Midsummer Magic

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Summary: It was good, but I've read better.
Review: Catherine Coulter writes a pretty good story. I enjoyed reading this one because Frances was a great character. I'm not too sure about Hawk though, it seems I din't get to know him as a character that well. He could have been a little better. I enjoyed reading their fights. The ending was pretty good because of the suspense involved. I always love reading Coulter and even though this one wasn't one of her best I really liked it.

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Summary: Skip this one ladies!
Review: I had to give this book one reluctant star because it actually started well. I had already read Calypso Magic and really enjoyed that story. However, the first in the series turned out to be a waste of time. The characters have no depth, Hawk is just another dense, chauvinistic male, and the storyline drops off abruptly after the marriage. I have not read Moonspun Magic, and am now quite hesitant about picking up the last of the trilogy. And one question-must every one of Coulter's Regency books have a rape scene? Violence against women is repulsive and has no place in a romance novel!

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Summary: Skip this one ladies!
Review: I had to give this book one reluctant star because it actually started well. I had already read Calypso Magic and really enjoyed that story. However, the first in the series turned out to be a waste of time. The characters have no depth, Hawk is just another dense, chauvinistic male, and the storyline drops off abruptly after the marriage. I have not read Moonspun Magic, and am now quite hesitant about picking up the last of the trilogy. And one question-must every one of Coulter's Regency books have a rape scene? Violence against women is repulsive and has no place in a romance novel!

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Summary: Magic? More Like A Curse!
Review: I have read several other of the author's books and enjoyed them. To say this book was disappointing is putting it mildly. The hero repeatedly rapes his wife...these scenes are very distressing to read. Even when he decides to treat his wife with 'kindness' in bed, he still continually humiliates her -privately and in public. His cruelness is boundless. There is an unsatisfying mystery thrown in half-way through the book. Try another of Ms. Coulter's books and bypass this one.

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Summary: Rape is not romantic- don't waste your money
Review: I went into this novel with high expectations. The heroine is feisty and the hero seemed at least somewhat sympathetic, if a bit chauvanistic. But then the characters get married, and it's all downhill from there. Sexual assault is never sexy and like another reviewer said, it has no place in a romance novel... The only thing that could have saved this book would have been if the heroine found some other guy to love and left, but of course, she falls in love with the...loser. Don't waste your money on this book- I'm still bitter that I wasted mine.

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Summary: Is This A Romance???!!!
Review: If the rating system would have allowed it, I would have given this book zero stars. What kind of romance novel has the hero repeatedly raping the heroine? What's romantic about that??? I found it utterly repulsive. Nor was this book funny - according to the author's blurb, you'll "howl with laughter"...there's nothing funny about a man continually raping a woman. This one was so disgusting I couldn't even finish it...Perhaps, Ms. Coulter, you should switch to another genre? or another line of work...

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Summary: It was fantastic, funny, and very ENTERTAINING!
Review: If you are a Catherine Coulter fan and has not read this yet, YOU WILL SIMPLY LOVE IT!!! I have to read Calypso Magic. This book, if you read it, will have you laughing in no time. It was great with twists and things you never will have suspected. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: Why am I the only one who gets this?!?
Review: Rape happened then. It's a fact. I'm not saying it's okay, but it was common for a husband to force himself on an unwilling wife. The story was very well written, and I loved the story line. The characters were interesting, too. I really enjoyed this book, and those others who have accepted reality are sure to like it as well.

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Summary: Midsummer Magic
Review: The book in itself was very well written. It would have been even better if the rape had been left out of it. It does give people an insight of what life must have be like for women to have to live with a man they had no feelings for. Frances is a brillant character and i would like to have some of her characteristics it would make life very interesting. Hawk on the other hand should have shown more respect for the woman he took as a wife. She may not have then been so hard on him serves him right. It is a story of how love conquers all and how people are not always what they seem. I recommended that if people read this book then they should also read the next book in the Trilogy Calypso Magic which introduces the characters of Lyon and Diana who learn to love each other as did Hawk and Frances. Lyon and Hawk were best friends in the book Midsummer Magic and in Calypso Magic the friendship continues. Hope you like the books as much as i did.

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Summary: Catherine Coulter's done it again!
Review: The book was different in so many ways! I read it on vacation and didn't have the second one in the series! She had me fooled! I have to find a copy of Calypso Magic! Write on Catherine!