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by bl miller
http://blmiller.simplenet.com/Page2.html
SYNOPSIS:
| High powered executive Veronica Cartwright drives her Porsche too fast one night down an icy road, accidentally running over Rose Grayson in the process. She stops, guilt ridden, and takes her to the hospital. While covering her tracks she discovers that Rose is poor, and can't afford to pay for her own recovery. Ronnie takes her in, slowly becoming aware that this accident has introduced her to the love of her life. But how will Rose react when she finds out that her benefactor and lover is also the drunk driver who put in her in this position in the first place? |
NANCY:
| What is a poor reviewer to do? Here we have one of the most respected writers in the Xenaverse, with a story that could be considered a classic or even a pioneer of the uber genre, the second book to be published by Justice House from the realms of uber fanfiction, everybody loves it....and I hated it. What an undeveloped, shallow piece of hogwash. |
EWOK:
| I want to know if BL Miller realises that she's named her uberXena character after the actress who played Lambert in Alien... |
NANCY:
| How could any self respecting sci-fi, fantasy fan NOT know that?? |
EWOK:
| Well, Xena fans aren't necessarily sci-fi fans, or this'd be Slash fic, not Alt fic. |
NANCY:
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Yeah well, regardless of what the sex is called, you know all those stories we keep bagging out about being simply sex with no plot? Well this almost belongs in the same category to be honest, sex with with very little plot. And even less action. Just because it's a novel, doesn't make it great. It tries to be Melissa Good with an NC-17 rating, and fails miserably.
Please, defend the story Ewok, one of us has to save this review from making us the Pariahs of the Xenaverse. |
EWOK:
| It doesn't have to be great art to be popular. Don't tell me you never hung out for the next episode of 90210, Nancy. |
NANCY:
| Hey! Low blow! But this is a review. Say something you liked about the story. I dare you. |
EWOK:
| You can't travel the darkest depths of your soul all the time. Sometimes a light and fluffy uber romance is just what you need. Pass the whipped cream? |
NANCY:
| Then why create something that's meant to be all deep and meaningful, if all you want is fairy floss? The main character, who we're TOLD is meant to be some kind of mean ass executive, is really not fleshed out. This is a novel, the writer had plenty of time to do it. She just didn't. |
EWOK:
| She was an executive? *perplexed look* I never saw an executive with that much spare time... |
NANCY:
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Apparently she makes the time.
Rose was OK, at least the writer tried to install some kind of lower class pride and intensity in her, but when she finds out the truth in the end, what happened to that fight? She had become as wimpish and two dimensional as Veronica. This "novel" seems like a lot of time spent on something that doesn't really go anywhere. |
EWOK:
| 6 out of 10 and a nice chianti. |
NANCY:
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You must like fluff more than I do. I'm going to run and hide in the sweat hut after this. 4/10 because it was spell and grammar checked. Can't *wait* to read the Justice House revised version.
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