Warrior / Zoe Archer

Warrior
by Zoe Archer
Blades of the Rose (1)

fantasy, chick lit

copyright 2010
read in September 2013

rated 6/10: read to pass the time

This is chick lit for the woman who yearns to be swept off her feet.

Yes, the heroine is spunky, independent, tough. But she is clearly second fiddle to the incredibly tough, incredibly talented, natural leader hero. The heroine does her bit but the hero is always there to protect her.

Well fair enough. The book is, after all, called Warrior. And the warrior in question is the -- male -- hero. Still, it would be interesting to read Rebel, a later book in the series. There's a reasonable chance that the woman in question is the rebel. Is she in charge ? Or is she, also, swept off her feet by the strong and mysterious -- male -- stranger...

Warrior is in the same general genre as Close Contact: chick lit / romance, fantasy / science fiction. Warrior is the book that I started to read after Close Contact... and then decided I would rather re-read Close Contact.

Warrior is for the swooning maiden. Simple, fun, romance with explicit sex. Yet the plot seems to be a bit silly.

Okay, Close Contact is also silly ! But Warrior lacks the sense of fun. Warrior seems to take itself too seriously. Oh, and...

"Her thumb and forefinger could not meet as she circled him." Wow ! And this is a woman with, we are told, fingers which are long yet slender... Oooohh, no wonder the virginal heroine's eyes are watering !

It is just a book to read to pass the time... And it suffers, in my rating, by comparison with a far better book aimed at a similar target market.

Warrior is okay. But I have read better...

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