dress and Derek not knowing it was her….’ Someone please call 911. I’m about to be shot down’.

I’ve eyed some Julia Quinn novels but have yet to read one. Any recommends on that front?

As far as fingering tons… I like it when they get so hot and heavy that they wham bam (no pun intended Bam ;) ) before they know each others names and then comes the fallout. It is better than chocolate for me. And less fattening.

Janeo
on da farm

]]> by: Dawn http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7889 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:39:54 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7889 Bam I have lurked for a while too, but your site has become a must-read for me. I just went though a burst of reading a bunch of Kleypas and my only problem is that she tends to rush her characters into some sort of sex scene too quickly. I mean, I know that is part of the reason we read these things but it is distracting to me when things are happening and the hero/heroine don't even know each others names. You would think with the Regency setting, the ton all that mess, the heroine wouldn't let the hero finger her in some ballroom water closet before page 40. I think that is why I tend to prefer Julia Quinn - sometimes her sex scenes are tucked so far in the back you wonder if it will even happen before the book ends. Bam I have lurked for a while too, but your site has become a must-read for me.

I just went though a burst of reading a bunch of Kleypas and my only problem is that she tends to rush her characters into some sort of sex scene too quickly. I mean, I know that is part of the reason we read these things but it is distracting to me when things are happening and the hero/heroine don’t even know each others names. You would think with the Regency setting, the ton all that mess, the heroine wouldn’t let the hero finger her in some ballroom water closet before page 40.

I think that is why I tend to prefer Julia Quinn - sometimes her sex scenes are tucked so far in the back you wonder if it will even happen before the book ends.

]]> by: Jennifer http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7888 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:12:09 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7888 I totally went through a Lisa Kleypas phase about two years ago and read her entire backlist. I LOVED this whole group about the bow street runners, especially Lady Sophia's Lover. It might be my favorite by Kleypas. This is my first post here, but I have been lurking for about 6 months and have to say that I love you, Bam! I cannot count all the times I spewed liquid beverage on my computer screen while reading a review. I totally went through a Lisa Kleypas phase about two years ago and read her entire backlist. I LOVED this whole group about the bow street runners, especially Lady Sophia’s Lover. It might be my favorite by Kleypas.

This is my first post here, but I have been lurking for about 6 months and have to say that I love you, Bam! I cannot count all the times I spewed liquid beverage on my computer screen while reading a review.

]]> by: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7887 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:11:16 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/03/04/someone-to-watch-over-me-by-lisa-kleypas/#comment-7887 And you totally didn't ask me for an Amnesiac Plotline button? Shame on you! And you totally didn’t ask me for an Amnesiac Plotline button? Shame on you!

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