I finished Origin in Death by JD Robb. I am an unabashed squeeing fangirl of this series. I’m not ashamed. I say, with all seriousness, that this is my favorite series of all time. Long after I’ve proclaimed my readiness to see other favored series come to an end (Stephanie Plum and Anita Blake to name two), I cannot imagine my life without a new installment of Eve and Roarke. God bless Nora Robert’s prolific heart, I hope she continues to give me two new installments a year because I’m like a junkie and if I didn’t get my fix… I hate to imagine the lengths to which I might go. I’d hate to think I might have to start stalking Nora Roberts, but if she ever decides to taper off the In Death series… let’s just say the possibility is there 
So, to say I’m not an unbiased reviewer of these books is probably an understatement. There have been books in the series I’ve thought are weaker than others. But I’ve never actively hated any of the books. And I don’t understand the people who say they hate the series. What??! Okay, just goes to show how subjective reading is (as I told my friend Jaci today during an IM conversation).
All that said, I loved this newest installment of Eve and Roarke’s story. I adore watching the characters grow and change in their relationships. And I thought Nora Roberts aka JD Robb did a fabulous job with the story line/plot/mystery in this book. She presented an interesting ethical/moral question and twisted the knife in my heart a bit at the end. I was definitely weepy. I’m a sap, what can I say?
Fans of this series are going to enjoy this book just as well, if not more, than the previous several. If you’re a fan of romantic suspense, long running series, and a central cast of characters, but you’ve never tried JD Robb (umm…Bree…hello?) then I highly recommend you pick up the first, Naked in Death, and start reading. You’ll be hooked!
My grade: A (after all that gushing, did you expect anything less?)
I’m still looking for Vengeance. By the time I manage to find it (I don’t want to buy them), she’ll be doing Geriatric in Death.
LOL Shannon!
I’ve so got to start this series.
Nice Shan
Only you.
Yes, BJ, you really do. It’s a fun series and the fact that there are so many books and so much story line only makes it better!
Angie, I’m with you on this series. If I ever were to go ‘weird’ – it would be with JD Robb. I tried her years ago when I had 3 of her books and couldn’t get into them at all and traded them in. Then after reading about the series so many times once I started visiting message boards I decided to give it another try and I’ve adored them ever since. Like you, I can’t imagine ever getting tired of them either. Since she switched to HC though I’ve had to wait (don’t want to start collecting HC half way through) I have Origin on hold at the library and when I checked yesterday, I’m still 69′th on the list. Auuggghhh. And like you said, anyone wanting to try them really should start with Naked in Death. I think that’s where I made my mistake the first time. The first one I tried was in the middle and I just couldn’t warm up to Eve. You have to get to know her from the beginning to truly appreciate her.
My grade: A (after all that gushing, did you expect anything less?)
lol it could have been A++++++
I think the library has the books in it’s ebook collection – I might check them out.
I bought Vengeance today and it’s all your fault. I didn’t want to buy them because then I feel a need to buy all of them, and who has the shelf space for Nora? They didn’t have it used, but they had a new copy, so I broke down and got it.
Now I’ll only be like 183 books behind. *eye roll*
Guess what my library doesn’t have! Yup. Holiday.
*sigh*
Angie I totaly agree with what you say about the series.
I’m glad I started it so late though, that way I don’t have to wait for the next book to come out.
BJ if you do start this series be prepared not to read anything else for awhile *g*
Angie, did you know that her ‘In Death’ series has been optioned by Fox 2000 for Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey to make a full lenth movie?
I just finished this one and loved it. I recently discovered the audio versions, and I love the narrator so much that I’m going to listen to them all from now on. And maybe go back to the beginning and listen to the earlier ones when I make it through the rest of the series. Which will be a sad, sad day.