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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: This is the worse book I have read in a very long time, and I read a lot. It was a tease starting out with several interesting characters that were never developed. No character was truly likable because there was not enough information offered to make them 3-dimensional. Gaps and blunders abound. For example: Why did people hate Marc? How could Reb go from cold to hot so fast? What happened to Amy? Who was Bonnie Blue? What was the deal with the photograph? Why did Oribel think she was Cyrus' proctector? And the biggest blunder of all... what made the publishers think this novel was finished?
Rating:
Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: This is the worse book I have read in a very long time, and I read a lot. It was a tease starting out with several interesting characters that were never developed. No character was truly likable because there was not enough information offered to make them 3-dimensional. Gaps and blunders abound. For example: Why did people hate Marc? How could Reb go from cold to hot so fast? What happened to Amy? Who was Bonnie Blue? What was the deal with the photograph? Why did Oribel think she was Cyrus' proctector? And the biggest blunder of all... what made the publishers think this novel was finished?
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Summary: Not As Good As It Could Be
Review: This story was not as good as it could have been. I am a big fan of this author so I was a little let down by the fact that I did not care for this story. It had great potential with a great mystery and I love her stories set down in the south. This just did not live up to her other books.I felt that I had come into the story in the middle from the very start. The conversations between the characters were often confusing and at time there were too many characters speaking at the same time. Just as another review stated. All of this added to the uneven flow of the story. This could have been all overlooked if the ending was better. I feel that Ms. Carmeron ended the story too soon and that there was no closure for any of the characters in the story. What happen to everyone and how did they handle the outcome???? I don't think a few more pages to "wrap things up" would have been out of order. It could not of hurt in any event.
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Summary: wonderful romantic suspense
Review: Though his family owns a sizable part of Toussaint, Louisiana, not too many people are pleased to see Marc Gilbert return to town after a thirteen-year absence. Marc saw a picture of local singer Bonnie Blue in his hometown newspaper that he still receives. The accompanying article reports the death by accident of Bonnie. Marc believes that Bonnie is his missing older sister Amy. Medical examiner Reb O'Brien has always had a crush on Marc that never really went anywhere especially after he graduated from Tulane as she was completing her freshman year there. Reb has no reason to conclude foul play occurred in Bonnie's death, but Marc ties the case back to two other murders two years ago though the convicted killer resides in prison. Marc persuades Reb to help determine whether Bonnie was Amy and if someone, perhaps her married boyfriend, killed her. COLD DAY IN JULY is a wonderful romantic suspense that provides the audience with growing intrigue that seems to grip all the residence of Toussaint, many of who fear the return of Marc as a catalyst for trouble. The story line is fast-paced yet takes the time to enable the reader to feel the ambiance and the apprehension gripping Toussaint. Marc is a strong lead protagonist though why he concluded that Bonnie is Amy seems stretched while Reb is a delightful local doctor trying to do the right thing even as she wonders what that is. Stella Cameron provides her fans with a wonderful reading day in September. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Disjointed mess!
Review: Where to begin-this seems like a question the author should have asked herself. The concept is intriguing and has loads of potenial but begins with jumbled confusion that only expands with the plotline. The dialouge is haphazard with bouts of head hoping and disjointed dialouge finished off with a ????? wait there is no finish-no conclusion, no ending, no summation-shall I continue? Did our couple end up together? Did Mark find Amy? Did Cyrus give into his temptations? What about Precious and her husband? Do we care????? However this book does provide hope-if this is writing then we can all become successful authors! Were the editors sleeping?? Don't waste your time and/or money.......
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