Rating: Summary: heartfelt writing is a winner! Review: This book follows the second sister in the Lear family. Daughters of a selfmade man who is dying. He wants his daughters lives to get on track, so he can die knowing they are happy and secure. Sometimes his meddling is not good, but that is a father, eh?In the second sister, Rebecca. She was perfect daughter, perfect beauty queen, perfect wife and then perfect mother. None of that prepares her for life's realities when hubby dumps her for younger woman. She has to struggle to make a way for her son and herself, but along the way she had to find her own self value. As she is getting footing she joins a political campaign and immediately comes to verbal blows with Matt Parrish. Only, she is not the same only perfect person...hurrah!!! A gentle journey of self discovery for the character, under the masterful pen of London!!! Gotta go get sister #1
Rating: Summary: heartfelt writing is a winner! Review: This book follows the second sister in the Lear family. Daughters of a selfmade man who is dying. He wants his daughters lives to get on track, so he can die knowing they are happy and secure. Sometimes his meddling is not good, but that is a father, eh? In the second sister, Rebecca. She was perfect daughter, perfect beauty queen, perfect wife and then perfect mother. None of that prepares her for life's realities when hubby dumps her for younger woman. She has to struggle to make a way for her son and herself, but along the way she had to find her own self value. As she is getting footing she joins a political campaign and immediately comes to verbal blows with Matt Parrish. Only, she is not the same only perfect person...hurrah!!! A gentle journey of self discovery for the character, under the masterful pen of London!!! Gotta go get sister #1
Rating: Summary: Quick read Review: This book was a cute quick read. I loved the plot and characters!!
Rating: Summary: Delightful fun, from a talented writer Review: This book will likely play better for baby-boomers. They came from a generation of stay-at-home mums, so they will relate to this premise better. But it's a fun, insightful read. The second in the saga of the Lear Sisters. A beauty queen - literally - Rebecca's life, along the way, came second to a husband and family. She gave up college and career, to become the perfect social wife, perfect mum. But, being a former beauty queen does not prepare Rebecca for the harsh realities of life, when the dream crashes down on her head. Hubby dumps her for a younger "version" and Rebecca is faced with moving on. Suddenly, she is forced with putting herself first for a change, just to make a life for her and her 5-year-old son. She soon finds being a mum, wife and beauty queen prepared her for little outside of those roles, and certainly nothing in the way of career potential. Hard fighting Matt Parrish, a litigator, has second thoughts about joining the campaign for Tom Master, as he runs for Lt. Governor. And those misgivings really firms up when Rebecca comes on board. Of course, sparks fly between the two and opposites attack. It's a gentle journey of Rebecca's finding self-worth and finding a life for herself. London serves up vivid, emotional roller coaster for the readers making us crave book three in the series.
Rating: Summary: Delightful fun, from a talented writers Review: This book will likely play better for baby-boomers. They came from a generation of stay-at-home mums, so they will relate to this premise better. But it's a fun, insightful read. The second in the saga of the Lear Sisters. A beauty queen - literally - Rebecca's life, along the way, came second to a husband and family. She gave up college and career, to become the perfect social wife, perfect mum. But, being a former beauty queen does not prepare Rebecca for the harsh realities of life, when the dream crashes down on her head. Hubby dumps her for a younger "version" and Rebecca is faced with moving on. Suddenly, she is forced with putting herself first for a change, just to make a life for her and her 5-year-old son. She soon finds being a mum, wife and beauty queen prepared her for little outside of those roles, and certainly nothing in the way of career potential. Hard fighting Matt Parrish, a litigator, has second thoughts about joining the campaign for Tom Master, as he runs for Lt. Governor. And those misgivings really firms up when Rebecca comes on board. Of course, sparks fly between the two and opposites attack. It's a gentle journey of Rebecca's finding self-worth and finding a life for herself. London serves up vivid, emotional roller coaster for the readers making us crave book three in the series.
Rating: Summary: Disappointment.. Review: Though I did read the entire novel, let me tell you why I did. At first I thought it was okay (primarilary since I don't have time to read or I lose interest in books, so this book has been the first I've read within a couple of months since I found it at the library in the 'new' section), and then I just started to dislike it, but I thought it could get better so I continued to read it.. and then by the time I realized it wasn't going to get better, I figured I may as well finish it and conclude that I do, truly, dislike this novel.
A few sentences in the 406 page novel did make me think it was okay, but all in all, this novel was something I thought could've been way better. I thought the author was a 40 year old woman trying to appear younger with her writing by adding more modern things like; Spongebob Squarepants and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, etc.. But take away those modern references and it's back to her plain, child/teen writing and very old-fashioned exclaimations.. and the word "murmured"- which I can't STAND- was in every other page- I swear it was.. So basically, the story was predictable and too simple.. The ending wasn't touching or funny- in fact- I don't even understand why she added that in the ending (for those who have read the novel)- Was that needed? Who cares- We already knew that..
In any case, I do not recommend that anyone buy this novel- Even if it's $1.00 on this website- Go to the library like I did and rent it out, realize you dislike it, and just put it down- save the trouble of boredom like I didn't do, sadly.. I was heavily disappointed and the story wasn't too clever, but rather.. bland. I, being 19 years old, can write a better story and have, but this story sounds like even a younger writer than I could have wrote it. So I am glad to have read the whole novel and realized I did truly dislike it and am able to inform other readers that they should not touch this novel.. It should be put in the pre-teens catagory if not for the mild sexual scenes and few swears it did contain that felt very out of place.
Thanks for reading my review!
-Aly
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