Review: Love Lies by MaryJanice Davidson
March 31, 2005
Sybil Review: Love Lies by MaryJanice Davidson
It should be noted I am something of a maryjanice davidson fangirl. I am not sure if she could write something I hate.
Another note I come from a long background of reading xfiles fanfic.
When I first started to read Love Lies, I so thought I had read it before. There are quite a few mulder drugged/mindcontroled/drunk/chip implant made him rape scully but omg her loves her stories out there.
Of course, don’t they say there are really only x amount of plots in fiction?
All that aside I liked the story. Parts of it made me go ‘eh’, like the sleeping in the same bed right after I forced you to marry me so I don’t take the child we made while I raped you away. (Hmmm that sounds like shit when said that way).
It isn’t the best thing she has written but her ‘voice’ is present. Her humor shows through in these characters even at the worst of times. And it really is a character driven story. At the most I would rate it an R, so if you are looking of a hot, smutty elloras cave story this isn’t it. Thief of Hearts is going to be my next MJD read.
Grade: C
Victor Lawrence has everything a man could want…until he runs into Ashley Lorentz and finds out what he REALLY wants. Ashley, for her part, can’t believe the wealthy, dashing Victor could possibly be interested in a mutt like her. Their fragile trust is shattered one night when Victor, out of his head, takes Ashley by force. A child is conceived as a result of Victor’s actions, leaving Ashley with some decisions to make…
Rated by Ellora’s Cave: Hard R
Haven’t read Love Lies yet, but from what you say, I’m pretty sure you’ll like Thief of Hearts MUCH better!
I read Love Lies, and it starts out ok, but then it seemed to completely lose its way. She totally changed the heroine’s character, and a lot of the things she did were totally out of character and left me shaking my head in stupefaction!
Have you read Thief of Hearts yet Karen?