Chase, Loretta - Captives of the Night (partial)

[oyceter]

Just as an explanation, I usually just stop reading books when I don't like them. But I got three-fourths of the way through this one before the Extremely Sporktastic Element came in, and thereby have enough content for a post

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[therck]

I just acquired this through BookMooch a few days ago. Looks like I'll be moving it a lot nearer the bottom of my reading list. I'll probably try it eventually, but I've got a lot of other books to read that probably won't annoy me the way it sounds like this one will.

[oyceter]

It also doesn't have a lot of the Chase humor that I usually love, though it does have inklings of her usual twist on romance tropes. Sigh. Now awaiting her new book...

[vom_marlowe]

Oh ick. Chase is really hit or miss for me, but I think this would put me off her for good.

[oyceter]

I usually love Chase! I was so sad! Ah well, I was warned before about the Orientalism in The Sandalwood Princess as well. Am hoping that her new book is better!

[vom_marlowe]

I love her more recent ones, like the Last Hellion, but when I hunted down the regencies, I didn't enjoy them nearly so much. The very latest series has been a mix of good to great for me.

[oyceter]

Some of her regencies really don't work for me, though I have a good deal of fondness for The Devil's Delilah for the funny and that one where the guy wagers to seduce the bluestocking virginal character because it hits a ton of my romance story buttons.

[minnow1212]

I forget if I made it to that point or just skimmed past--but yeah, that was not one of Chase's finest moments.

[oyceter]

Yeah... sigh. Alas, this leaves me with only two or three more books in her backlist (I am skipping Sandalwood Princess on both Mely and Rilina's rec), and then the only new Chase books to me will be new ones!

[elenayuan]

I have actually finished the book, but it was right after reading (skipping) 'Lion's Daughter' which has made this book much better than it should have been...
As a fan of Chase, I have read most of her books and 80% of the time they are fun at least('The Sandalwood Princess','Lord of Scoundrels','Lord Perfect')
Hopefully she will bring back her originality with the new book coming out this month.

[oyceter]

I know! I usually love her books! And some parts in here worked for me, particularly how Ismal and Leila talked to each other, but the non-working elements overwhelmed those.

[rilina]

Oh dear. I remember nearly throwing The Sandalwood Princess against a wall; it's probably good that I haven't gotten to this one.

Meanwhile, I see she has another book in the series with the Carsington brothers (which I have liked so far) coming out.

[oyceter]

Yeeeaaaah, I'd avoid this one.

I am excited about the new Carsington brothers book! I hope it's not like Lord Perfect though.