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Summary: Give this one a pass
Review: I was interested to see what had happened to the main characters since "Forever," so I picked up this book. It is a big disappointment.
Darci's husband is missing, and someone supernatural has him since she can't get a feel on where he is with her psychic abilities. She ends up helping Linc find his missing child since she feels that will help her find her husband.
Linc is a stereotype of a black man. All he thinks about is sex, and just about every scene he is in has him lusting after someone. He even has sex with someone he's never met when she wakes up while he is sneaking into her room to steal something for Darci. He really brought the tone of the story down.
I normally enjoy Jude Deveraux, but it was like she was trying to hard to please everyone with this book- those who want a lot of sex, and those who want a supernatural story. In the end, she failed all of her readers.
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Summary: Dreadful Disappointment...
Review: What a fine writer is Jude Deveraux. I've read her books for countless years and received many, many hours of enjoyment. What a shame it is to have published this book. It's a big departure from Jude's usual style and not a good fit at all. Beginning with the Velvet Chronicles of the middles ages, through the colonization of America and into contemporary settings Jude created a family to be admired, the Montgomerys. What happened? Here you get a Montgomery story without a Montgomery (he's disappeared) and he's left a psychically talented wife behind who for some reason can't find him. Also, what happened to her father and sister-in-law? Those characters from Forever had a lot of potential. The story is so contrived it's laughable. What were you thinking of Jude? Go back to what you do so well. So far, I'm only holding onto my book out of loyalty but I was so tempted to return it and get my money back.
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Summary: Research before knocking the book.
Review: I made the same mistake as a lot of people, started with this one first. I still got into it. Its part of a four book saga according to a couple Jude websites. People complain of no ending, because there isn't an ending. Forever and Always ended with her searching for her husband still, and she will in the next book. Forever and Always leaves you hanging wondering where her husband is. I didnt really like Lincoln. He was annoying. Its kind of frusterating being left hanging, I'd like to see her get her husband back, but I have to wait for the next books.
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Summary: Sequel with no end
Review: This was a good book, a sequel to Forever. Picked it up expecting some conclusion, but there was none! I assume another in the series is coming, although it appears Holly was published next, which is not really a sequel at all. I wouldn't read this book until the next comes out as it really, really, leaves you hanging.
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Summary: Disappointing! Spare yourself!
Review: I won't go into the plot as several other reviewers have already done so. I just wish I had read a review prior to picking up this book, it was so not worth my time. If I had realized it was a sequel, I surely would not have picked it out. It's not even a sequel, just a middle stop in a series to come...I didn't like the heroine, she is an simpleton/idiot...seems weak...who can be this simple? Why would I want to read about her? Where is the romance? Where is the hero? Her husband is missing and that's it...she is pining and that's the romance story? She is a weakling who sends her children away to be raised by relatives.
What is the point of this story? I read romances for escapism, and fun, not to be reminded of the pain and misery in society, children kidnapped for instance, for that I simply can turn on the news any day of the week.If, as a couple of reviewers have implied, this is a journey of a woman's growth story, we can do alot better than this. And it should not be characterized as a romance novel when I go to the bookstore. Linc? He was a travesty. A cliche` on so many levels, the sexy black man, who is forbidden, and the women are lusting after his "beauty." The oversexed/sexy black man cliche. He had sex with ghosts! Because he needed sex so badly, which she kept referring to, Darci read his sex vibes constantly, was titillated by them...what a loser! Spare me! And if I want to read about slavery and the injustices of it, I am not going to the Romance section of the bookstore. SLAVERY WAS A BAD THING. Thanks Jude Deveraux for pointing that out, I would never have known otherwise. Then there was no ending...I mean Linc finds his son, but to find out where her husband is, we have to read the next book, or maybe there will be one after that? If Jude D. wanted to have a heroine who went on adventures using her powers, she shouldn't have hooked her up and married in the first book...and the character should be more interesting and stronger than Darci... Anyway, I have digressed wildly here, the point is I would give it no stars and do not recommend this. I used to be a Jude Deveraux fan years ago and A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR is one of my all time favorite romance books in life. This book and character were just a simple waste of time/money.
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Summary: Truly terrible pulp
Review: Darci is supposedly on the look out for famous actor Linc's son, and has been in mourning ever since her husband Adam and sister in law Bodiccea have gone missing. The book is a total sham as both a mystery and as any sort of a love story. The hero Linc is African American, and there are so many racist remarks in the book even while the author is trying to be earnest about the terrible treatment of slaves in the past, that I found it totally offensive. And I am not Af-Am. Add to that the sex play between the two and her voyeurism as he has sex with the woman who supposedly murdered his friend, and we have a really revolting book. Even worse is again the premise in Forever of evil people kidnapping children to use for their own sick purpose, with no thought as to how offensive this is. This author should definitely spend some time working for a Missing person's/children's hotline if she thinks to make money from this as something 'etnertaining.' The end of the book is so rushed it does not tie up all the loose ends, only goes on to try to show how she can get the power to get Adam back-by becoming more evil herself. We never see Adam in the book at all, the supposedly happy marriage etc that we were left with at the end of the last novel, so the whole thing is just pointless drivel with a heroine with and an almost anti-hero in the constantly horny Linc even trying to have sex with various ghosts (including 4 at one time!!) who have all of the characterization of cardboard cut outs. This and forever were the first two books I tried by Deveraux; I will never read one of this author's novels again.
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Summary: I enjoyed it
Review: True, it wasn't the typical JD romance novel, but I have enjoyed the way she has branched out over the years. If I wanted to read another Velvet series I would have reread them. If that's what you're after, skip the Forever series because they definitely are something altogether different. Forever and it's sequel Forever and Always are a refreshing new direction for JD.
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Summary: Not a Romance, but good story
Review: I have not read her first book Forever. I don't usually read non-historical romances, and I really LOVE Ms. Deverauxs romance historical romanance works-especially "A Knight in Shining Armor". This plot looked interesting, so I asked for it for Christmas. The main female character has supernatural powers which include blowing people's minds up (happened in first book it says). The story starts off that despite having these powers, she can not locate her husband or sister in-law. In addition, due to a sleazy writer of a tabloid, she has been accussed in the media of killing them for their money. Though her family and the law know she did not, it does not make her less afraid to go out of her house-which makes it difficult when a TV celebrity asks her to find his son, which also has dissappeared mysteriously. The story has ghosts, lost loves, and some sexual tension between the two characters, but it is NOT a love story. It is a story about a quest and the self awareness of the main female character. It alludes to a higher power and the book does not end-she still needs to find her husband. The story is compelling, and worth a read, but if you are looking for a romance-pass it up. If you are looking for something else to give your brain, then give this a shot. Just be reminded that you may need to pick up her next book to find out what happens...
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Summary: Just Horrible
Review: I used to love Jude Deveraux! This book reads like the description to a video game; they have to go here, run through this corridor, get this item... with all the warmth and depth of character of a video game, too. What happened to you Jude?
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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Summary: What happened???
Review: Jude D has always been one of my favorite all time authors but her last few books have been a total waste! I can't believe I would ever say that about a Jude D book!! With the way the book is wrote I never felt like I connected with the characters or even began to care about them. I think I'll go back and read the Lady series or the Velvet series again!
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