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Summary: Terrible
Review: This was a very good read. I couldn't put the book down. Velvet is a little spoiled as you would except the daughter of Skye and Adam to be. Considering her age and experience I can see how she would want her mother when she thought Alex had been killed. She had been through a lot at that point with little or no guidance from the other adults in her life. The time in India was the best part of the book. I agree with the other reviews I think she would have been happier with Akbar. The had me crying when she had to leave.
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Summary: Velvet is definitely Her Mothers Daughter
Review: This was a very good read. I couldn't put the book down. Velvet is a little spoiled as you would except the daughter of Skye and Adam to be. Considering her age and experience I can see how she would want her mother when she thought Alex had been killed. She had been through a lot at that point with little or no guidance from the other adults in her life. The time in India was the best part of the book. I agree with the other reviews I think she would have been happier with Akbar. The had me crying when she had to leave.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!!!!
Review: This was by far the best in the O'Malley series. Anyone interested in historical romance needs to read any of Bertrice Small's books. The O'Malley series is just one of her best. Mrs. Small is an absolute delight.
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Summary: She's no Skye O'Malley
Review: Velvet is no Skye and Alex is no Adam. Velvet is headstrong like her mother, but in many ways lacks intelligence. Alex is overbearing and generally unlikable. However, this book is enjoyable if it is read with the rest of the series. Of course, we don't want Velvet to be a carbon copy of Skye. She should be her own character. She just needed to use her head a bit more. Her adventures in India were very interesting to me and I was glad when "Wild Jasmine" came along with more detailed stories about Indian life. As usual, I commend Mrs. Small's incredible writing ability. Nobody paints a picture with words as well as she does.
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Summary: She's no Skye O'Malley
Review: Velvet is no Skye and Alex is no Adam. Velvet is headstrong like her mother, but in many ways lacks intelligence. Alex is overbearing and generally unlikable. However, this book is enjoyable if it is read with the rest of the series. Of course, we don't want Velvet to be a carbon copy of Skye. She should be her own character. She just needed to use her head a bit more. Her adventures in India were very interesting to me and I was glad when "Wild Jasmine" came along with more detailed stories about Indian life. As usual, I commend Mrs. Small's incredible writing ability. Nobody paints a picture with words as well as she does.
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Summary: Not as great as "Skye," but still a good read.
Review: Velvet is not as magnificent as her mother, although she does have her own adventures. I would recommend this book as part of the series, but it might be a little hard for it to stand on its own.
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Summary: THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT SERIES TO THE O'MALLEY SERIES
Review: Velvet, the spoiled daughter of Skye O'Malley, is much like her mother,and she embarks on the same journeys. Read this book if you love Bertrice Small-her name is always a guarantee that you will not be disappointed!!!!!!
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Summary: Best of Ms. Small's I've read.
Review: Well, I haven't read 'The Kadin' or all those raved about stuff, but of what I've read, this is the best. I've always felt that Ms. Small's characters don't live.. and the story revolves around sex instead of love, or life. Well, I loved the characters in this book. But one thing I've noticed : Ms. Small has something about sexist men. I would have left the husband and lived with Akbar, or at least made him admit that his values were wrong: he is allowed to take a mistress, but Velvet is not.Anyway, I always end up hating the hero of Ms. Small's books. Somehow, her less important, smehow in the middle -dumped characters are so much more appealing. Akbar was the best character in the book, and Velvet loved him. Or so it seemed. How she could return to Alex, live with him, and actually believe she loves him is still an unclarified mystery to me. I kept on hoping towards the end that Alex would somehow die and she would return to Akbar. He was ten times the man Alex was. In another of Ms. Small's books, 'Unconquered', I also hated the hero, Jared, and prefered the other characters. Also in 'Love Slave', the sultan was much more appealing, again. It gets on my nerves, it frustrates me. Love suddenly feels a little cheap. But, all in all, a good book. The only one of Ms. Small's that I would actually like to own - if only because of the middle section about Akbar. (Francis was also a nice character, I think)
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