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4.0 out of 5 stars
Way better than the prequel, Man of My Dreams., September 15, 2001
This review is from: Love Me Forever (Mass Market Paperback)
I enjoyed this book a lot more than the prequel, MAN OF MY DREAMS. Although this one is a bit on the light side compared to my other book readings, I enjoyed it nevertheless. The thing is, LOVE ME FOREVER has the usual plot of an impoverished hero seeking for a rich heiress to marry in order to save his clan... Since I've read many books with this familiar format, I didn't have that new excitement feelings while reading this book. In my opinion, Love Me Forever needs a bit more of wickedness to add sauciness to the overall story, a little bit of hard twist to add excitement and a little bit more of misunderstanding to add complexity to the relationship. However, Johanna Lindsey made it up by adding a touch of spunk & uniqueness on her well defined and utterly lovable characters. Lachlan and Kimberly are now in one of few favorite hero/heroine list of all times. They both have flaws physically which was a welcome change for me. They're both too tall for others yet perfectly fit for each other. I was also getting tired of dark, stuffy, brooding and overbearing heroes. Our Lachlan here is playful, a tease, charming and loving. He's a happy go lucky kindda guy. Mind u, he is all MANLY with a touch of arrogance but his boyish character is what drawned me more to him. There's also no denial for him, he knows what he wants and goes for it. He realized in the end that he was in love with Kimberly and accepted it so. He is direct yet perhaps a bit dense... MEN, what can I say? LOL. Now, our heroine, Kimberly is just as refreshing as Lachlan. She was not describe as overly beautiful nor was she attractively sought after like most heroine in other books. In fact, She was considered unnoticeable. She does have her own beauty though which people notices only after a time. Kindda like, Her beauty grows in you. She's quite & shy from time to time which I find fetching. She can be confident one minute then insecure next. She's more realistic, just like u and me. That's what made me like her all the more. Together, they made up for each other's weaknesses. He is handsome, she is regular. He is funny, she is serious. When one is too trustful, the other is wary. I say, they are truly for each other! As for their relationship, well...their love developed slowly yet surely. I liked that idea very much. This isn't a love at first sight thing, at least not for Lachlan, for he only have eyes for Megan. Ugh. Now, this is an added flutter to the plot. Since I've read MAN ON MY DREAMS, it was also good to see Megan and Devlin again. To read updates about the rest of the characters in MOMD was definitely a smiler. However, If u read my review on MOMD, the prequel for this book, you will see that I particularly didn't favor Megan and Devlin there... They're ok but not for me to liked them as I feel for Lachlan and Kimberly here in LMF. Especially after reading that harsh and low incident with Devlin and Lachlan (read to know what i mean), it was just so easy for me to dislike Devlin... UGH! Oh well, in the end, Ms. Lindsey did once again made up for that and made Devlin likable again. But I still like Lachlan best! Despite its light-sided plot, Overall, this book is filled with humor and heart warming scenes you wouldn't want to miss.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Read, March 18, 2004
This review is from: Love Me Forever (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is wonderful! It seemed like a breath of fresh air for romance enthusiasts who are tired of the same ol' kidnap/runaway/lover's fighting plotlines that we have come to know and love. Lachlan is one of my favorite heroes, saying and doing all the right things for Kimberly, and I LOVED the fact that he calls her "Kimber". It was such an endearing nick name whenever he used it. Kimberly is a perfect heroin, someone we can all picture ourselves as. She isn't beautiful, but she isn't ugly either, just *normal*. At first, Lachlan doesn't notice her for she is outshined by the magnificent beauty of the Duchess of Wrothson, but little by little, he *does* begin to notice and I thought that is more like what happens in real life. They never bicker, she doesn't run away, nor is she kidnapped, and the book is wrapped up nicely by the end, not just within the last 5 paragraphs as we have come to expect of other romance novels. Finally, we have a heroin who isn't a beauty, a man who sees how beautiful she is despite her plainness, and an all around feel-good love story that will make you wish Lachlan MacGregor was a real man. If you haven't read this one, I strongly suggest you do. It is a sequel to "Man of My Dreams", yet I believe it is 10 times better.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Sassy Down-To-Earth Romance That Keeps You Smiling!, October 4, 2006
This review is from: Love Me Forever (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is the Sequel to the story of "Man of My Dreams" whose main characters were the Duke and Duchess of Wrothston, Devlin & Megan.
I just love the Heroine Kimberly Richards! She is outspoken and strong, but not to the point of being obnoxious. I hate when they are so "strong" that everything is an argument or viewed distasteful. It gets to be so annoying! Anyway Kimberly is sent to stay with the Wrothstons in order for them to find her a husband quickly, at the request of Kimberly's cold father, who wants her gone.
Our Hero Lachlan MacGregor is a gem! He is strong, handsome and charming but not in a sappy way. I fell in love with him! He also comes to the Wrothstons in need of a bride. His aunt (by marriage) is related to the Wrothstons.
Unbeknown to him is that the Duchess of Wrothston, Megan is the woman that he tried to kidnap from Devlin a year or so ago, and he and Devlin had fought. He thinks Megan is the most beautiful creature that he has ever seen and feels that he is in love with her. When he sees Megan again he thinks that it is faith and that they belong together. He wants to steal her away from Devlin. On the first meeting he doesn't even notice Kimberly, too busy looking at Megan. But Kimberly notices him.
I was smiling to myself while reading the book. Lachlan and Kimberly of course get off on the wrong foot, but soon sparks begin to fly. Their banter is charming and witty. And that banter and their disagreements makes him take notice of her. And what I love is Kimberly is not a ravishing beauty who had men falling at her feet. She is on the "plain" side but had a nice figure and beautiful violet eyes. I loved how Lachlan starts to notice Kimberly first by her standing up to him, how she sparked his anger and lust in a way his "love" Megan couldn't. I loved the way he starts noticing the beautiful color of her eyes and her curvy figure while getting to know her. It is definitely refreshing reading a story where the Hero & Heroine don't love each other at first sight but slowly with time. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it makes for a great read but is overdone in romance novels! This story was more realistic but never less romantic!!!
The only thing I found really annoying was Devlin & Megan, especially Devlin! ***SPOILER in JUST the NEXT SENTENCE***
At one point Devlin is beating the heck out of a drunken Lachlan and it really pissed me off! Let's beat on the drunk guy Devlin! But don't think Lachlan could not have handle Devlin, he's still an Alpha male but was half gone from being drunk.
I haven't read "Man of My Dreams", that book is Devlin & Megan's story, and their characters in this book doesn't inspire me to want to either. JL wasted a couple of pages on them to my extreme annoyance! I found Devlin to be stuffy and Megan is...I don't know...maybe it's just me but didn't really feel her. They were OK in the end but I could have done without them in Lachlan & Kimberly's story!
I love this book! It is a keeper and one of my favorites. I view books as being keepers when I can read it again and again without being bored. I don't understand how anyone would not like it. It's refreshing from the same old tired plot!
Johanna Lindsey is a great writer and I love almost all of her books! Another great author I recommend is Teresa Medeiros, especially "Thief of Hearts"!
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