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Summary: High Tide is a Total Washout!
Review: I had great difficulty believing that Jude Deveraux even wrote this book. I have been an avid fan of her wonderful stories for years and have never been so thoroughly let down before. High Tide totally lacks veracity, interest, romance and the usual great storytelling that I have come to expect from Jude.
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Summary: A Fair Read
Review: I loved the Ace and Fiona characters! Ace seems so cool and laid back. I liked Fiona's character because she seems to be able to stay cool during tough situations. However, this is no "Knight in Shining Armor" which I loved and think is Ms. Deveraux's best book. The mystery line was good but there were so many extra people in this book that didn't seem important to the story that things started to get somewhat confusing. I liked the history of the lost treasure and how they come to find it. Not a terrible book, entertaining, but not the greatest either. If you're a Deveraux fan you'll love it.
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Summary: Save your time and money
Review: I bought this book and as I make plans to enter counseling for my horrendous choice, I tell you who are considering this book, don't. The writing is flat--all flash and no substance. If I had turned the page to find that through some miracle all of the other pages were blank, I would have counted it as a blessing. I can't believe Deveraux wrote this. She's can be a much better writer than this and her fans deserve better. "Disappointed" doesn't begin to describe how I felt as I pitched my copy of _High Tide_ in the trash, "betrayed" or simply "cheated" seems more fitting.
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Summary: Better than Blessing!
Review: OK, OK--so this wasn't one of Jude's best books, but I have to admit that I liked it much better than the Blessing! I personally like hearing about those too perfect, too rich, too handsome, too lovely and too loving Montgomerys and Taggerts! I was glad to see the family return. I felt that I learned a bit about both Fiona and Ace, and could see how their relationship grew. I like my ends tightly knit though, and wondered if Ace's family had felt rejected by him or if he felt estranged from them because of his unusual choice of lifestyle. (I am talking about his parents here, not his cousins.) Of course, the outcome was obvious, but I want my romances to end happily. All in all though, I think that Historical romance is the genre in which Jude excells, and I wish she would return to that. (I am glad to see her leave that goofy time travel/reincarnation stuff behind!)
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Summary: Very disapointed
Review: If I could I would give this book 0 stars, I would. It was one of the worst books I can remember reading in a long time. The characters and the plot made no sense at all. I still can't believe I continued reading until the end.
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Summary: Mixed Review
Review: I liked the story, found it spellbinding in places, but very contrived in others. The worst part was the epilogue. No, it wouldn't happen that way, and it wouldn't end that way. I thumbed through the last pages of the book looking for the rest of the ending. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable read.
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Summary: Unpredictable Mystery
Review: This book was an enchanting read. I stayed up until 12 midnight to finish it. This book was so exciting, I read faster than usual. I love the mystery and how the story unfold itself. Unlike other romance/mystery novel, the villian was not revealed. For example, unlike Catherine Coulter, "The Duke", I knew who the killer was from the first page, it was that obvious. It's good to read something different that keeps an educated mind rolling. People who gave a negative review to this book judge too harshly and must not be a fan of romance/mystery novels. Most importantly I love the characters especially Paul "Ace" Montgomery and Fiona Burkenhalter.
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Summary: Extremely Disappointing!
Review: I've read most all of JD's books beginning with the Velvet series and I must say this one was a total disappointment. The plot was stupid and senseless and the there were so many unended sentences that I was totally frustrated. I find it hard to believe this was even written by Jude Deveraux--more like a 10th grade ghost writer. If her next one is this bad, I think it will be my last one.
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Summary: Poor example of Jude's work
Review: This book was a big disappointment to me as well. I am a big fan of Jude's, and dont mind paying full price for her books if I have to...but this was not worth the money in paperback and certainly not in hardback(if it came that way.)...Confusing and convoluted mystery, minor romance, minor humor(where she usually shines)unresolved dilemmas, no continuity. I would almost say this was written by somebody else!! I certainly hope the next one will be back to her old form.
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Summary: I'm very disappointed.
Review: There are only a few writers whose new books I wait for with eagerness and Jude Deveraux is one of those writers. I have always enjoyed the way her books flow, the romance involved, and the wonderful plots (A Knight In Shining Armor and Sweet Liar spring immediately to mind). I couldn't find any of those attributes in this book, however. I've never been so confused about the characters in a book, and in this one I did a lot of wondering which character was which and who did what to whom. The story line jumped from place to place so fast that my head was spinning. I thought perhaps I had read it too fast the first time and slogged my way through a second reading, but came away with the same sense of disappointment as I did after the first reading. This is not a book I'm going to keep or read again. I'll be selling it at my next garage sale.
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