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Summary: Charming Read
Review: I wasn't thrilled about the whole cinderella thing and the heroine was a bit naive. I loved the hero because he was so much different than your usual brooding male. I really like that he owned up to his feelings right away and it didn't have to be forced out of him until the end of the book. He was actually a good guy with real feelings and a heart.
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Summary: Her Worst Ever
Review: This is the absolute worst novel by Julia Quinn. I have always loved her books, but after reading this one I was leery of continuing to read anything by her. Happily, her next few redeemed her. I would not recommend this one at all, unless you would like to despise the "hero" and feel ashamed of the "heroine". This was definitely a disappointing novel and has made me much more cautious about reading Julia Quinn, whose storytelling I always adored. The only gentlemen I found in this book were secondary characters, not Benedict - though his name seems quite appropriate. I don't even include this book with my Julia Quinn collection, that is how much I dislike it.
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Summary: The whole Bridgerton series is awesome!
Review: This is the Third in the Bridgergon series. First was The Duke and I (excellent), the second was the Viscount Who Loved Me, the fourth is Romancing Mr. Bridgerton. the fifth is To Sir Philip With Love, and the sixth is When He Was Wicked." The whole series is great, but the first four are the best! While all the Bridgerton novels are a series, they can be read in any order...they stand alone well...but the first few are my favorites!The first time I read this book it was no my favorite of this series. But, I picked it up again later and I really really liked it more! It is a Cinderella story and the first time I read it I just kept saying to myself "Whe doesn't she just TELL him?" and "How can he not tell it is her?" The second time it just seemed to flow better for me! Sophie and Benedict have a unique version of the Cinderella story when he meets her on a balcony where she is disguised and spends the next few years not giving his heart to anyone else in hopes of finding her. When Sophie's evil stepmother and evil stepsisters kick her out of her own house she has no place to go. She runs across a sick Benedict again, and nurses him back to health, only to avoid telling him that they have met before. Benedict falls for Sophie but holds back to find his true love from the ball! I know this all sounds silly, but Quinn is a natural story teller so everything just comes together!
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Summary: a fairy tale indeed
Review: First of all,the novel is based on fairy tale, anyone who said that it's PREDICTABLE, well, sorry, but ur just stating the obvious fact. I've watched and read 20+ different versions of cinderella on films, cartoons, television and fairy tale books; the first time, it was kinda enchanting and magical just like how it should be for 8-yr-old girls. On the 10th and 11th version, it became a hobby of pointing technical alternations, a glove for a glass slipper, or a housekeeper for a fairy-godmother. Now, as I read the nth version of Cinderella, I was getting ready on calling the shots as I usually do, and I was disappointed that Quinn didn't even try hard enough to alter any details at all. What she did was even better; she extended the time line of the story, she bent the plot inside out, and she succeeded on breathing life to the overrated kiddie-tale. I always think the story a little bit lacking and unsatisfactory. For when the prince found Cinderella, they immediately hit u with their happily-ever-afters. Let me tell u, this novel didnt end there; it's the beginning instead. Dont u ever wonder wat will happen if the prince met the pauper b4 the princess? My wonderings ended shortly as I became engorged with Quinn's magic. I thought I'll find it absolutely ridiculous if the writer squeezed some of that love-at-first-sight stuff. It's either professionally disguised or Quinn is just a superb novelist for I never once cringed or bit my lip when I find myself imprisoned with the gooey-mooshy dialogues. Anyway, this is my first Quinn book, and as sure I am that Danielle Steel's books will never be as entrancing as her studio shots on the jacket cover of her novels, this won't be my last. It's not often that you find a writer who writes so freely and confidently. She took hold of the cinderella-plot as if it was her idea all along and not merely a revision. I like the way she interweaves humor on her scenes, subtle and not deliberate. Most of all, I like how she grasps human emotions and pour them not in one big splash, but drip by drip onto the right pages, on the exact moments. And when she knows it's enough, she stops and she doesnt ruin the effect by overdoing it. A person is a good writer if she doesnt have to convince her readers that she is really good. And I think Ms Quinn has convinced me completely when she transformed a universal tale of rich-boy;poor-girl type into a whole new story that even grown-ups like me, would surely enjoy.
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