Death Angel: A Novel by Linda Howard Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Death Angel: A Novel
Book Review: A tale of 2 stories
Summary: 1 Stars
This was a very disappointing book. More so because the first half of the book is great. It had a good plot, was tautly written, the characters came across strong and I was dying to see how the heroine, Drea, managed to thwart her drug running lover. Then we get to the second half and it's like I'm reading a completely different book. Two self-centered people, one a sociopath, all of a sudden become entirely different people. The plot, the excellent writing is gone, the strong characters are gone and the end is so simplistic and silly that I was having trouble believing this was written by the same author. If you are looking for a great thriller, you will be disappointed. If you are looking for a great love story, you will be disappointed. Book Review: A Fast Read, But Rather Ho-Hum
Summary: 2 Stars
Linda Howard has been one of my favorite authors for years. But her last few books have lacked the excitement and pizazz of her earlier books. Except for the rarely occurring sex scenes, I thought Death Angel was very unexciting, and the ending just seemed anticlimactic. And why introduce a psychic aspect at all when it really had no function with the story? I wasn't even going to bother writing a review, but when I saw how many people just loved this book, I had to write one with an opposite view. Yes, it was fast reading, but at the end, my thought was, "Okay, so what?"Book Review: this is a horrible book.
Summary: 1 Stars
i'm glad i didn't waste my money on this. i rented the cd from the library and didn't get past half the first cd. omg i can't believe how horrible this is. rape is not how i like to start a book.anyway i am totaly dissapointed with linda howard.Book Review: Yuck
Summary: 1 Stars
I am so glad I borrowed this from the library and didn't buy it. I really find it hard to believe that an editor read this novel before publishing. It was a horrible degrating storyline from the first chapter and then to believe that this world class hit man would care about this women. Give me a break.
Very Very bad - don't waste a second reading this garbage. Linda Howard is off my reading list.
Book Review: Welcome Back Ms. Howard!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am very happy to have bought this book. I have been a LH fan for many years but with her last 4 books sort of hopped off her bandwagon because IMO she most certainly had lost her edge (which by the way I am sure is hard to keep in this time of many amazing authors on the scene who are getting romance done!). I have always felt Ms. Howard set the standard in terms of romantic suspense with stories that pull you in and memorable characters that you remember long after you have turned the last page.
With this book she returns to form. While I will not get into the plot so much, suffice it to say that Drea and Simon are memorable for the way they live their lives and the sort of one fingered salute they feel comfortable flipping to the entire world. Theirs is the kind of selfishness that ends marriages, lives, and hell...kingdoms. While there is not much to represent them as citizens of humanity, by early in the book you feel there is certainly somethng about these twi that lingers just below the surface that you want to know about and once Ms. Howard finesses these aspects then you are rooting for them to make it at all costs.
I should note the I like a steamy book and recently Ms. Howards love scenes were so-so and on the light side (as in not enough) but the way she introduces the characters into their physical connection early on in the book, actually satisfied me enough to let most of the book pass before they reconnected intimately again.
I think Ms. Howard would please many long time fans if she peppered more of those scenes in future books.
The one part of the book that I was a bit thrown by was Andie/Drea's walk on the spiritual side. Her visit "north" was just a bit too hokie for me but I will let this pass as it seems that Ms. Howard is on her way back. I also feel that there was much to Simon's story to have warranted more time in the book but I guess that is what prequels are for.
while I am still cautious on if LH has her chops, this is a good return to form and I await her next effort.