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Crown Jewel: A Novel

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The Crown Jewel by Fern Michaels was an amazing book. To say it has lost of twist and turns does not even descript how many plot twist this story has. The baseline of the story is about Hollywood leading man Ricky Lam and his business partner and brother Philly. Ricky was your total bad boy and Philly was always getting him out of jams. What Ricky didn't know was that his brother had secrets and lots of them. Great book - off to read more by this author - Enjoy!

I would also recommend; Accidentally Yours by Susan Mallery,Once A Rake by Rona Sharon & Into Thin Air by Cindy Miles.

A movie star is given an ultimation to go into rehab or be out of his brother / manages life.
Ricky (the star) then tragically loses his brother many years later to an accident and as time unfolds along with a strange will Ricky finds his brothers life was not as it would seem. He sets out on a quest to find out who the real Phily really was. Along the way his own life unfolds and in all it's a good page turning read.

I have to agree with several of the other reviewers. This is a poorly written book, and yes it is typical soap opera stuff. Her sisterhood books are usually very good. I have enjoyed many of her other books too, but this is more like a Danielle Steele book (not good). Seemed like she was filling pages with words just to lengthen the book.

Fern Michaels used to be an excellent writer! But Crown Jewel is the dialogue from hell! It's difficult to follow, and makes little sense! Even if you CAn follow the story, the dialogue of the main characters goes in too many different directions, all within the same paragraph!

The story line/plot is excellent, but Michaels didn't develop it well. It could have been such a wonderful story!

I'm hoping Fern Michaels comes back to us, and this is just an example of "ghostwriting", and nothing permanent. I've read many of her earlier works, but these last two have been horrible!

This might be good for a pre-teen or teenager (but then again maybe the subject matter is too adult for them). The story is so ridiculous. None of the characters are believable. It reminded me of a really bad soap opera. I can see how you could split it into 30 minute segments with a big "cliffhanger" at the end of many of the episodes. I borrowed the audio CD from the library and was happy I didn't pay for it. I listen to all kinds of audio books on my IPOD when I'm doing mindless work but this CD was almost too mindless.

I've barely started this book and am already disgusted. I see several reviewers agree. I don't know why I keep reading this author, she knows more about dogs than she does people. Someone would strip out of her Armani clothes to wrap up puppies? and run around in her underwear?
The dialog between the 23 yr old half brothers and their father 20 years older is juvenile at best. Do middle age males really pump their fists in the air and say yessss. You get the idea. Pass this jewel by.

This book was a disappointment. The story was OK but it was written poorly. Way too many tired chiches, the characters were undeveloped and came across as dimwits. The dialoge was hard to follow and didn't have near enough breaks to let the reader know where they were or where they were going.
I was very surprised that this book was published in the sorry state that it was in.

I agree with an earlier reviewer that this book is very poorly written. I picked it up to read because of previous experience with this author. This book did not deliver an enjoyable experience. Characters were not developed, dialogue was impossible to follow.