tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post5736258604402699153..comments2023-12-07T09:29:21.331-05:00Comments on Just Janga: Tuesday Review: Undeniably YoursJangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post-51703211271133869542012-02-23T09:41:01.481-05:002012-02-23T09:41:01.481-05:00I agree, some of the heroes I've despised most...I agree, some of the heroes I've despised most are from authors whose other heroes I've adored. *LOL* Can't win them all, I guess!Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post-32919500648523915502012-02-22T20:11:53.274-05:002012-02-22T20:11:53.274-05:00You're probably right about most readers deman...You're probably right about most readers demanding more of the heroine, Hellie. I think that was part of the discussion at AAR that brought the term "Duke of Slut" into use years ago. We accept behavior in our heroes that would be roundly condemned by many--perhaps most--readers of mainstream romance fiction.<br /><br />On the other hand, some of the characters who inspire the greatest dislike for me have been heroes. You and I see Mallery's Ethan in the same terms. One of her heroes in the Bakery trilogy affects me the same way. This despite the fact that Mallery is a writer whose books I usually love. <br /><br />We may also be harder on favorite wrters who create characters who displease us. I know I'd put Alex from EJ's <i>Potent Pleasures</i> at the top of my list. When he jumps to a false conclusion and condemns Charlotte the second time, he moves from flawed hero to jackass in my estimation. No groveling could redeem him from the repeated error. I didn't think he deserved Charlotte or his children. And yet EJ has created some of my most beloved heroes--Rafe, Mayne, Villers, Quin--and she is a writer whose books always earn accolades and rereads from me.Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post-46784136454349058842012-02-22T19:52:40.526-05:002012-02-22T19:52:40.526-05:00I hate reading a series out of order, Irish. I'...I hate reading a series out of order, Irish. I've been known to reread it in order when I do. <br /><br />I like the hero or the heroine better in probablt fifty percent or more of the books I read, but it's rare that I dislike one. On one level, it's a compliment to the writer because the character has to seem real to inspire that strong a reaction. LOL<br /><br />I'm looking forward to <i>Yours to Keep</i>, but right now I have a stack of books that I have to read in order to review. They take priority. Not that it's a sacrifice to read them when I have books by Sherry Thomas, Meredith Duran, and Jodi Thomas in the stack. :)Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post-34410978752960908652012-02-22T15:21:07.356-05:002012-02-22T15:21:07.356-05:00I can see the confusion, but agree that her confli...I can see the confusion, but agree that her conflicts are in her mind--and that can be a really big conflict. :)<br /><br />I think we're a lot harder on heroines than heroes. (While Irish may burn a book with an undeserving hero, I tend to let it go.) I mean the guy has to be an outright jackass--like that one from the Fool's Gold series. Ethan, I think?--who ticked me off to no end. Loathed him. But usually I'm pretty tolerant of heroes who were jerks and come around, even if their reasons for being jerks isn't that deserved. Come on haven't we ALL had our hearts broken? Doesn't mean you get to be a bastard to the next girl. <br /><br />But heroines who act like the male characters (so to speak) get on our last nerve. I think it's because we think women should be better than that. Men can't help it, but women can. That's the only rationale I can come up for the reason I'm so sexist about it. *LOL*Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192776379752748640.post-75941218931461616402012-02-21T17:33:40.495-05:002012-02-21T17:33:40.495-05:00Thanks for the review, Janga. I think I have Your...Thanks for the review, Janga. I think I have <i>Yours to Keep</i> on my Nook. Since this looks like a series I'll have to check it out and make sure I read them in the right order.<br /><br />I think it is more of a problem for me if I don't like the hero. I believe I've read books before where I thought the heroine was undeserving. It's annoying but the opposite makes it a wallbanger for me. I'll have to figure out why that is. LOL (If I think of any examples I'll post again)irisheyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730974733998991144noreply@blogger.com