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Summary: You know... I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Review: Rich Girl meets and falls for Poor Boy on the other side of the tracks... 15 yrs old Diana Foster has a secret teenage crush on 21 yrs old college student, Cole Harrison- who works at the stable of the neighbor of the Fosters. Years later.... Cole is a billionaire with his own company, rated in the 50 most eligible bachelors in the world- Diana is a strong wealthy businesswoman with her own company, family operated. Diana has just been jilted by her fiancee of 2 years that has just run off and married an 18 year old model. Cole and Diana meet at a society fund raiser where Cole comes to Diana's rescue pretending to be her lover while the tabloids and society's gossip gives Diana a rough time. Their relationship takes off from there. You'll not believe how fast it takes off, either. I'll not spoil it for you-you'll have to read it to find out for yourself.I agree their relationship could have been more developed for the reader. But it was sort of nice to read a book that did not dive heavy into the sex. I loved the characters. And those reviewers that are asking "When did Cole and Diana fall in love?" or "What did they look like?" -did they read the same book I did? First, there was their friendship & respect during their school years... and then their friendship & respect w/admiration added to it that bloomed into love. Gosh, if I had had a gentleman that came to my aide like Cole did for Diana- I would have had stars in my eyes too! Plus, he did not make her feel inferior like she had felt with Dan when they did make love. We were told heights, builts, eye & hair colors, shapes of chins, skin tone, etc. What more do you want? Hey, do you like one-liners? I loved it when Diana's PR girl comes into the room talking and laughing about the tabloids announcing the marriage of Diana to Cole (not realizing that had actually happened)and their companies possibly merging together and describes it like "the shark eating the guppy." She then sees Cole coming into the room and ask what he is doing there and he says "I'm the shark that ate the guppy." GREAT! I laughed out loud. There were several great moments with humor. Read it and enjoy! P.S. I bougth this one for my library, I liked it that much.
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Summary: Remember When
Review: Judith McNaught has entranced me once again. In Remember When, I was whisked away from reality to an elite society in Texas. This book is superb with the development of the characters and realism of the plot.
The characters are endearing and believable. Diana, the main character, matures from an innocent teenager to an independent business woman. Her love interest, Cole, transitions from a poor stable boy to a corporate millionaire. The secondary characters, which consist of Meredith's family is lovable and down to earth. Judith McNaught also appeals to the readers by showing that each character possesses a hidden quality that is revealed with the other character. Diana becomes carefree in the presence of Cole and Cole exposes his sensitive side to her.
Set in an upper class society, rich men dominate the business industry. McNaught illustrates how Cole and Diana overcome the class barrier; Cole, by becoming a rich and famous corporate leader and Diana is the CEO of her own magazine.
The use of time was effective because as the book transitions from the past to the present, the development of the characters became more personal. On the same page, the plot was intriguing with the use of time periods. I was anticipating the moment when Diana and Cole would meet again after their long separation. The sequence of events did not happen rapidly and moved at such a pace that was realistic. The couple did not fall in love at first sight, but gradually with time.
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Summary: Not her best work...
Review: While I enjoyed "Remember When," it lacked the "Ooomph!" I was looking for. I missed the scenes I expect from Judith McNaught- scenes that have me squirming in my seat with concern for the characters, only to find myself suddenly laughing out loud at the antics or one-liners of a supporting character. While some of the reviewers clearly found this romance "subtle," I would call it "unfinished." I especially missed the internal dialogue of the hero and heroine, which was sparse for my taste. If "Remember When," didn't quite do it for you, and you're looking for a story that sweeps you off your feet and leaves you as smiling and breathless as the heroine, I highly recommend Judith McNaught's "Almost Heaven," which is probably the best romance I've read.
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Summary: Not up to her usual standards
Review: I liked the story overall, and I generally like JM's books. In fact, I first picked this one up after reading the prequel in "A Gift of Love" anthology. In brief, it's the story of a man who comes back to town after making himself a fortune, so that he can show the people of his youth what he turned out to be. Plus, he wants a wife for his image. Unfortunately, I was *extremely* disappointed by the writing this time around. Either JM was not up to her usual standards, or my copy is missing multiple pages. While the characters were normally well developed, they would suddenly do very outrageous things without any explanation. And then the author tried to act like nothing unusual had happened. Case in point: the heroine goes from absolutely unsure of herself or the hero's feelings from her, to convinced that he is "reordering their lives" so they could be together IN THE SPACE OF ONE PARAGRAPH!! The reader gets no declaration of love, or anything close to that. Just boom: their lives are all of a sudden settled.
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Summary: Not formula like some of her others
Review: I loved this book!! I liked both the main characters and thought they acted like normal people (unlike some characters in JM books). I think I liked this book so much because the couple were honest and they didn't have the typical misunderstanding that some of JM's other main characters have. I have reread this book multiple times - read it!!
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Summary: This book was very good
Review: I can usually spot a bad book pretty easily, but in no way was this book a bad read. It wasn't JM's greatest, but I thought it endearing and romantic, with a great plot. I could read it again.
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Summary: Cute
Review: I really liked this book I thought it was good. So far I read 1 other Judith McNaught Book, Until You, and it was really good and so was this one. I recommend both
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Summary: Until You
Review: I thought that the book Remember When was excellent. In fact, once I began to read it, it was impossible to put it down.
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Summary: Nice but not the best
Review: The story starts of okay but there's something lacking with the plot. It's ends up a little boring, well if you read all of Ms. Mcnaught's book your will know that this is not her best.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I just finished reading Remember When and it was a very good read. However, I did have two problems with it. Number one, Diana Foster didn't have one flaw and everything she did and said was perfect. Everyone has flaws. And then I waited and waited for them to meet again and it wasn't till half way through the book that they actually met and married. There wasn't much attention focused on the two of them because of Cole's problems. I'm not sure if I skipped over pages, but I missed where they actually fell in love with each other. All of a sudden, turn the page and they were madly in love. It was an entertaining read and Cole is a wonderful hero, but I would have liked to see more about their romance.
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