Wicked Loving Lies in Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous

Jul 15, 2010 Vivisection rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: guilty-pleasures, smutty-reads, historical-romance, historical-fiction, golden-age-of-bodice-rippers

This is the first graphic romance novel I ever read. At the precocious and curious age of 12, I "borrowed" it from the mother of a friend. By "borrow" I totally mean I swiped it. I kept it between my mattress and box spring and read it by flash light under my covers. Oh, the sheer excitement of reading something sooo forbidden. It was better than the dirty parts of Judy Blume's Seventeen or Wifey that we would high light and pass around like contraband in 6th grade. It put words to of all the bu ...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Tutti Dolci rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, kindle, hardcover, bodice-rippers, owned-unread

Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit.

This book has been the MOST EPIC (and I'm not sure that such term is wholly positive) Bodice Ripper that I've ever read, I think. TONS of intrigue, politics, drama, hate, world-trotting, in addition to the usual BR fare.

Disclaimer: I love Bodice Rippers, so this "review" is not a HATERade but just my opinion of one.particular.book. - capisce?

Anyway...lord have mercy! This one had me feeling kookoo for Cocopuffs with all its ups and downs.

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Oct 31, 2012 Nona rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bodice-rippers, on-my-book-shelves, napoleonic

Wicked Loving Lies was my first Rosemary Rogers adventure or should I say roller coaster ride? I have heard the hype, read the discussion boards and laughed at the updated status of her readers so I thought I was ready, are we ever truly ready for her though? I thought WLL would be the best first choice to start with Rosemary thinking Sweet Savage Love and Dark Fires being linked may be too much for my OCD as a first time read. Enough about why I chose the book right!?

Ok from the get go I didn't Wicked Loving Lies was my first Rosemary Rogers adventure or should I say roller coaster ride? I have heard the hype, read the discussion boards and laughed at the updated status of her readers so I thought I was ready, are we ever truly ready for her though? I thought WLL would be the best first choice to start with Rosemary thinking Sweet Savage Love and Dark Fires being linked may be too much for my OCD as a first time read. Enough about why I chose the book right!?

Ok from the get go I didn't really care for Marisa, she seemed immature, weak and a trifle annoying. I might mention that I love spitfire heroines not the meek TSTL type. Anyways so I immediately started to doubt my choice but then the arrogant female user and abuser Dominic shows up and steals my ever loving heart and tramps on it! Yes he did exactly that when he abducts her, rapes her and then pulls the age old disappearing act. I wondered why Rosemary would do this to us?! Follows this is Marisa's decent into the wickedly famous ways of the French, the simpering English and the bold Moors and suddenly little Marisa is all grown up. Dominic made appearances through out these times, even raping and branding her but I never truly felt sorry for her in her experiences partly I guess because I didn't really like her from page one. Dominic though had me on the edge of hysteria at times with his hard cruel masculine pride and alpha male chest hitting ways! I thought the lead up to him being who he is as an adult was as good as could be imagined and his severe mistrust was sometimes blinding but given the history accepted. The ending was well led into but I felt the last two or three chapters ended it abruptly where we had graciously strode up to that point but I liked the ending all the same.

My only real complaint was the chemistry, I like the whole I hate you you SOB but at times was overbearing and misleading or maybe it's because I read this right after The Silver Devil so I was already borderline over dosed on the dominating hate train. Again it could have been me but I thought there would be more positive chemistry with all those raging emotions. Still I think it was a great read and look forward to reading more of her stuff!

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Mar 26, 2010 Maddie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

My favorite 'genre' is BR and this one is great. There is plenty of tension, the violence and 'hate' between the Hero and Heroine. This dates from the 70s and has many themes and scenes that are 'verboten' today. There is rape, slavery and infidelity and of course the worst offense: misunderstandings! So be forwarned, not for the faint of heart! ...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Circa Girl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

This is everything I expected a bodice ripper to be and I mean that in the best way possible. The heroine is likeable, beautiful, and put against some unbelievable situations that test her endurance over and over. This made the book impossible to put down at times. No one could be trusted and every man wanted to own her in some way so it made for some soap opera setups.

Rosemary Rogers has my respect in that she wasn't hesitant to depict a fucked up relationship in a very honest way. Dominic and ...more

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Oct 02, 2011 Ashley rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: bodice-ripper, pirate-or-privateer, native-american, dubious-consent, abduction, indentured-servant-or-slave, depressing, harem, mistaken-or-secret-identity, runaway

I think I am suffering from PTSD after reading this book. Insanity that I couldn't put down. I kept waiting for a happy ending... I guess it had one?!? ...more

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Nov 28, 2010 Alucard added it

The Cheshire Cat recommends this and it is everything I look for in a novel, so I totally need to read this plus I love that cover art. Pity she is wearing so much.

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