Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group discussion

I love Sam Starrett.

I have not really toss the book across the room. But I have the ones that I dropped with a thud because of the @#$%!@# cliff-hangers.
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The one that I couldn't get rid of fast enough.

Arch wrote: "I love Sam Starrett."

I cannot tell a lie - ME TOOOOOOOO!!! And Joe C. from her earlier Tall Dark and Dangerous series......sigh:):)

lol Linda.

My poor husband of 32 years is now competing with Navy Seals and vampires (BDB).......LOL

Linda, you are bad.

Wan wrote: "I have not really toss the book across the room. But I have the ones that I dropped with a thud because of the @#$%!@# cliff-hangers.
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I agree with the cliffhangers of the fever series, though I supose it's goodin a way......

I'll read it prolly in January. Hope I'll like the book... :)

Dreamfever, KMM. Barrons better not be even remotely injured much less dead. Sooo can't wait for Shadowfever.

See I still maintain that it's not baron, but her birth mother or father.

And I can see why the fever books would be tossed across the room.

I've just experience the book I want to toss across the room .

I was starting to read the last of the series about 15 pages in but have to stop. I couldn't endure. However, 6 mos down the road I will have to pick it back up because it's one of my many reading challenges.

I have read 3 books so far -- have to say that it could have been consolidated into one easily & there are people who seems to like the series -- just not me. I do like the covers though.

I haven't been to excited to start that series, Wan. Thanks for the warning.

I've only thrown one book, it was by Bertrice Smalls.
I can't remember the title but the heroine runs away from home and stows aboard a pirate ship, where she is immediately raped by the captain (the hero) for the rest of the voyage. Somehow she meets with a cousin of his later who she wants to have a relationship with. They are travelling together somewhere when the "hero" shows up and rapes her. Then the cousin rapes her because he has a thing for whores (his words). Then later the H/h meets up again and they are travelling in a group (to Canada or something). This is where their relationship really starts to emotionally develop. The group is captured by Native Americans - and the only way for the heroine to become a member of the tribe (so she isn't sold as a slave) is to be raped by a member of the tribe. Guess what? The hero is a tribe member! She is raped again (in public, again). Somehow, after all of this, they get their HEA.
I got a satisfying “thunk” as the book hit the wall.

I would have liked to have thrown Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery because of one of the stories was atrocious and had an over-abundance of descriptive language. Lady D, I posted that paragraph before…a total stinker. I would have tossed that one but it’s an ebook on my Kobo.

MrsJoseph wrote: "I've only thrown one book, it was by Bertrice Smalls.
I can't remember the title but the heroine runs away from home and stows aboard a pirate ship, where she is immediately raped by the captain..."

I think that was the book I read that made me say "oh hell no" to that author. When I would go to the library I stayed clear of any books with her name on it.

MrsJosesph that first book by Bertrice Smalls would have made me mad too. I don't like reading about rape, so I wouldn't have read past the first rape scene. That book sounds horrible.

Depending on how its written, rape in a book doesn't bother me. There was a historical novel that I loved, I can remember if it was by Jude Deveraux or Kathleen Wooodwiss that had a scene. But continous rape and by the hero and others. That was a turn off. I didn't see the romance in that. I just felt like that was all that books was. There was just no redeeming qualities to the novel

MrsJoseph, I have Swords & Dark Magic. I will get back to you when I get to that story. :)

That book sounds terrible. Going to try to find out waht it is so I DON'T read it

Arch wrote: "MrsJosesph that first book by Bertrice Smalls would have made me mad too. I don't like reading about rape, so I wouldn't have read past the first rape scene. That book sounds horrible."

It was horrible. The only reason I read it was The Kadin was a favorite. I'd read a couple of other Beatrice Small books that weren't that bad (she does seem to enjoy a good rape, however). This one put the cap on my Beatrice Small experience. :( Never picked up another book by her.

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "MrsJoseph, I have Swords & Dark Magic. I will get back to you when I get to that story. :)"

LOL!! You'll know it when you see it. Just try to control your throwing impulse. :)

I'll try!

OMG...Mrs. Joseph you have me searching Beatrice Small's entire catalog looking for this book. From the horrible reviews it seems fits the bill.

Akaria wrote: "OMG...Mrs. Joseph you have me searching Beatrice Small's entire catalog looking for this book. From the horrible reviews it seems fits the bill."

