Title: A disappointment
Review: I know that romance novels are a lot harder to write than would appear and the constant search for new plots must be a headache for authors of this genre. Author, Judith Krentz was at the beginning of her career when she penned this one in 1997 and I am know very well that her plots and characters have improved since then!I struggled with Silver Linings, and by page 28 I was ready to give the whole thing a miss. A hero who continually calls the heroine "Babe" in every second sentence gives me the pip. I think Ms Krentz was trying for an "Indiana Jones" type adventurer, but it didn't come off.The hero, Hugh, who we never really get to know, and Mattie are uninteresting characters. I thought Hugh was crass and Mattie a right twit. Silk and Evangeline were far more interesting.Having skimmed a lot of the first part of the book, the second half started to pick up the pace a little and I finally staggered to the end which, predictably, wound up according to tradition in romance stories.
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