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Title: So dull, I couldn't finish it...zzzzz
Review: I have read rave reviews about the Born In... trilogy, so I grabbed the first one I could get a hold of, Born in Ice. I slogged through the first six chapters, then skimmed the rest. I found both lead characters just incredibly dull. They were so repressed, every emotion seemed buried under a thick woolen sweater. The heroine spent most of her time cooking and hanging out laundry. The hero wrote things he didn't want anyone else to look at. Even their lovemaking was subdued and furtive, a struggle under the blankets and then quick smooth things down so no one else will notice. I would say they weren't only born in ice, but they stayed that way, too. I ended up skimming the book because these characters, and their tenuous story, just could not interest me; I found it a very realistic portrayal of some very uninteresting people. Rabid Roberts fans will of course not agree, but I didn't care for it.
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