Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Joy & Anger
Jennifer Blake · 1991
64/100
👎 Skip It
Blake delivers what her loyal audience expects: an atmospheric Louisiana bayou setting, a competent professional heroine, and a crime plot that keeps the pages turning. Publishers Weekly called it reliable and that is exactly right — reliable, but not surprising. The DEA-agent-turned-love-interest and drug-trafficking villain are genre-standard, and thirty years on, the formula shows its age. Fine for committed Blake readers; not the place for anyone new to romantic suspense to start.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety65
substance58
craft65
originality52
accuracy68
hype62
age-fit68
human-eye62
Penny’s verdict64
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