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Two and one-half stars.

I used to be a huge Laurens fan and I have read all of her books at least once and many multiple times. Her novels were always so strong: she's a great wordsmith, can pull you into Regency life like no other, can elicit wonderful emotion and she used to draw great characters. However, her last several books have lost their dramatic tension and her characters have devolved into the same old characters in every other romance novel.

One reason there is no dramatic tension in her latest novel is that there is no real conflict between the protagonists. In Then She Fell, the characters both want to marry; they find each other attractive and respect each other. Nothing to keep them apart except for their fear of admitting their feelings to each other. Junior high stuff. In fact, Laurens can't stretch the "boy-chases-girl, boy-gets-girl" part longer than the first half of the novel.

The reason for the lack of tension in Laurens' more recent novels is that she, like many popular authors, has followed the romance trend toward making the h so "everything," strong, smart, brave, skilled, etc.; there is no room for her to grow over the course of the book. She doesn't have to overcome weakness. She doesn't have to come to terms with her own sexual longings: heck, even in bed, the virgin h in this novel tears off the hero's clothes and goes down on him. The woman's only "weakness" is being mildly and temporarily distressed when attempts are made on her life. Geesh!

Concomitantly, Laurens has followed the trend of making the H rather wishy-washy, not particularly strong or skilled or even very cocky, let alone Alpha. This H hasn't a macho bone in his body. He is supposed to have been a rake but the only rake-like characteristic we are aware of is that he used to sleep around. So, he was young and single. Big deal.

In the early Cynster novels, the H's were much more rake-like, engaging in numerous risky behaviors as well as bedding lots of women. The earlier H's were also very full of themselves, arrogant, rather Alpha. They would say, "I want this woman. And she WILL be mine." Then they would go after her with all stops out. God, have we lost something when we lost that. These new wishy-washy heroes do nothing for me.

Not that the Bar Cynster women were weak--in fact, emotionally, they were stronger than more contemporary heroines who emote a lot. The original Cynster h's were completely comfortable in their own skins, knew who they were, what they wanted and calmly did whatever needed to be done. I really, really liked them. These h's would say, "No way am I going to hook myself up with this arrogant, macho man who could then control my whole life. My life is very good just the way it is, thank you very much." With the control men had over their wives during that period, that decision was a really smart one, not just a ploy of the novelist. I really enjoyed their run-ins with the macho males. It produced all sorts of conflict and tension. And, in the end, the h's had the men eating out of their hands. Great reversal.

Laurens attempts to up the tension in the story by including a murder mystery cum attempted assassination attempts. This plot frankly made me yawn. I skipped over much of the last part of the book it was so boring. In the end, our Superwoman gets her friends to help her plan and carry out the rescue of the H, poor thing.

I must confess I don't understand this trend in historic romance. We are reading these kinds of novels in order to vicariously live as women from a different era. And, yet, Laurens has fallen into the trap of so many historic romance authors, that is, having basically contemporary protagonists in a historic setting. So we miss the drama and fun of conflict with macho men. Heck, the H's in most contemporary romantic suspense books make recent historic romance H's look downright girly. Blah! This means we also miss watching both protagonists grow and change as their relationship grows.

If you are new to Laurens and like a strong male lead, read Devil's Bride, the first novel in the series about a set of cousins known as the Bar Cynster. For a particularly hot novel in the series, try the fifth one, A Secret Love.

Oh, Stephanie Laurens, I sure am sorry we lost your wonderful characters. Won't you give us a strong male lead and a female who has some weaknesses? And, protagonists who grow and change over the course of the novel.


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And Then She Fell Cynster Sisters Duo Stephanie Laurens 9780062068644 Books Reviews

The first Stephanie Laurens book I read was "Devil's Bride", it was one of the best I had ever read. The two main protagonists were strong but also had their vulnerabilites. The following five Bar Cynster novels were great. I own them all and like to go back and read them. This book is not worth reading again. I barely made it through to the end. In this book the her hero and heroine were almost boring. Where is the Alpha male that went after the women he wanted and did not take no for an answer. The hero's in her earlier books were rakes and rogues but they also had values and integrity. The heroines were also strong and knew what they wanted and went after it. The plot just dragged along with no real excitement, even the villian was kinda blah! Another thing that drives me crazy is how she drags out the bedroom scenes for pages and pages, I wind up skipping to the end of the scene. Who wants to read about a kiss that lasts four pages long. Don't get me wrong, Stephanie is a great writer and has written some great books over the years, but her last few have not lived up to her standards. I need to see the characters develop and grow and lose myself in the story. That is why I read historical romance novels. What is really missing is the conflict and resolution between the hero and heroine. I love to see the Alpha males of old and the heroines who in the end truimph and get the hero to admit their feelings but do not lose any of their macho personalities. Enough with the Cynsters, lets try something new!!!
And Then She Fell takes place some 8 years after Capture of the Earl of Glencrae. Henrietta has kept the Lady's necklace that she was given at the end of that book in a box ever since. But her sister has need of it and believes she can't use it until Henrietta has had her success so she bullies Henrietta into wearing it. That night Henrietta, known as the Matchbreaker, for her work in providing young ladies with information about the men pursuing them, gives some bad news to a young woman who has gained the interest of James Glossup. James is the best friend of Henrietta's brother Simon and we met him in the novel of Simon & Portia's romance. James needs to marry quickly because of a plot device any good lawyer would have been able to overthrow, at least nowadays. Appraised of this fact Henrietta agrees to help James find a bride.

