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Summary: Good read by Lindsey
Review: Johanna Lindsey has done it again! OK, so those readers before me have given it a lower rating - so what do they expect? Constant perfection? FYI, I purchased THE HEIR at 5:30 PM last night, attended a night school class, and still had to finish it before I went to bed. The characters were good, the situation entertaining and the grandfathers the best. There was a time or two that I would have loved to have slapped a certain female character but she was an integral part of the plot. Like most of you, I'm waiting for Jeremy's book, but in the meantime I'll buy any Lindsey offered for sale!
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Summary: A Delightful and hilarious story!
Review: With eyes the color of spring lilacs and a figure that is just too curvaceous, Sabrina Lambert is a thoroughly witty and utterly charming young country miss. She has an unusual gift of amusing people around her and constantly surprising them with her colorful jokes and easygoing manner. Almost everyone in her vicinity falls under her delightful charm.......And Duncan MacTavish is no exception.The young rogue is completely bedazzled by Sabrina's charming wit and is enchanted by her unusual ways...She is there for him when he is in a desperate need of distraction.......She helps him to forget his woes.....and Duncan has those aplenty! A fter coming to his unexpected and unwanted inheritance, he has to abandon his beloved Scottish Highlands for his English estates that come with a string of attachments....the least desirable being a certain fiancee' of a dazzling but superficial beauty - Lady Ophelia Reid. Her viper tongue and manipulations totally disgust Duncan, which is why he seeks solace in the company of the adorable and lovable Sabrina.... She is his best friend...or so he claims....until tender passions and unexpected emotions of love overwhelm them both...to a point that they can no longer deny each other such exquisite torment.... However, road to everlasting happiness is a bumpy one for Sabrina and Duncan. She has a scandal attached to her name.He has another woman shackled to his leg, not to mention all other unfortunate circumstances. This novel is such a gem. I absolutely devoured it! The plot and dialogues are extremely funny. The characters are so well developed. On top of it all, throw in two meddling and scheming Grandfathers (a grumpy old Scott and a gruff old Englishman)....and a pair of bickering spinster Aunts.....well, then everything becomes absolutely wayward and hilarious! This book is a keeper and deserves a sequel! (preferably about Rafael Locke, Duncan's friend....whose character is an absolute treasure!)
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Summary: What Happen
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. I have every book Johanna Lindsey has ever written. This story dragged, went on and on, and was very boring. If she had made the grandfathers, or the aunts funnier, maybe, maybe that would have helped. There was no passion! The on again off again engagement I wanted to say, "Get On With It". Her previous book, the Joining was not up to par, by her standards, but it was better than this one by a long margin. She was definately having a bad week when she wrote this story. I don't have a problem with being friends with someone and then falling in love, but this story could have been written better, funnier, and with more passion. Why has she taken the romance and passion out of her books lately? Where is the fire, the hero/heroine inter-action, the spice, and the fun of her previous books. Books like, Gentle Rouge, Warrior Woman, Secret Fires, and Fires of Winter, and any other of her books before the Joining? I have to say Disappointment, is an understatement.
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Summary: BORING!
Review: This is just such a boring book. I didn't buy, because of what the other reviewers said. So I checked it out from my library and boy am I glad that I didn't waste any money. The book started out with promise--especially the hero Duncan seemed gorgeous and mysterious. But there was just no chemistry. Johanna, how could you do this? Remember James & Georgie? Challen & Tedra? Garrick & Brenna? For a long time now, Johanna's writing has dwindled. Stick with her older stuff. Now those were the books that you couldn't put down.
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Summary: Rather disappointing
Review: This is the first of Johannas' book that I could do without. I think this would have made a much better novela, rather than a full length book. It starts out pretty good, with Duncan and Sabrina becoming friends and confidants. That was all well and good, but the on again off again engagement was a little too much. If Duncan didn't care what the Ton thought of him, he should have gotten a back bone and stood up for himself. If you need a Lindsay fix, reread any of her earlier works. Sooo much better.
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Summary: Not up to par:
Review: I have read every single one of Johanna Lindsey's books, but with the last three, The Joining, The Heir, and The Present, I was left feeling nothing!! I was completely bored and wondered where all the action was or just the good old plain love stories of her other books. I found myself not wanting to read anymore of her books now although I will because I keep hoping she'll get better!!! Please Johanna give me some more of the books like Man of My Dreams, which I read 3 times!!!! I love almost all of your other work........
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Summary: Much Better!
Review: I really enjoyed this one! Duncan was very likable as was Sabrina. I liked the fact that Sabrina was no great beauty. After all, few of us really are. She was warm, funny, personable, and real. I found that I could really relate to this story. I, like Sabrina, could be considered plain and rather curvy. I also have the ability to make people laugh and usually make friends quickly as did Sabrina. Duncan made me think of my husband: warm, handsome, and caring. And just as Duncan and Sabrina did, my husband and I built our relationship first on friendship. Personally, I get tired of the romances that have the lovers at each other's throats throughout the whole book. I enjoyed the fact that Duncan and Sabrina liked each other. Theirs was a warm, loving relationship. The type of relationship that I long for even in fantasy. Kudos, Johanna. You are definitely back.
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Summary: The Heir
Review: This was a great book. I have been reading JL for about 15 years and love almost all her books. There are only a few that I don't re-read a dozen times. Most people seem disappointed in her last two books, but I thought they were still up to par. The Heir is a completely different novel than any I have read of JL's. In this novel, the two become friends first, but soon realize that there is more between them than friendship. There is less passon in this novel, but I think that it makes for a nice change. The heroine is not a breathtakingly beautiful woman, whom the hero cannot live without. Instead, the hero learns he cannot live without her beacause he values her friendship and loves her for who she is, not the person she looks to be. He is not blinded by beauty, which is shown through his dislike of Olivia. In the end, there is still a good amount of passion, since Duncan really enjoys bedding Sabrina. They may not show fire and ice, like so many of JL's characters, but these two have a love that will last a lifetime, friends first! But I still love a passionate JL novel any day of the week.
I recommend any JL novel with a Mallory clan member in it. Gentle Rogue was my first JL novel and I can't wait for a new one to come out. Jeremy Mallory, or even one of the Anderson brothers, Drew or Boyd, they are just as entertaining as the Mallory clan!
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Summary: Disapointed .
Review: I found the heroine and the hero so immature. Plus the "beautiful gal" totally obnoxious. There was no growth for the character and the other major people just sat back and just watched to see how their lives would work out. I found it VERY difficult to finish the book.
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Summary: The Heir did not inherit positive comments from me
Review: The Heir was probably the worst novel Lindsey has written. I'm not a 'die-hard' Lindsey fan, but I must confess that my 'favorite novel list' contain several novels written by her, and I do find her books more than tolerable. However, the Heir did not inherit neither the romance nor action usually associated with Lindsey's earlier novels. Actually, it was so 'boring' that I had to literally force myself to finish the novel. The hero and heroine were 'weak' characters and the menace, 'dear old' Ophelia was obnoxious and dizzy, oh well, as she was written to be. The hero's uncles were just plain 'stupid', the heroines two aunts reminded me of the two aunts in 'Arsenic and Old Lace', and the month long 'search for a bride' party became blase'. After reading The Heir, I decided to read a good old fashioned classical romance to appreciate the fine art of writing. Happy Reading!
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