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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing....., June 21, 2010
This review is from: My Man Pendleton (Mass Market Paperback)
I was anxious to read this one after all the great reviews, but I can honestly say I wasn't impressed.
Kit comes off as a spoiled, pampered, silly heroine. I found myself not connected to her at all. She has been wronged by her family in the past, but her means of coping were completely childish and rubbed me wrong throughout the book.
I would like to talk briefly about Pendleton, but that is difficult. We are not given a true character profile of our hero! I like to "know" the characters in the books I read, and Pendleton (even after reading this book) remains a mystery to me. What made him tick, what was important to him, why did he do the things he did......your guess is as good as mine!
Overall...pretty disappointing. I laughed as certain times, and "kind of" appreciated the secondary romance, but I can't recommend the book.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
SOOOO FUN!!! A DEFINITE KEEPER!!!!!!, June 1, 2003
This review is from: My Man Pendleton (Mass Market Paperback)
Initially, when I read the back of this book..I found that I wasnt in the least bit interested....for some reason though, I picked it up and decided to have a looksey....and that was that..I was hooked!! What a fun story. Pendelton was so sweet and sexy..and Kit...oh Kit!! I have to say she was an original..what a strong personality..I was afraid Id hate her at first..boy was I wrong!! I just loved this..and the way that Pendelton proves his love for Kit is unbearably adorable!! The last 2 paragraphs of this book had me gasping in delight!! READ THIS!! You wont be sorry!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, funny, funny!, February 20, 2002
This review is from: My Man Pendleton (Mass Market Paperback)
This was a witty and hilarious book that I really enjoyed and would definitely recommend. It's almost like an updated Frank Capra movie, with the bewildered but persevering male and an eccentric heiress, only without those things that normally make you cringe when you see one of those movies. This time the guy is an intelligent, quick-thinking corporate type, not the usual bumbler. The story is basically told from Pendleton's perspective, a South Jersey guy who has returned to the high-power corporate world, this time in Louisville KY, and gets involved with the dysfunctional McClellan family, wealthy distillers of high quality bourbon. He's trying to prove to himself and his soon-to-be-remarried ex-wife that he's still got what it takes to make it in that world. He soon realizes that the main reason he was hired, however, was to be a prospective suitor for the only McClellan daughter (Kit McClellan). It seems her mother's will stated that she had to be married within two years of the mother's death, otherwise her estate of $99.4 million will go to charity. Unfortunately for the McClellan males who have disrupted every romance that Kit has ever had, it's now payback time as far as she's concerned. Ms. Bevarly writes witty dialogue and plays on words beautifully. She makes you smile with her turn of phrase. Pendleton was a joy, just watching him play corporate-speak while his mind was wandering to other areas was hilarious. And Kit, for all her apparent eccentric behavior, had a perfectly good reason for it and was ultimately a sympathetic character. Their romance was was a well-written tug of wills and emotions. There was also a nice secondary romance involving one of Kit's brothers, a recovering alcoholic, and a woman involved with the Temperance League, who herself is the widow of an alcoholic.
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