Customer Reviews

My Man Pendleton

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

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.

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!

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.

I could not get into this book at all, having found myself feeling such a strong disliking for the main character 'Kit'. I didn't feel that I could connect with her personally, or even understand her. I was actually rooting for her to fail in the book so that I could feel a small victory against her. I usually stick to a book until the end, but I found her so frustrating that I had to delete it from my kindle. It is a well written book, but when you don't like the main character it outweighs any pros.

I was excited by the reviews I had read about this book, but can't agree with the higher ratings. There were passages I found myself giggling over, but somehow, the humour seemed very self-conscious and a bit derivative. I picked my way through the book rather than reading it through; it just couldn't keep my attention. I will hope for growth from this author.

At first I thought the book was a fun "Lifetime" movie kind of book. I could overlook the silly dialogue because it was a pretty clean book. (What sophisticated multimillionaire woman in her late 20's uses terms like "duh" and "hubba, hubba"?) However, when I finished 75% of the book and hit the heavy sex, I was done. It was a predictable story that wasn't that well written.

This book was my first by Elizabeth Bevarly, so I didn't really know what to expect. I can't really say I liked it. I thought that Pendalton was an interesting enough character, but Kit was awful. From the very beginning I didn't like her. I have to like the characters in the book in order to really enjoy it. Also, the plot has been overdone. In order to get an inheritance Kit must marry within 2 years. Haven't I read that one before?

This was a fun book. It had much more substance to it than your typical romance novel. The characters and storyline were fun. Basically it is about a girl who has to get married within a certain timeline, or the whole family loses their 99.4 million dollars. Hilarity ensues because the girl doesn't want to get married, and her dad (who is the only real turd in the whole book) keeps trying to set her up. There is serious stuff in the book too - but overall a fun read.

I read this book on the heels of a very intense work of non fiction and needed something to clear my mind. I expected silliness and fluff. There was plenty of silliness and at one point I found myself very irritated with Kit's childish behavior, but as the book progressed I was pleasantly surprised at the interaction between the main characters as they stripped down emotionally.
I could forgive Kit her idiocies after reading her point blank assertation to Pendleton that no man would ever love her...no pity, just that is what she believed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The only drawback was that its editing didn't do it justice. There were many spelling errors. That, however, did not detract from how good the content of this book was.

Although the romance and the leading man are great, the leading lady left so much to be desired. What a dysfunctional family! The ending was extremely rushed and insensitive.