Reviews for The Wicked Ways of a True Hero

The average rating for The Wicked Ways of a True Hero based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-25 00:00:00 Rickey Davis Barbara Metzger's regencies are full of fun and humor. Her heroines need a bit of rescuing, but so do her heros--just in a different way. "The Wicked Ways of a True Hero" is the third connected novel about a family whose sons have the 'special' inherited trait of being able to, in different ways, sense lies and deceit. Daniel has become something of a dissipated scoundrel since his release from the military. He spends his time gambling, drinking, and consorting with loose women. But he knows his freedom to carouse is about to be cut short because his mother and sister are coming to London for the season. If that weren't bad enough, they're bringing his sister's friend and mother's god-daughter...the same girl he had to retrieve from an inn while trying to elope with a no-good cad! What can his mother be thinking? Corie has despised Daniel ever since he foiled her youthful escape from her abusive father. And the things she's heard about his life since the military certainly don't change her mind. But living in the same house in London and seeing how he cares for his mother and sister and protects them...and even her despite his opinion of her, may just change her mind. I have to admit that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I have all the rest by Barbara Metzger. I didn't particularly like Corine OR Daniel. Corine came across as more witless than winning and Daniel seemed rather slow. I also missed the normally sparkling banter I'm used to from this author. The relationship between the main characters suffered from a constant lack of communication and that bugged me. They didn't blow hot and cold...they just blew cold and then all of a sudden realized they cared for each other. That just doesn't work for me. "The Wicked Ways of a True Hero" is a G-rated romance whose sex scenes are more along the lines of make-out sessions. I would have no problem letting a young teen read this as well as most other of Metzger's works. But to be blunt, I'd recommend they start with her House of Cards trilogy which I found fabulous from start to finish.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-10 00:00:00 Jimmy Bronson This series is so sweet, so dear, so utterly guilelessly charming - I can't describe it. The premise (family of people who can distinguish truth from lies, through various physical signals) is deliberately lighthearted, and it matches the rest perfectly. Daniel, here. He gets rashes when someone lies. (At one point, he pre-emptively powders his genitals to help prevent the itch.) Going out to a social event is hell, just pure hell - all those polite social falsities make him scratchy for days. Daniel meets Corie, hijinks ensue, blah blah blah romance novel, yes. & subtly entwined in all that is a lot of seriousness - so quietly it doesn't unhinge the light tone of the story, but deepens it - is a long conversation about a woman's powerlessness. Ostensibly the story of this woman against her abusive family and unlucky fate, but - a little deeper - about all women whose powerlessness is reinforced by society and written into law and trained into everything they do. Except, you know, not in my heavy-handed feminism. In the funny kind. (9-10 to 9-11)