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The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons

The final line of this novel moved me greatly. This really could have been a great love story. Certanly the main characters are engaging and I wanted a happy ending for them, something that didn't quite happen in the way I expected it to -- another plus point. But the novel is terribly bloated and needed a sharper editorial eye. Also, the author indulges in the kind of sex scenes that go on too long, so that the erotic gives way to the merely sensational.

November 6, 2003 04:40 PM