Black Rose: In the Garden Trilogy
by Nora Roberts
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Author: Nora RobertsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN: 0515138657
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515138658
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Book Reviews of Black Rose: In the Garden Trilogy
Book Review: I guess I'm the minority here
Summary: 2 Stars
I don't know what it is about Roberts' novels that I don't like, and this has become a recent phenomena since I loved her earlier works, or maybe I do know and keep buying her books anyway so that she can change my mind and prove me wrong; but other than the Quinn brothers novels-an awesome series that should not be missed, I have resigned myself to the fact that I don't like Nora Roberts' new novels and I never will.
Roberts writing style and story telling are still fantastic and they are the only reasons I was able to tolerate this second installment in In the Garden Trilogy-not to mention the first one, which I struggled to even be interested in.
Although Black Rose had a story that was more interesting than the first one and had a smoother more coherent plot-line with a lot less clatter, it lacked the depth of romance the first one possessed, which was hardly all that much either. There was hardly any tension or buildup to Roz and Mitch's love affair, I frankly did not care weather they ended up together or not, and I was more interested about the family ghost that lurks in Roz's mansion and their uncovering of her identity in order to find out the reason she keeps haunting Roz's house and land; even her ex-husband's dramas and constant harassments were more entertaining than her affair with Mitch.
Which comes to my next point: Roberts does not write romances anymore and she should stop selling her novels as such. They are works of fiction with a hint of romance dashed in to keep the fans happy. What Roberts does best is spin a good story that touches on family dramas and love with an added supernatural twist. Her always entertaining and dead-on dialogues that go on between characters are the strongest features in her stories.
But let's go back to Black Rose. I already showed you that this is no romance novel, so skip it and the first installment if that's what you are looking for. However if you want to pick it up for the aforementioned qualities that Roberts usually writes about and that's exactly what you are looking for or enjoy, then by all means go ahead and pick it up.
So why the 2 star rating?.....well even as a story I had a hard time liking the novel for 2 reasons: one, the aforementioned dull romance that you hardly even cared to read about; and two, I literally hated Roz.
I did not just dislike her or disrespected her, or was frustrated with her behavior, I HATED her. I have never read a more arrogant, know-it all, haughty, cold, officious, abrasive, and conceited heroine in my life! Halfway through the book, I was screaming at her as if I was watching a sports game for god-sakes and everytime she opened her mouth, you felt as if some goddess was speaking and all those who happen to be near her vicinity-including her sons and so-called best friends that have known her for a year-should sit in awe and fascination that she should bestow this rare honor to speak to such lowly and unworthy creatures. It sadly gets even worse as they fawn and twitter at the slightest thing she does and then have heart palpitations and cower in fear whenever she has a hissy fit.
That I would still read her last book in this debacle of a trilogy in order to find out what will happen to the family ghost, and after ranting about the worst heroine I have ever read, which was mainly the reason I have rated this novel so low, truly shows Roberts' talent as a story teller.
Summary of Black Rose: In the Garden Trilogy
Roz is a woman of independent means who thinks love is all in the past-but she's about to be taken by surprise.Number-one bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the second novel of her In the Garden trilogy, as three women discover the secrets from the past contained within their historic home.
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