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Summary: Beautifully written
Review: I have never been so addicted to a Deveraux book as I was to this one. The starting was a bit slow, but the romance soon quickly fell into place quite well. My heart went out for this book. . . the tragic happenings were so realistic that I find myself shriveling up inside. I finished this book in one whole day, pulling an all nighter for this one. A must read!!! :)
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Summary: Don't bother...
Review: I have read a lot of Jude Deveraux & enjoyed most of it, but this book (originally published in 1978) is obviously an early near-fatal attempt at writing. Fortunately J.D. went on to more successful books, but this one is definitely not worth your time or money! If she would re-write it in her current more flavorful style, it would probably be fine. The descriptions are incomplete, the settings poorly described, the emotions difficult to follow. I've made it through 1/4 of the book & it's now going to hit the trash after reading the highly unnecessary rape. I read for relaxation & pleasure, not to be upset by violence or annoyed with poor writing!
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Summary: Just another dreamer's book with a few laughs.
Review: I have read many of Jude Deveraux's books. The first book I read of hers was The Raider and I enjoyed it eminencely. The Enchanted Land is just another one of her great books. She is a full of humor author that, to me, has not written a bad book.
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Summary: Abridged Audio Version
Review: I listened to the audio tape of The Enchanted Land, and found myself confused by the apparent edits by the abridger. A typically wonderful Deveraux story line, but with too many twists that became distracting. It just jumps around too much. No, I cannot recommend this book in audio version. Buy the book...
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Summary: Abridged Audio Version
Review: I listened to the audio tape of The Enchanted Land, and found myself confused by the apparent edits by the abridger. A typically wonderful Deveraux story line, but with too many twists that became distracting. It just jumps around too much. No, I cannot recommend this book in audio version. Buy the book...
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Summary: Characters not well-defined, stilted reading.
Review: I love Jude's books, but this was a disapointment. Seth and Morgan were completely uninteresting until they parted halfway through the book. At that point, they seemed to come alive as characters, and I found myself rooting for Gordon to win Morgan's love. It did get better, but as I said not until they parted and that was over 100 pages into the book. I wouldn't recommend this if you've never read one of her books before, it'll give you the wrong impression. Start with one of the Montgomery books.
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Summary: An enchanting book!
Review: I read this book and I love it very much. It is a great story and I think that this is one of her best books. I 've read a couple of other reviews, and a lot of people didn't like the whole fact the Seth and Morgan was seperated, but I thought their seperation was what made the book so great.
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Summary: A favorite
Review: I truly enjoyed this book. This is the second Jude Deveraux book I have ever read, the first being Eternity. I didn't like Eternity as it was too sugary but this one was great. It is because of this one that I decided to read more of JD's books. If you liked this one you should try Judith McNaught as this book was written in her style... Man meets woman, man and woman fall in love, trouble and misunderstandings... man and woman separate... misunderstandings resolved, and in the end, back together again. As I neared the end of this book I couldn't put it down and when it ended, I wish it hadn't.
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Summary: Another Opinion
Review: I'm not one who likes to go into great detail on what the story is about, because you will see that on other reviews. But if I have enjoyed a book I like to let other readers know. So that hopefully they will find the same enjoyment I did."The Enchanted Land by Jude Deveraux is kind of drawn out and full of historical detail, but doesn't take away the enjoyment. You will still find the story unforgetable. It's not my favorite, but the story has a way of drawing you in. You will love Morgon. She is what a lot of us would like to be like. Not because she's beautiful, but because of what she does for herself. Don't miss this one.
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Summary: Complex love story with twists.
Review: Morgan is raised by her mother in the East, abandoned (so she thinks) by her father in New Mexico as a child. Her mother is a puritanical man hating snob and raises morgan to believe that they are worthless, hurtful...and to make matters worse that she is homely and no man would want her anyway. The book begins with Morgans need to find a husband to save her inheritance from her father! She proposes $25,000 to a stranger, seth colter, if he will marry her and live in new mexico with her for one yr and then get an annulment. Seth agrees. Their relationship has problems but eventually starts to flourish. However Seth is a very hot headed, jealous man. He finds Joanquin, a rancher neighbor, kissing Morgan and leaves her alone at a party. Joanquin, a not nice man, kidnaps Morgan on the way home. Her forces her to write a note to Seth saying she has run away with her "lover". When Seth finds her, Joaquin "kills" him and sells Morgan to a white slaver. All the nastiness of that situation ends in Morgan being sold to a brothel and being put into a private auction. However, Seth recovers from his nearly mortal head wound and winds up in california and finds morgan. He makes loves to her, calls her a whore and leaves her devestated. (Unbeknownst to Seth, Morgan has escaped any sexual encounters with the bad guys.) Morgan becomes pregnant from her night with Seth and returns to new mexico to have her child. Seth pans for gold for 2 yrs until he finds out the truth about Morgan and returns home looking for her. Morgan has had a wonderful little boy and is happy living with her cousin Gordon, who is falling in love with her. Seth pretends to be Dave Blake and takes on a foreman job for Gordon to be near Morgan and his new found son. Seth and Morgan are on the verge on reconciling when little
Adam gets deathly ill and nearly dies. Together they fight for his life. Morgan gets so obsessed with little Adam that she shuts out life around her so seth "kidnaps" her to bring her into a healthier existence. And they do finally reconcile. This bk has many likeable characters, certainly several storylines and is quite entertaining. On the downside Morgan never quite captured me. I thought she was immature and bratty quite often. The bk referred to her need for a strong man to tell her what to do....duh...!! apparently because she had been so dominated by her mother as a child. The other thing I didn't like is the finale kidnap scene. After what she'd been through with bad guys, kidnapping her and scaring her half to death wasn't the loving way to get her attention. Overall, it was a different plotline and good read.
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