Deadly Embrace

Michael Castelli is the most interesting character here, someone who has drifted in and out of criminality the same way he has drifted in and out of love. Collins writes--not well, but convincingly--about obsession and vindictiveness; she also has some sense of how the sheer business of life makes some people let issues slide for decades at a time. This is a book which preaches the virtues of intelligence and emotional control, yet its story-telling is all over the place--most of the plot issues stop at a place marker rather than coming to any conclusion. Collins can do the glamour of the celebrity culture, but she is worryingly caught up in its emotional vapidity. --Roz Kaveney

This book is fantastic to say the least. It's great how the different parts of the plot, past and present, come together as one and how it ends leaving you wanting more.

A great read.


Deadly Embrace   May 26, 2003
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is excellent. It has its good share of rudeness, suspence and is very exciteing. It has a good story line about each of the characters. I reccomend this book to people who like to read a good book. ideal for people 18 years old and above!


Fantastic   May 18, 2003
This book, was brilliant, it was one of the best Jackie Collins I have ever read! The book follows Madison Castelli, who we met previously in Lethal Seduction. It also follows her father Micheal, and it goes back in time following him in his life then swapping to the present. It does sound complicated, but as with all of Collins' books it was a very esay read and I could not put it down, it took me only 2 days to read.
It is a must have for all Jackie Collins fans, as I have seen above, one of the best, it remined me a little bit of American Star.


Review - Jackie Collins 'Deadly Embrace'   November 22, 2002
This book is a definate must have for all Jackie Collins fans, I read it in two days even though its quite a thick book, you really cant put it down, and even though it does skip backwards and forwards between the years, its very easy to follow.