The Charm Stone [Hardcover]

Donna Kauffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2002

An award winning writer spins a delightful tale about a ghost and the surfer girl who loves him.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739427245
• ISBN-13: 978-0739427248
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,996,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

USA Today bestselling and award winning author Donna Kauffman has published over fifty titles, most currently still in worldwide release, with many translated into more than a dozen languages. She has seen her books reviewed in venues ranging from Kirkus to Library Journal to Entertainment Weekly and excerpted in magazines, including Cosmopolitan. A previous RITA finalist and DC native, she currently resides just outside the nation's capital in northern Virginia. You can contact her directly through her website at www.donnakauffman.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charmingly Different, September 3, 2002

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Arwen "AKA Arwen" (Austin, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Charm Stone (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to admit that when I first picked this book up, I wasn't expecting to be involved. But I was! Who would have thought that a surfer and a ghost would hit it off? Donna Kaufman apparently did.

What do you get when you combine leprechauns, surf boards, ghosts? Well, if you throw in a beautiful setting peopled with intriguing secondary characters who act as the perfect foil to the star-crossed lovers, then you get a fun read!

Yes, it is a bit of a slow start and not being familiar with the surfing terms threw me, but I would say this one is for my keeper shelf. I fell in love with Josie and Connal. And I plan to read more of Ms. Kaufmann's books too!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Way to Kill Time, January 7, 2003

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L. COP (Banks, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Charm Stone (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought that this sounded great when I read the back. It started out really well, and I thought quite credibly. Out of this world things were happening, and Josie was in the proper denial.

I mean when you are surfing and hit your head, and then see a funny little man in a kilt, you have to wonder if you need to go to a hospital, and she actualy thought this way instead of immediatly buying into the story.

I found it to be enjoyable, but once she got to Scotland, I had a little trouble with all of the ghost parts. I thought he and Josie should interact a little more instead of doing so much apart brooding. But all in all a good story worth reading.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars maybe 3 1/2, October 1, 2002

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Nicole Kennedy (Hartsville, South Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Charm Stone (Mass Market Paperback)

The plot of this book sounded interesting, but it didn't quite meet my expectations. I was a little impatient about 3/4 of the way through, thinking, alright already!! Too much waffling back and forth from the characters.Also, I always have a problem with time travel novels wondering how the author is going to twist the plot so that they can stay together. The ending is hurried with little explanation of how he reappears to be with her in the end. Easy to scan and a good pool or beach read.