Rating: Summary: Wonderly Romantic Review: If you enjoy a good story about a woman falling in love with anotehr woman then this is the book for you. I read this book in one night. I couldn't put it down till I finished it. It is wondefuly romantic and shows how women love women. I highly recommend it to any lesbian that loves romance.
Rating: Summary: SO VERY DELICIOUS! Review: It awakened my senses, pulled at my heart and warmed my insides! Beautifully written, with believable characters, I was transcended!
Rating: Summary: Beautiful romance. Totally unbelievale but who cares? Review: It is unfortunate that this book had to be rooted in a particular time period because there is such a romanticism and timelessness about it. It is definitely a beautiful fantasy but that is unimportant. What is important is the feel of the story. Diane and Lane meet in a beautiful mountain hideaway owned by Liz, near Lake Tahoe and the romance begins. It is hard to describe as a story because it is more feelings and fantasy than anything else. It is well-written and even if the ending is storybook, it doesn't matter. We all need a little fantasy in our lives. It is really hard to review but it is so evocative. I just recommend you read it and get your own feel for it. First-rate.
Rating: Summary: A keeper Review: One of the best coming out stories I have ever read. It is a permanent part of my library. I read it once a year. Excellent character development and flow. If you are a lesbian and have not read this book, you must! If you are straight, it will broaden your horizons, and perhaps just make you a little curious. :)Enjoy!
Rating: Summary: Lovely, not too deep, but lovely Review: Sure, this is not deeply intellectual stuff, but for the romantic at heart, this is a lovely and sensual story. The probing Diana goes through, albeit in a rather short time(2 days), is very real. Some of the freedom and pleasure the two women enjoy after having met yesterday is rather dream material, though isnt that what reading a romance is all about. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Rating: Summary: A Masterpiece! Review: The best lebian love story I read so far... I very highly recommend it-
Rating: Summary: Where's the plot? Review: The plot started out well. The slow building of the attraction between Lane and Diana. The questions and confusion. Then all of a sudden, they have sex and the book turns into a collection of erotica. Lane and Diana just run from one sex scene to another with very little interaction with each other or the other characters. I enjoyed the scenes where they are talking, getting to know each other. However, those were few and far between. The other characters were interchangeable and very cardboard. (I kept mixing up Millie and Madge.) Diana's relationship with Jack is not explained until the end of the book. The confusion Diana "suffers" is rather mild compared to a real coming-out. Overall, the book was a decent read. However, it does not live up to it's billing as the greatest lesbian romance ever.
Rating: Summary: Sultry, Warm, Perfect Review: This book is the classic lesbian romance. Woven with the heart-felt, painfully beautiful verse of Emily Dickinson, this honest and simple tale of two lovers is eloquently written, passionate, and satisfying. If you are sick of the butch/femme dicotomy and all of the labels and roles that often pollute the purity and authenticity of two women falling in love, you will find comfort here. Curious Wine is the story of two women, beautiful on both the inside and the outside, who not only fall deeply in love, but heal each other's pain. In contrast with the objectification of women that exists so much today even in the lesbian community, the lovers in Curious Wine see one another as people, and share an almost-spiritual connection. Diana and Lane truly come alive to the reader, and the depths of their characters are revealed with grace, honesty, and believability. Their love is gentle, tender, selfless, and delightfully passionate. Beautiful work. Highly recomended!
Rating: Summary: A Little Outdated.... Review: This book is the story of 7 middle aged women who take a vacation to a cabin outside of Lake Tahoe... and how two of them fall in love and discover the lesbian-side of themselves that they had never explored. This book is a little out-dated in the way that it makes lesbianism seem taboo, and in the way that the women view themselves compared to their male mates... as though a female/female relationship is somehow less valid. I'll admit that the sex scenes were kind of fun... But i'd only recommed this book for the extremely conservative... or perhaps for a middle aged woman. (But all the teen-aged and twenty-something lesbians... STAY AWAY!) Oh... and the cover says: "Curious Wine, A Novel". I'd call it more of a novella... it doesn't even reach 200 pages!
Rating: Summary: Breathtaking! Review: This book was excellent! I read it in a matter of hours. It was very realistic. There were moments of conversation between Lane and Diana that literally took my breath away and made my heart skip. This is a very well written and emotionally charged book that is a must read
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