Ok, I just did the same thing you did, lol! I'm all raped out. *sigh* I think you might be right, but gosh! I'm truly tired right now.

Must avoid at all costs!!!!

Gem H aka *Dhelirious* wrote: "Must avoid at all costs!!!!"

Yes!

I always stayed clear of Bertrice Small's books, but unfortunately tried to read one of Rosemary Rogers'. Gee! That one (Wicked loving lies) made a spectacular flight across my bedroom to crash against the wall. I was like, what the hell kind of crap is that? I don't mind sex, I don't mind violence as long as it makes sense... and I couldn't find any there.

Hmmm...should have read this thread about Bertrice Small. Just picked up the and . Luckily, they are 50 cents a piece. I hope I don't have to toss them.

lol, all those poor books being tossed across the room. I haven't tossed a book across the room yet.

My dog had to watch out at times.

Gem H aka *Dhelirious* wrote: "My dog had to watch out at times."

Oh my! lol.

Yeah! She got pretty good at dodging them

Gem H aka *Dhelirious* wrote: "Yeah! She got pretty good at dodging them"

lol!

Speaking of tossing a book against the wall - Johanna Lindsey's Heart of a Warrior made me CRAZY! Ugg! I hated the heroine, hated her. No one is that dumb, no one. Heart of a Warrior was a library book so I couldn't toss it.

The most tossable book by Johanna Lindsey for me was Glorious Angel. I hate that book!

Reminds me of one I tossed (on the bed, not across the room though). Couldn't get within half of that story, felt like the author was taking me for a complete idiot!

I do remember tossing an Anita Blake book across the room, but which one escapes me. Therapy has helped heal me of the last few.

I've tossed a couple Anita Blakes...the series started off good but then devolved into massive orgies and kinda lost it's way. I'm hoping she brings it back around to where Anita can go more than half a paragraph vertical.

LOL. I have given up on Anita Blake. I will read books 7-9 and I'm done.

yeah 7-9 is about right. I think not long after that it kind of went tits up, so to speak! lol!

I refused to read Glorious Angel. Apparently I made a wise decision. :)

Speaking of Anita Blake - there was an article/blog post on Dear Author about a comment made about Anita Blake in a PC Cast Awakening House book. (not familiar)

http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2011/...

I read part of Awakened. She did blast Anita and made some remarks about Laurell in it. I stopped reading that book shortly after. I think it's pretty sad she had to resort to blasting someone else's work in her book. If that's all she has to say to further her story then she needs a new job.

I agree. I don't like for authors to comment on other authors inside of books. I feel that the characters should not be aware of each other unless they are in the same "universe" - in which case the two would need to collaborate.

An author had her character know another author's character and she blasted the other author?

That's low! I wouldn't want to read her book either.

Arch wrote: "An author had her character know another author's character and she blasted the other author?

That's low! I wouldn't want to read her book either."

Somewhat. The author of the Awakening had her characters comment on Anita Blake and the characters/books that LKH writes.

“whos anita blake?“ stevie rae askes “vampire killer chick written by a human chick who has a Totally Tragic fashion sense“

Note: All misspellings in the quotation are not mine :)

Wow MrsJoseph! She was wrong for that.

I'm a writer and I wouldn't dream of bashing another writer.

Arch wrote: "Wow MrsJoseph! She was wrong for that.

I'm a writer and I wouldn't dream of bashing another writer."

I agree. Some people feel it is ok because LKH is now considered a part of pop culture (and the PC Cast series drops names like rain), but I don't agree its ok to this extent. None of my other Urban Fantasy books bring up pop culture in this way. Honestly, I feel the writers are going to regret this later. They have just seriously dated their books.

It's sad for that author. I hope no one goes that low and do the same thing to her.

I have no desire to read the PC Cast House of Night books. They have enough issues on their own to be throwing stones (Glass Houses and all).

MrsJoseph wrote: "I refused to read Glorious Angel. Apparently I made a wise decision. :)

MrsJoseph, I thought the hero in this book was a real a-hole. I posted a review if you're curious.

There are very few books that get tossed across the room but Obsidian Butterfly made a lovely thud as it hit the wall. It's been years and I can't remember what I hated about it. Probably Anita. She seemed like a know it all.

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I have no desire to read the PC Cast House of Night books. They have enough issues on their own to be throwing stones (Glass Houses and all)."

WORD! Serious issues.