Come the Spring

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Summary: Not her best but still a good read.
Review: I have read every book of Julie Garwood. This most definitely was not her best. It had it's moments but not as intense as some of the other books Ms Garwood has written. I wish she could have spent more time on it. There were still some questions to be answered about some of the characters, which she didn't even touch upon but for a scant sentence or two.

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Summary: poorly developed characters
Review: The hardcover copy of this book is beautifully produced. Sadly, the content leaves a lot to be desired. The introduction is gripping but the effect soon fades away. The characters are poorly fleshed out. It takes about about two hundred pages to receive a bit of background information on the three female protagonists. The plot moves along very slowly. No even a tiny pinch of humor is added in to make us care about these one dimensional characters. The dialogue is stilted and full of cliches. This is one of the worst romance novels I have read in a long time and gives the genre a bad name.

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Summary: Yawn
Review: I've read the first four books in this series, and even the short Pink, White, and Red books were better than this story. I'll even admit the unthinkable: I didn't finish the book. Around page 210, I found that I was totally disinterested in the characters (which as several people have mentioned is quite a number) and frankly didn't even care if the robbers were brought to justice. The plot was thin, the characters one-dimensional at best, and the writing ho-hum. I could have waited longer for an appropriate ending to the Clayborne saga.

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Summary: FOR THE ROSES huge disappointment; no homecoming of Mama.
Review: I dearly love all of Julie Garwood's books. I'd be hardpressed to say which was my favorite, but I think "For The Roses" is pretty close and was so disappointed in the final story "Come the Spring". I so looked forward to reading about Mama coming home and a touching scene with all the family. I actually felt cheated.

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Summary: A real page turner
Review: I'm a fairly new reader to the romance books , but have realy enjoyed Garwoods style of writing . Come the Spring was a real page turner for me , (cover to cover in a day ). To say the least I realy enjoyed it . The characters of Daniel and Cole have a great interaction together. I found the book very entertaining .

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Summary: COME THE SPRING has nothing to do with it's storyline.
Review: Overall, COME THE SPRING is a "must read" if you are a Garwood fan, as I am. However, if you are a beginner then please begin with THE PRISE, THE SECRET, or THE BRIDE then you will be "hooked." If you havn't read FOR THE ROSES first then stop before reading COME THE SPRING, then you will understand what is going on. Character development is average and the affairs seem to move too quickly, within a matter of days, everyone is in love. There were too many sub-story lines that were not developed, too bad. As far as I can tell, nothing happened "in the spring." Lets go back to the highlands.

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Summary: One of the best stories I ever listened to.
Review: All i can say is that this book(cassette version) made the rounds of my office and I had to fight to get it back. The characters are fully developed and very lovable. Some of my co-workers thought I was crazy because parts of the book had me laughing and some close to crying. When they listened to it, they knew why because they reacted the same way. Definately one to listen to.

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Summary: Disappointing, especially following all the hype...
Review: surrounding the series. Loved "For the Roses" -- good character development, and all that I have come to expect from Julie. However, the three small rose books were too short for any form of development at all, leaving the reader yearning for more, and wondering where the things they love about Julie have disappeared to.

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Summary: One of Garwood's Least Interesting
Review: This book had too many characters and the plot was too convoluted to even resemble reality. The question as to why each of the women covered for the other regarding the robbery was vague. I expected more from a Julie Garwood book.

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Summary: Julie has done it AGAIN!!
Review: Again, Julie has completely overwhelmed me with her writing ability. I eagerly await every book is able to publish and sometimes get frustrated with the fact that she can not publish books as fast as I can read them!!!