Review: Written in the 80s and feels like it.  Relationship development was fluffy, not enough depth.  Too many adverbs.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2012
DARE THE DEVIL by Elaine Raco Chase.STORY BRIEF:I was hoping there might be a time travel element - but there was none - my fault.  I read the publisher's blurb too quickly, without thinking.  This is current day ranchers on horseback out riding.  They see a woman Cam with a sabre-toothed tiger.  It's part of a movie set.  She is a stunt woman.  Luthor is one of the ranchers.  He and Cam are attracted to each other.OPINION:Too many adjectives and adverbs.  They interrupt the story.  I never thought I'd be saying this.  Many experts say avoid adverbs, and I've argued against them because I like the adverb use by Grisham, Rowling, and Georgette Heyer.  However with this author, it's a problem.Something else unexpected for me.  Sometimes I complain about too much pondering in romance novels which drags things out.  This is the first time I'm complaining about not enough pondering.  We need a sense of characters' inner thoughts and feelings.  Pondering might bring more depth.Cam is smart, strong, and competent at her work.  Her male coworkers respect her.  I really liked the scenes about the bad guys and the climax.  Neat action.  That was the best part of the book.This book about half the length of a regular novel.NARRATORS AND EDITING:Not enough pauses.  Some of the editing caused some sentences to start too soon after other sentences.  But many times the narrators did not pause enough as they read.  The guy had a southern twangy hillbilly sound for the ranchers, which I don't think fits Montana.  Otherwise the narrators voices were ok.  The narrators were Destiny Landon and Lee James.I listened to this on my iPod.  The sound quality was slightly different or odd from what I'm used to in audiobooks.  It wasn't bad, but something was different.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person.  Unabridged audiobook reading time: 5 hrs and 59 mins.  Swearing language: moderate to strong, but rarely used.  Sexual language: moderate.  Number of sex scenes: 3.  Setting: current day Montana.  Book copyright: originally published in 1987 updated in 2011.  Genre: contemporary romance.