Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rape is not sexy, period., February 17, 2010
I can't begin to say what a bad taste this book left in my mouth. I finished the whole thing essentially just to find out what happened, but the author lost me the minute she used sexual assault as a plot device. Drugging someone and tying them to a bed to force them to have a kid? Not cool for a woman or a man, sorry. I knew it would never happen, but in my opinion "Happily Ever After" in this book would have involved the hero pressing charges. Nothing that the hero did to the heroine, not his changing his mind about having a family, or any aspect of their divorce, made that ok.
This was not the book's only failing. The worst offender was the quite frankly silly framing story- a magic loom that weaves magic yarn that gets people together? What?
I have to agree with another reviewer- Susan Elizabeth Phillips did this story MUCH better. Skip this and pick up Nobody's Baby But Mine instead.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
How kNOT to love, December 23, 2009
This review is from: Loves Me, Loves Me Knot (Mass Market Paperback)
Jenna and Gage were once married. And while I do like the idea of rekindling old romances and lost loves, this fell short.
I was intrigued by the blurb but within the first two chapters I was shaking my head and thinking 'No, no, no that is so wrong.' Jenna wants to have a child, it's a driving force within her and rather than go the legal way about it, she tries deceit and drugging. In real life, what she did was Sexual Assault by drugging him, tying him up and taking advantage of him while he was semi-conscious. Lets also mention that Gage is a COP, ummm, wouldn't he know the law let alone feel very very violated. That pretty much set the scene for me. Although I liked the rest of the book to some degree, I really felt Betts could've used a different strategy to get them together.
That said, although this was her first book I read, I always believe in giving an author another shot.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Left Me Torn Between Love & Disgust..., December 7, 2009
This review is from: Loves Me, Loves Me Knot (Mass Market Paperback)
I love Heidi Betts as an author...this series...and the characters she constructs. I loved the obvious dynamics between Jenna and Gage. I did NOT however enjoy the primary plotline, which was Jenna's devious, selfish attempt to get pregnant despite her ex husband's insistence that he didn't want children. There is absolutely no way to justify an act of rape. And yes, it WAS rape. Like another reviewer mentioned, this never would have been a reverse plotline that anyone in their right mind would have accepted. So why do some find it insignificant because it brings them together in the end result? Sexual chemistry between them nonwithstanding, she STILL drugged him...she STILL deceived him...and she STILL held him against his will. What kind of example does this story serve? That a man's choices are secondary to a woman's, and with a few drugs and some bondage, you can achieve anything your little heart desires? Yes, I enjoyed this story to an extent, but on some notes, it left me with a very bad taste in my mouth. There are a million other ways this story could have been written. Betts chose a very tacky and deplorable one. It's also interesting to mention that this same story was also very similarly written FIRST by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Not very original Heidi!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|
