Customer Reviews

Bradley Bay

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Friends highly recommended 'Bradley Bay' to me, but I regret that I can't give it anything higher than a mediocre mark. The story line is fine as far an any conventional romance goes. Two women (a nurse and the doctor who runs the clinic) meet at a medical facility out in the country which is set up for spinal cord injured people. Sierra and Kaitlin could be engaging characters - but a lot more editing of their internal thoughts and "let's tell everything and show nothing" needed to be cut.

From the beginning the author telegraphs the fact that these two, who meet and start out having an almost unintelligibly and unbelievable fight, will fall in love and live happily ever after. The speed bumps along the way are so flat that there is never really any doubt that the author had this all choreographed from the very beginning.

The book showed some promise, but above all, it needed some talented editors to cut out the purple prose and the constant description from the exterior of how everyone feels. No one ever just speaks their part; no, they ask inquiringly and say things angrily or cheerfully happily or any other combination of heavy-handed adverbs you can dream up. It got so tiresome. I struggled through as best as I could, but it was, unfortunately, time ill spent.

The author shows glimmers of talent. It would be very helpful if she took some writing classes or got some editorial help to improve the technical writing skills. The cover is nice, and the book is well laid out, but regretfully, I cannot recommend it.

The two stars are really just for the sheer weight of the thing. The characters are one dimensional, and the dialogue stilted. Every conversation seems to be a string of aphorisms and platitudes. These folks take themselves WAY too seriously!

I can not believe I made a mistake and purchased yet another one of her books. The one entitle Tender Heart was bad enough and this one is worse only longer. Characters are never developed fully and the story line is way over the edge. After one day these two fall madly in love and talk goo-goo conversation for the remainder of the book. There are so many good romance novels available for anyone to waste their time and money on this one. Check out Melissa Good, Peggy Herring, and especially Radcliffe if you want some really good romance stories. Don't buy this one or her other book either.

I can't beleive a publisher would charge $... plus for this book. I kept waiting for it to pick up and half way through the book realized it wasn't going to. I wonder if I could get half my money back? For the cost and for your time, I'd recommend against this book.

Bradley Bay:

If you enjoy passionate woman from the start to finish, then this book is for you. The main characters, Kaitlin and Sierra's first meeting is explosive but soon their love is just as explosive. Besides the passion in their lives for their dedicated beliefs in what they do and in each other. The story's main plot is admirable and in places poignant in portraying individuals staying at a luxury resort in Northern Canada that specializes in the care of spinal cord injured people. Different characters with physical challenges, their heart felt comments, their love and life perspective are especially poignant. I thoroughly enjoyed the depth of description and detail of space and places to the point that I almost felt I could feel the beautifully built log cabins and shivered with the coldness and depth of the northern lake water. I was however unaccustomed to the speed of the main characters falling in love and use of frequent use proper names but this seems to be the style of the author.
This authors second book is a bit more enjoyable then her first because it showed growth and provided extra information and detail, including the actions and inter actions of the other characters in the book. The love scenes had just the right amount of erotica to be thoroughly enjoyable for this woman and I look forward to the next book this author will write. As a Canadian reader I especially enjoyed knowing it was a tender love story written by a Canadian in Canada.
BAP, Nova Scotia, Canada

It's was a Friday night, I just received Bradley Bay in the mail, my friends were on there way over and I couldn't put the book down. Needless to say, my friends waited on me to get ready to go to dinner. "Bradley Bay" is great book, but be ready to be jealous of the relationship Dr. Kaitlin & Nurse Sierra have stumbled upon. Their passion and instant love for one another is beautiful. The story line is a windy road with sharp curves and rolling hills. Definitely recommend buying "Bradley Bay" and the authors first book "Tender Heart". Thank you Ana, for helping us realize what we might be missing in our relationships or might be taking for granted.

Unlike the previous reviewer, this reader absolutely recommends this book! If the previous reader was looking for "steamy love scenes" she should have looked elsewhere. This book is not about two women having sex. This book is about two women who unexpectedly fall in love while spending 2 weeks at a spinal cord injury mountain resort retreat. The author brings to life real people and real issues and creates a page turner you can't put down. The lovemaking scenes left me breathless. If your looking for a book to take to bed, buy Bradley Bay. It will leave you wanting more.

Bradley Bay is a wonderful lesbian romance novel. It's characters are refreshingly real and genuine with a great sense of humor.The story line is exciting, sensuous and ever changing. It takes you on a rollercoaster ride that makes you laugh, cry and cheer. The intimacy between the main characters Kaitlin and Sierra is so beautifully done that you easily get swept up in the intensity of the moment. From the very first pages the author pulls you into the story and makes it impossible to put the book down. This is a book that will take you away and have you begging for more.

This is a good story that is made irritating by the terrible dialogue. Dr. Kaitlin Bradley has taken a resort and turned it into a retreat for people who have suffered spinal cord injuries. You learn in the book that she has very personal reasons for being interested in such a project. Nurse Sierra Vaughn had planned to spend her two week vacation in the Cayman Islands with her lover, until she found the lover in bed with another woman. Instead, based on a friend's recommendation, Sierra decides to spend her two weeks helping out at the resort, Bradley Bay. The rest of the book is about the instantaneous love affair that springs up between these two. The story itself is good, but it is hard to believe that they fall in love - passionately - the moment they see each other. The dialogue for the whole book is sophomoric, almost to the point of distraction. If you could read the book, but avoid the conversations, it would be perfect, but that isn't possible. Do people really say things like "my precious lover", "light of my life", and "my beautiful woman" anymore? If they do, they certainly don't repeat them as often as the characters in the book. Dialogue aside though, this is a good story with a lot of steamy love scenes, so read it and be ready to cringe when these people talk to each other.