The Kiss

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Summary: I'm Done, Danielle
Review: Have you ever read an author's book that you disliked so much, you couldn't get it out of your mind? This is another one. This story is so unrealistic, I don't know where to start. One thing for sure no one lacks for money in Ms. Steel's stories, jetting everywhere, staying in 4 Star hotels, calling for cars to take them everywhere. It's a world I can't comprehend. Most people would have been bankrupt after a 2 month hospital stay and 9 months in a top notch rehab. Also a small detail but how does Bill hop into the shower from his wheelchair? None of the hotels I've stayed in have a shower you can roll into and I'm sure Isabella did not reserve a room for physically challenged.
I was VERY disappointed in the end when Gordon did not get his come uppance. Better luck with your next effort Ms. Steel

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Summary: I'm Done, Danielle
Review: Have you ever read an author's book that you disliked so much, you couldn't get it out of your mind? This is another one. This story is so unrealistic, I don't know where to start. One thing for sure no one lacks for money in Ms. Steel's stories, jetting everywhere, staying in 4 Star hotels, calling for cars to take them everywhere. It's a world I can't comprehend. Most people would have been bankrupt after a 2 month hospital stay and 9 months in a top notch rehab. Also a small detail but how does Bill hop into the shower from his wheelchair? None of the hotels I've stayed in have a shower you can roll into and I'm sure Isabella did not reserve a room for physically challenged.
I was VERY disappointed in the end when Gordon did not get his come uppance. Better luck with your next effort Ms. Steel

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Summary: Another spectacular book!
Review: I don't usually like to read romance novels because they make like things always come out wonderful and of course this one ended up that way too,but I still loved the book! It was so sad towards the end that it actually made me cry! When Isabelle went to see Bill after her husband threw her out and Bill acted like he didn't want to see her any longer. Isabelle's husband was a real SOB and treated her horribly but she stayed for the sake of her child, but when he died that was very sad as well, but for the husband to be so heartless especially at that time, that saddened me too. But the part that was the saddest is to not be able to be with the one you really love! And it was obvious that Isabelle and Bill were so much in love. I'm glad they FINALLy got together though. A wonderful book!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I enjoy all of Danielle Steel's books and this one is by far the best I've read yet.

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Summary: Romance close to reality
Review: I enjoyed the romance that went on between Isabelle and Bill. I could understand why they found solace in one another. However, it wasn't one of her better books. I really liked The Promise, which was an earlier book. Maybe that is why this story doesn't have the same simplicity and reality combined. Although it was a good read to pass the time, a better read is Cherrie Kimbrough's Rosewood.

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Summary: An OK read
Review: I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some other ones of Steel's. My mother-in-law borrowed this book and enjoyed it more than I did, though.

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Summary: DS is back again!
Review: I have been a fan of Danielle Steel for many years...I have read all her books, and I wait patiently for each new book to come out so I can run out to buy it. The past few books I have been disappointed, feeling like it is not her normal quality great story. In fact, after I would read her book, I would tell myself that the next book I would get at the library or wait until it went to paperback (but of course, I always end up running to the bookstore to buy it when it is released). So I wasn't sure what to expect from The Kiss. I was very pleased. While showing how horrible both Isabelle and Bill's marriage are, making us hate their spouses, you feel the love and the bond that Isabelle and Bill have for each other. You fall in love with their love, and stand behind them while they fight for their lives, and for their love. I finished this book even more excited for her next book to be released. Thank you Danielle, for showing us why we fell in love with your writing!

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Summary: The story repeats itself a bit
Review: I have been reading Danielle Steel's books for over 15 years now. Sometimes they do get a bit "all the same" with most of the characters being important, successful, beautiful people who live in "stately homes" and wear "important jewels and furs". Sometimes I think the characters are more about what they have then who they are. Despite this, I always enjoy her books - they are easy to read, romantic and make you forget about everyday life for a couple of hours while engrossed in the book. Personally I think her earlier books are more enjoyable and get more involved in the characters than some of the later books she If you love Danielle Steel you'll like this one too. This is one of her later books and one that I enjoyed as the characters were more developed than some of her others. The story does seem to repeat the same things over and over which gets a little tiresome but all in all, not a bad book.

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Summary: The story repeats itself a bit
Review: I have been reading Danielle Steel's books for over 15 years now. Sometimes they do get a bit "all the same" with most of the characters being important, successful, beautiful people who live in "stately homes" and wear "important jewels and furs". Sometimes I think the characters are more about what they have then who they are. Despite this, I always enjoy her books - they are easy to read, romantic and make you forget about everyday life for a couple of hours while engrossed in the book. Personally I think her earlier books are more enjoyable and get more involved in the characters than some of the later books she If you love Danielle Steel you'll like this one too. This is one of her later books and one that I enjoyed as the characters were more developed than some of her others. The story does seem to repeat the same things over and over which gets a little tiresome but all in all, not a bad book.

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Summary: The Kiss: An Intensely Laborious Waste of Paper
Review: I have never read a Danielle Steele novel before, but the promised story line and the Gustav Klimt cover drew me in. It sounded like a good, romantic read and I knew Ms. Steele was a very famous and popular author, she must be good, right? Was I ever in for a surprise! This book spews forth the most redundant character analyses I have ever heard in my life! Over and over we hear about how Isabelle has to care for her invalid son Teddy, how her husband is extremely selfish and neglectful, how Bill, her true love, has a very selfish wife. The descriptions are flushed around and around, over and over, like something foul that just can't be gotten rid of. Please, do yourself a tremendous favor, Ms. Steele, and take some time off before attempting to write anything as completely empty and intolerable as this total waste of paper! Highly do not recommend this book! :(