Has anyone read books by J D Robb?

[Hamlette]

Mysteries, it seems, and they get great reviews but I'd hate to pick one up and have it be....wrong (religious or conservative or something.)

Anyone?

[morillon]

1. Oh, she's not a conservative.

J.D. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts, and she's well known in the online romance community for her progressive views. Her books under both names get high reviews.

[Mythsaje]

3. I never heard she was a progressive

but it doesn't surprise me. Makes me even more of a fan than I already was.

[Mythsaje]

2. Nora Roberts, you mean?

I happen to love the J.D. Robb books. Been reviewing them for years now.

Futuristic police procedurals. Fun stuff.

[babylonsister]

4. I've read a couple and enjoyed them. I'm not a big sci-fi

fan, but did enjoy the couple that I read.

[bain_sidhe]

5. Like them better than Nora Roberts books

but then I'm a big fan of both science fiction and mysteries, so it's kind of a twofer for me.

Her earliest books in the series have the whole "alpha male" thing going on that I frequently find annoying - Roarke is always Right, and Eve Dallas always fights it and then eventually agrees with him. But she's pretty kick-ass in her own right, so I put up with it. The later books have a more equal relationship.

I have recently found a few Nora Roberts books that I like, too, but I mostly just read the J.D. Robb persona books.

You might want to check out a "collaboration" between J.D. Robb and Nora Roberts called "Remember When" - the first half is a "Nora Roberts" book, the second a "J.D. Robb" book. Kinda cool, and it's interesting to see that, no, I'm not crazy, she really does write somewhat differently in the Robb persona.