One Bright Star [Paperback]

Mickee Madden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1997

After losing both her job and her boyfriend, Brehan Tucker faces eviction and is abducted by the handsome alien Erth, who hurtles her through the galaxy while capturing her heart. Original.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786002735
• ISBN-13: 978-0786002733
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,427,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept, but very strange book..., February 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: One Bright Star (Paperback)

I can't decide if I liked this book or not...The concept is interesting (even if it doesn't remotely match the cover synopsis!), but the actual story was so eerie and disturbing, I never developed a connection to the heroine, Brehan. I was left with the very unsatisfying feeling that the hero Erth deserves someone far better than Brehan. She just seems too emotionally damaged to ever love him the way he loves her. That said, the story did intrigue me, and I'll probably read the sequels if they are ever published. My motivation won't be to revisit beloved characters, though...instead I'll be hoping Brehan will fight off her "evil side" and turn into a character I can root for...Be forewarned, this is NOT a typical futuristic or fantasy romance. Perhaps if the cover had actually reflected the real story, I would have been better prepared for what I found inside.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is not a romance!, May 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: One Bright Star (CD-ROM)

This book should not be categorized as a romance. There are romantic elements in it, but it does not have the required happy ending of a romance. The story is also not finished in any sense of the meaning. It feels like half a book, so it is very very frustrating at the end. On page two the evil intelligence inside of the heroine is talking to her, on the last page that evil intelligence is still there inside her, and she is still pretty oblivious to it and nobody has done anything about it. I also found Brehan's actions to be really obnoxious, to the degree that I would have to classify her as Too Stupid To Live. Erth was an interesting character but I found it pretty hard to believe that he would love Brehan since she always behaved so badly to him.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic plot, really strange development., July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: One Bright Star (Paperback)

The concept of this book is intreeging (sorry for the incorrect spelling!). Little known, little loved women kidnapped to become the mothers of a new race. "What would I have done in that situation?" is a question that begs to be asked, but most of us probably would not have reacted like the female supporting characters did. Sure, abused idealists might (no offense intended to anyone who reads this), but a lot of us would react more akin to how Brehan did. Throw in the mysterious, protective Di'me, and the plot grows richer. What with her ambition to take control over the universe from Erth's family, and then destroy humankind (assuming that is what the exerpt at the front of the book meant), things become that much more exciting. What becomes so strange about this extra spiritual (in every sense of the word) baggage, is that so many people know that there is something strange in the way Brehan looks and acts when she is angry or scared, and the info never gets to Erth! What I mean is, first, Brehan's friends keep insisting that her eyes change color. If they are so sure, why not present the information to someone who might know something about it, like a doctor. Secondly, these color-changes keep coinciding with Brehan's blackouts, and Di'me's risings. If I were Brehan, I would be worried enough about the blackouts, and to know that my eyes appear to change color each time I do, would be enough for me to seek help if I had not already done so. Plus, toward the end, when the medic found the two spirits inside Brehan, he didn't tell his subject, when it was pretty clear she didn't know about it herself, the way she spoke about a noisy conscience. More later if I can get back to it.