Fire and Ice

By: Anne Stuart

Narrated by: Xe Sands

In the wake of a failed love affair, brainy beauty Jilly Lovitz takes off for Tokyo. She's expecting to cry on her sister Summer's shoulder, then spend a couple months blowing off steam in Japan. Instead, she's snatched away on the back of a motorcycle, narrowly avoiding a grisly execution attempt meant for her sister and brother-in-law.

Her rescuer is Reno, the Committee's most unpredictable agent. They'd met once before and the attraction was odd - tattooed Yakuza punk meets leggy California egghead - but electric. Now Reno and Jilly are pawns in a deadly tangle of assassination attempts, kidnappings, and prisoner swaps that could put their steamy partnership on ice.

©2008 Anne Kristine Stuart Ohlrogge (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Anne Stuart delivers exciting stuff for those of us who like our romantic suspense dark and dangerous." (Jayne Ann Krentz)

It was Fire and Ice...

The Fire - The book offered a lot of action! It was almost non-stop. It made for a good read on my commute. The storyline was the standard "I refuse to love you but I can't figure out how to stop it from happening" but there was enough action around the inevitable love story to keep you interested.

The Ice - The narrator was both good and marginal. The Japanese was great. It think this part of the narration added to the story. However, the narration was sometimes painful belabored (and that really does not describe it well). I wanted to have a crush on Reno but I couldn't because he oftentimes sounded so foolish in the narration. Even in that, I do not think another narrator would have added as much to the book.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I have listened to it twice already. It was fast-paced and I felt myself cheering for the main characters both in battle and in love. I even enjoyed hearing some of the elements of Japanese culture coming through in the storyline. Good read!

My fav!!

This is my favorite of the series so far. The overall series has been fantastic but this one has been funny and exciting. Xe Sand is a great narrator as slways.

Amazing Narrator and Fabulous Book

I adore this audiobook. Reno is seriously hot!!! And Xe Sands does a great job with the narration and the Japanese. Seriously, this is a really fabulous audiobook!!

meh

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would if they liked the pathetic type heroine and asian dudes. Super sayan asian guy sounds hot.

Has Fire and Ice turned you off from other books in this genre?

No- but i havent been in a rush to read another of Anne's books

Could you see Fire and Ice being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

::groan:: unffortunately yes- all books are being made into movies nowadays

Could use a more complex plot

Would you try another book from Anne Stuart and/or Xe Sands?

no

Has Fire and Ice turned you off from other books in this genre?

yes

What would have made this romance irresistible?

better plot, less foul language

Any additional comments?

This novel really was more sexual tension than any kind of plot - romance? Not really romantic, just graphic, leaving little to the imagination.