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Summary: unusually the same, but still Bertie...
Review: "Skye O'Malley" was the first romance i ever read and i think that i 've been spoiled...i enjoyed this book, however i think it a bit of poor taste that Janet Skye had to die... i thought that little girl had sooo much promise, being of the line of the famed Janet Leslie and unbeatable Skye O'Malley... this book was also a little redundant, they kept repeating what was happening in the book so often, that i wanted to skip pages.... on a lighter note, i enjoyed seeing Cat Stewart-Hepburn and the beloved Kira family, they have always had a place in my heart since i first read of Ester Kira... it hink that we all know that Adrianna will have her own story, given the last line in the book, but i do so hope for Fortune's story and her adventures in Ireland... will she ever find out who her real father is?? will she go on believing that Rowan Lindey is her sire??? oh, Bertie, do give us Fortune's story!!!
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Summary: Insufferable
Review: A spoiled, petulant woman and a manipulative man...is it the heroine's parents, or the heroine and the hero? Apparently it doesn't much matter. The only reason I'm giving this two stars is so that I can give a single star to its sequel, Besieged.
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Summary: Insufferable
Review: A spoiled, petulant woman and a manipulative man...is it the heroine's parents, or the heroine and the hero? Apparently it doesn't much matter. The only reason I'm giving this two stars is so that I can give a single star to its sequel, Besieged.
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Summary: Better characterizations are needed in new B. Small book
Review: After being somewhat dissapointed by the quaint, but lackluster THE INNOCENT, I had high hopes for BEDAZZLED. As a hugh fan of the Skye O'Malley books and many of Small's other families like the Leslies' and the Wyndhams', I was expecting a wildly romantic story in that tradition. India was a spoiled brat, with none of the charm of her Grandmother Velvet in THIS HEART OF MINE. By the time you warmed to her a character, you were at the end of the book. Jasmine aparently lost all her spirit and common sense. James Leslie was a pompous self-serving whiner. Just because their romance was not the focus of this book is no reason to so drastically alter their personas'The strongest character in this book was Fortune. I hope Ms. Small can recapture her love of the characters she created for this family in the next installment. On another note, I thought the death of Janet Skye was really a low blow to the readers. Yes, I realize it was common to lose children young, but this is a romantic, historical FANTASY!
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Summary: So disappointed!!
Review: After Darling Jasmine, which I loathed, I wasn't expecting to enjoy Bedazzled. Imagine my happy surprise when I found this to be a most enjoyable read! Okay, sure, the heroine's a petulant pain in the rear, but then again this is what makes her a "character". I gleaned from how the book was written that Small was somehow thinking of slightly parodizing herself. Most of all, I thought this was a good, straightforward story, lighter on the erotica and more centered on the plot.
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Summary: A Pleasant Surprise
Review: After Darling Jasmine, which I loathed, I wasn't expecting to enjoy Bedazzled. Imagine my happy surprise when I found this to be a most enjoyable read! Okay, sure, the heroine's a petulant pain in the rear, but then again this is what makes her a "character". I gleaned from how the book was written that Small was somehow thinking of slightly parodizing herself. Most of all, I thought this was a good, straightforward story, lighter on the erotica and more centered on the plot.
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Summary: Better than her other recent books
Review: Although Bedazzled does not live up to other previous Bertrice Small books (Skye O'Malley, The Kadin, Adora) the book is still a good read. Ms. Small follows a pattern of events similar to her previous stories, but she makes attempts to stay true to the historical events in which the story takes place. I enjoyed the relationship between India and Fortune, but Jasmine's character seemed shallow in this story unlike Wild Jasmine. I also felt that if I had not read the previous books in the O'Malley Saga, I would not have understood everything that happened in this story. Overall the book was a quick entertaining read but nothing new for Bertrice Small. I did not give this story five stars because Ms. Small did not give Bedazzled the same depth of story and character found in her earlier novels.
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Summary: Bedazzled
Review: Although it was not Ms. Small's best work, I still found the book to be a worthwhile read. My biggest complaint (if there needs to be one) was that the author seemed to drop quite a bit of names, which any reader just coming into the "Skye's Legacy" series would not know. The book should be able to stand on its own; I think it wouldn't be able to unless you had previously read the other books in the saga first. With that said, I believe the character of Jasmine SHOULD be pale in this story, because it is not her story, its India's. I liked this book enough that I will consider reading the next book in the series; all signs point to the next book being written about India's little sister, Fortune. Now SHE seems to have the family fire that keeps us reading! However, if one more family member gets captured and "imprisoned" (some torture, huh?) in an Eastern harem...well, who knows? I'll probably read it anyway!
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Summary: What happened?
Review: Deceived, Darling Jasmine and the Innocent may have been pretty bad, but Bedazzled sinks the series to the ultimate low. Bertrice Small is the only romance author I will read, and her writing is usually breathtaking. However - I COULDN'T MAKE MYSELF FINISH THIS BOOK! Reading it was a chore not entertainment. Flat scenarios, cookie-cutter characters, 2 dimensional storylines. This is absolutely the WORST book she's written. I honestly didn't care what happened to India. If I'd gotten as far as her child being kidnapped, I guess I'd have finished it just to see what happened to her baby. I'm glad I dropped it before then. Skye O'Malley must be rolling in her grave to know her series has sunk so low! I'll try Besieged, but if it stinks this bad I'm giving up on the Kensington / Skye's Legacy books. Bertrice has one due out in july - for this loyal fan, that next book is Small's last chance.
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Summary: COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTENDER
Review: For the first time in a long time I was not put off when I read the back of this novel to find that the heroine would find herself in a harem. I had become really tired of that same old plot in Ms. Small's books, but since I had enjoyed "Darling Jasmine" I decided to give "Bedazzled" a try. The book had so much potential, and yet it never quite lived up to it. In my opinion the end of the book seems so hurried along, almost as if Ms. Small had to finish it "Willy Nilly" to meet a deadline. I mean COME ON, are we really supposed to believe India could not recoginize her own lover just because he shaved his face and let his chest hair grow back! And boy oh boy for supposedly not knowing her "new" husband she sure got comfortable in the sack right away. It also bothered me that India and Deverall had to fight each other so much at the end. It was so trite. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the lovers in all Ms. Small's books do more fighting than loving? And why is it that there is always SO much MISUNDERSTANDING between the lovers? I mean, why can't they just confront each other outright instead of always methodically plotting to destroy each other because of imagined wrongdoings? But that's just my opinion. Finally, what the hell happened to James and Jasmine? Didn't Skye always say that of all her daughters and granddaughters Jasmine was the most like her? There is no way on God's green earth Skye would have allowed anyone to take India's baby away from her. That James would even consider it and that Jasmine would allow it was most disturbing. I hope Fortune's story is better, and hopefully we can stay in Ireland for the entire novel! Wouldn't that be a first?
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