You can guess where this goes. It follows predictable lines of does she/does he, with a standard 'who is trying to kill her' plot added in for the tension. I'm fine with it. I know people complain Laurens' heroes are no longer uber alpha males but I rather like that about them. There is only so much chest beating I can take in man, even fictionally. I like James. He's strong but not overbearing & is protective without being domineering. I did especially love the "Well now you'll have to marry me" bit. It was a refreshing change to the usual. I much prefer James Glossup & Jeremy Carling to Devil and Vane, though I would take Richard over all of them.

Only 4 stars because there are far too many prior characters in this book, like nearly every Cynster & all their connections, plus a few Bastion Club members and really, with all them there I can't imagine how the rest of the ton fits into a ballroom. The kindle version doesn't have easy access to the family tree at the start of the book and it's been awhile since I have read most of the books so half the time I couldn't remember who was related and how. Though I did appreciate the observation that 8 years had passed and the later comment that the original Cynster ladies are now in their 40's, so 20ish years have passed since Devil's Bride give or take. There is no way of knowing how old the next generation is but within 5-10 years fictionally no doubt we'll get Devil's Daughter or title to that effect. And that will be no end amusing I think.
Two and one-half stars.

I used to be a huge Laurens fan and I have read all of her books at least once and many multiple times. Her novels were always so strong she's a great wordsmith, can pull you into Regency life like no other, can elicit wonderful emotion and she used to draw great characters. However, her last several books have lost their dramatic tension and her characters have devolved into the same old characters in every other romance novel.

One reason there is no dramatic tension in her latest novel is that there is no real conflict between the protagonists. In Then She Fell, the characters both want to marry; they find each other attractive and respect each other. Nothing to keep them apart except for their fear of admitting their feelings to each other. Junior high stuff. In fact, Laurens can't stretch the "boy-chases-girl, boy-gets-girl" part longer than the first half of the novel.

The reason for the lack of tension in Laurens' more recent novels is that she, like many popular authors, has followed the romance trend toward making the h so "everything," strong, smart, brave, skilled, etc.; there is no room for her to grow over the course of the book. She doesn't have to overcome weakness. She doesn't have to come to terms with her own sexual longings heck, even in bed, the virgin h in this novel tears off the hero's clothes and goes down on him. The woman's only "weakness" is being mildly and temporarily distressed when attempts are made on her life. Geesh!

Concomitantly, Laurens has followed the trend of making the H rather wishy-washy, not particularly strong or skilled or even very cocky, let alone Alpha. This H hasn't a macho bone in his body. He is supposed to have been a rake but the only rake-like characteristic we are aware of is that he used to sleep around. So, he was young and single. Big deal.

In the early Cynster novels, the H's were much more rake-like, engaging in numerous risky behaviors as well as bedding lots of women. The earlier H's were also very full of themselves, arrogant, rather Alpha. They would say, "I want this woman. And she WILL be mine." Then they would go after her with all stops out. God, have we lost something when we lost that. These new wishy-washy heroes do nothing for me.

Not that the Bar Cynster women were weak--in fact, emotionally, they were stronger than more contemporary heroines who emote a lot. The original Cynster h's were completely comfortable in their own skins, knew who they were, what they wanted and calmly did whatever needed to be done. I really, really liked them. These h's would say, "No way am I going to hook myself up with this arrogant, macho man who could then control my whole life. My life is very good just the way it is, thank you very much." With the control men had over their wives during that period, that decision was a really smart one, not just a ploy of the novelist. I really enjoyed their run-ins with the macho males. It produced all sorts of conflict and tension. And, in the end, the h's had the men eating out of their hands. Great reversal.

Laurens attempts to up the tension in the story by including a murder mystery cum attempted assassination attempts. This plot frankly made me yawn. I skipped over much of the last part of the book it was so boring. In the end, our Superwoman gets her friends to help her plan and carry out the rescue of the H, poor thing.

I must confess I don't understand this trend in historic romance. We are reading these kinds of novels in order to vicariously live as women from a different era. And, yet, Laurens has fallen into the trap of so many historic romance authors, that is, having basically contemporary protagonists in a historic setting. So we miss the drama and fun of conflict with macho men. Heck, the H's in most contemporary romantic suspense books make recent historic romance H's look downright girly. Blah! This means we also miss watching both protagonists grow and change as their relationship grows.

If you are new to Laurens and like a strong male lead, read Devil's Bride, the first novel in the series about a set of cousins known as the Bar Cynster. For a particularly hot novel in the series, try the fifth one, A Secret Love.

Oh, Stephanie Laurens, I sure am sorry we lost your wonderful characters. Won't you give us a strong male lead and a female who has some weaknesses? And, protagonists who grow and change over the course of the novel.