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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Timeless?,
By Lee C. "paperback junkie" (Morristown, TENNESSEE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bitterleaf (Paperback)
I had heard so much about this book and ordered it with great anticipation. It was good...it truly was, but it was a little predictable to me. I had heard it described as "Timeless" and was very excited to lay hands on it. The story was interesting and the characters were well-developed it was just that the plot was a little transparent. I know the book is an older book and I don't want to knock it because I read a ton of books and I think my expectations may just be too high. Good author, good story and good characters...I just wish Meredith hadn't been plain and that I hadn't been able to see around the corners. A worthwhile read though so don't miss it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Big Misunderstanding times Infinity,
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This review is from: Bitterleaf (Paperback)
I know some readers have certain tropes they avoid no matter what, and I used to think that I would never, ever like the "chick in pants" device. That is, until I read a couple romances where it didn't annoy me at all. So I decided not to avoid a certain trope simply because of what it is because, you know, there might be an author who will do it justice and you will be glad you kept the faith.
That said.... I don't think I will ever, ever pick up another romance where the heroine is a spinster. Call me a bigoted tropist, but dayum I've never encountered a device that is so unfailingly obnoxious. It sucks all the air out of a book when so much of it is focused on a character's plain looks or lack of social skills. Meredith was one of the biggest, whiny self-deprecators this social hermit has ever had the displeasure to read. Her other huge fault that sucked out the other 50% of the story's air was her massive leaps to the wrong conclusions, which was like putting Godzilla fertilizer on a little seed of Big Misunderstanding until we had a monster of misguided doubts, snitfits, and (in a natural progression of "omg, woman, are you effin' serious?!?") delusions of attempted murder chomping up everybody in sight. It was ridiculous. For the entire last half of the book, with each and every instance of Meredith being a complete and utter dolt, I thought, "Oh gee, could she get any stupider?" And the dogged little blatherskite didn't let me down. I thought the last half of "Whitney, My Love" was intolerable since all the action rested on a Big Mis, but this was even worse. There was nothing in this story that didn't count on a misunderstanding to make it blossom, from Jeremy's lineage all the way to Meredith's cousin's (aka Galen) assumption about how she felt about Jeremy. From beginning to end. No talking to each other. No believing each other even if they did talk. An amazing ability to avoid the simmering topics even in the heat of anger, even though impulsive speech often was used to worsen the misunderstanding. Arrrgh! It was so contrived and idiotic. The big reveals that should have been present about Meredith's stepfather's marriage plans (and his reasons for concocting the scheme) for her and Jeremy were telegraphed sooooo far in advance that I was merely waiting for the H/h to finally get the news that was screamingly obvious. They never failed to see what wasn't there, but were totally blind to what was in front of them. Good God. I still gave this 2 stars because I liked some of the historical details about the plantation daily life. However, that got to be way too infodumpy and I ended up skimming anything that looked like minutae of house husbandry and adjectives galore about clothing. Some of those were block paragraphs of soporific doom. Far, far too much of the story was the Big Mis and filler. Easily more than half, but I'm inclined to say three-quarters (at least). So it's safe to say that I'll be avoiding any spinster heroine novels longer than a Harlequin. I'll probably end up reading another and regretting it, but there's a tenacious little spark that wants to keep hope alive.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Historical Jewel,
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This review is from: Bitterleaf (Paperback)
Very well written story with good plot detail and very developed characters. The novel itself is highly erotic and is one of my favorite novels to date. This book really can never go out of style with its timeless take on a great love affair, it can stand the test of time and last throughout the ages. The compelling narrative of the novel keeps the reader wanting more. I have read this book many times over and I never get bored with it, I just can never put it down when I start reading it! I highly recommend it!!!
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