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Summary: The story was okay but could have been better!
Review: I'm a big fan of this writer's (usually) but I'm sorry to say a little dissappointed with this book. It was okay but not up to Nora's usual norm. Will I buy her next book? CERTAINLY! I'm one of her biggest fans!
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Summary: No surprise here
Review: I don't know if I'm just really good at knowing who the killer is in a book or if it was just too obvious but I knew who commited this crime at about a third of the way through the novel. Still I enjoyed the story somewhat. The lead character was a strong woman but after all the abuse from her evil dad and pitiful mother, it was amazing she turned out ok (and unrealistic). I think the father was also unrealistic in some ways. If he wanted to molest his daughter and not just beat her (the daughter admits she knew her father wanted her sexually when she was a child), it's hard for me to believe that a man as evil as he was would hold back. Things just didn't add up in her family life, and the end was cheesy and predictable. Definately not one of her best books but still interesting.
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Summary: A Hauntingly Suspensful Good Story!
Review: I am a HUGE Nora Robets fan, and can not recall, off hand, a book by this amazing author I have not enjoyed. Carolina Moon is no different! I thought is was a hauntingly good suspense thriller that made me both laugh and cry at times. A compelling tale of one person's re-occuring nightmare. It is a story not to be missed!
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Summary: moody, murder mystery that keeps you on the edge!
Review: Nora Robert scores big with this contemporary Suspense. Tory and Hope were constant companions, twins of the soul even though Hope already had a real twin sister, Faith. Faith always resented the bond. Then one night all their lives were shattered. What was to be a midnight camp out by two 8 years olds bent on adventure, sees one girl beaten severely, another raped and dead in the swamp. Tory and Hope were to sneak out and meet late that night, but Tory's brutal father took a belt to his only child because she had the devil in her, she was born with 'the sight'. Bruised mentally and physically, she was unable to meet Hope as they planned. And it may have cost Hope her life. Though unable to go Hope's aid, Tory suffered the torment of 'seeing' her true friend murdered in a brutal fashion.
Haunted by the dreams of Hope, Tory knows she must return to face the nightmare of what happened to Hope, and to stop the man who killed her friend, for he was killing still now 20 years later.
Being back in lazy Southern town causes problems, for there are those that wish she had never returned to stir up old scars and memories. Faith still resents that her twin sister was closer to Tory. Cade, their older brother,wants answers about his sister's death he knows Tory holds, but he also want Tory.
Is the mad man killing on August 23 the man that fathered Tory? Or one of the other upstanding citizens of Progress.
This book won't let you but it down!!
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Summary: We don't talk like that!
Review: Nora Roberts is a great novelist. And this novel in particular is as good as the others I've read. I just wanted to make a comment on Roberts' character portrayal of the Southern characters in this book. I felt that her descriptions of the Southern characters and their dialogues were making fun of Southern people. Just for clarity sake, we don't talk like that!
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Well, it has all the goodies, good romance, great suspense, strong characters, but personally I found Faith and Wade's romance much more interesting than Cade and Tory's one, however it was great to read this amazing story.
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Summary: Another Satisfying Romance from Nora Roberts¿
Review: Tory Bodeen has returned from New York to Progress, South Carolina, her small home-town from which she had fled at the age of 18 to escape the beatings of her brutal, evil father and the rumors that surrounded the death of her best friend, Hope Lavelle, 11 years earlier. Tory had special sensory skills that allowed her to see and know things that others could not. She had actually used her powers to help locate missing children during her years in New York. The mystery of the brutal death of her childhood friend still plagued her, and was part of the reason she was returning to Progress. She was also attempting to confront and banish the lingering sense of failure and fear instilled by her father. When she arrived in Progress to open up an artistic gift shop, she immediately caught the eye of Cade Lavelle, the older brother of her former friend, Hope. Cade was attracted to her, even though she brought back painful memories of his younger sister. Hope's twin sister, Faith, is the bad girl in the plot with her flamboyant, lazy ways and string of failed marriages. The book is populated with unique and interesting characters and quaint depictions of small town life. Tory's vow to solve the mystery of Hope's death provides a level of intrigue and suspense that serves as an interesting back-drop for the burgeoning romance between she and Cade. Another sub plot is the developing romance between Faith and Wade, the town's vet and Cade's best friend. Although the outcome of the romance is predictable, the solution to the string of murders is surprising, and the plot keeps you intrigued to the last pages of the book. Nora Roberts has mastered the art of weaving romance into a believable and interesting story.
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Summary: Intrigue, Romance, and Reality all rolled into one!!!
Review: I've never written a review before, because I haven't felt strongly enough about a book to do so, but here goes: While reading Carolina Moon, I was entranced from the beginning. Tory Bodeen's story was exremely fascinating as are the alternate charachters in the book. The variety of twists and turns in plot kept me turning pages. Throughout reading the book it was as if turning each page, you didn't quite know what was going to happen next, and to whom! Personally, I found this book to be one of Nora's BEST! I have read a lot of her books, but in all honesty hadn't read the last few. I am glad someone suggested it to me, and I will be going back to read the ones I have missed. I did not want to put it down. Excellent creativity in development of plot scenes and characters. I found Carolina Moon had just the right amount of detail which enabled me to get lost in the story so I could envision myself right there amongst the action. Of course I found Tory (Victoria)to be an extremely powerful character, which in my opinion did not overpower the story itself. Loved it!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: A great read full of twists and turns and plenty of romance! Nora Roberts does an excellent job of bringing the reader in head first right from the beginning. As with all of her books, the plot is unique. Tory Bodeen returns to her childhood home to bury the memories of a childhood friend. Her past is murky and she must face the whispers and stares of the small town community. Through it all, she must find herself and find a place for love in her life. A delightful read that will keep you up late into the night, wondering how it will end!
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: Carolina Moon was fascinating with Tory Bodeen's psychic ability adding an spooky quality to the story. When Tory decides to return home to open a store she also decides she will put to rest her tragic past. A past the includes the murder of her best friend and the memories of a brutal father. There is a romance that develops between Tory and Cade, her deceased best friend's brother. A friendship is also developed between Tory and Faith, her deceased best friend's twin sister. I was falling in love with the town, feeling like the characters were my friends too, and all around impressed with Robert's technical skill in this novel. Nora Roberts knows how to deliver a great romantic and suspenseful novel. Carolina Moon is no exception!
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