Loving Julia [Paperback]

Karen Robards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1000

Publisher: Edition: 1986

Product Details

• Paperback
• ISBN-10: 0993003958
• ISBN-13: 978-0993003950
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Karen Robards is the bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. The winner of six Silver Pen awards for favorite romance novelist, as well as numerous other awards, she lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, Doug, and their sons Peter, Christopher, and Jack. She says, "I read, I write, and I chase children. That's my life."

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate Love Story, February 9, 2000

By 

Susan Shams (West Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loving Julia (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a beautiful novel. It is about a street waif named Jewel, who gets mixed up into some kind of scheme concocted by a rich dying man to make trouble for his wealthy family. She meets Sebastian, the wealthy relative, and he decides to turn her into a lady to spite his evil mother. Over the course of their relationship, in which Sebastian trys to turn Julia (her new name) into a lady (reminisant of My Fair Lady), he falls in love with the stunning beauty she becomes. There are many entertaining plots that occur throughout, just as there are heartwrenching ones. I throughly enjoyed this book. The characters and plots are extremely well written, Ms. Robards has outdone herself with this one. If you love passionate love stories that will make you laugh and cry, then this one is for you!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So much potential..., January 9, 2006

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Viv (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loving Julia (Mass Market Paperback)

I realize this is a late 80s book, but for several reasons I couldn't finish it.

First, the age difference between the h/h.

Secondly, the book was told from the heroine's p-o-v. I never knew what Sebastian was feeling or thinking.

I also didn't think there was anything endearing about the hero at all. He seemed cold and uneeling even towards the end.

I have read several rags-to-riches romances and loved them, but this one didn't move me. While the heroine was plucky, she was also a doormat. The hero was extremely arrogant and I couldn't understand what she loved about him.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwrenching, true "cinderella/my fair lady" romance!, July 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Loving Julia (Mass Market Paperback)

If you've seen and loved My Fair Lady and Gigi, you'll love this book. I read it twice (from the library) and cried each time, returned it, forgot the title/author and now have been searching for months to find it again- This is my lucky day! You feel so close to the characters and journey with them as Sebastian learns to "live" and love, to step out of the cold, emotionless lord and overcome social class barriers. And there's a tender twist where we learn just why Sebastian can't believe in love, that anyone would love him for himself and not for his social standing and wealth (hint: has to do with his parents, specifically his mother). Then with Jewel/Julia, you feel with her the frustration of loving, what you will do or compromise for love, and its heartbreaking price. Above all, the final message is that you don't know how precious that one special love is until you lose that person forever.