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Summary: Great! It weaves a web of Love.
Review: I just read this book. As all of Beatrice Small's book best. This books hasyour attention in the first page. It has a history of Sky O'malley and her children. I always wondered what happened to Velet's baby. Now I know. Great!Keep them coming!
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Summary: One of the best books ever written
Review: I loved this book start to finish. Jasmine has ALL the qualities of Skye.. It was BEAUTIFUL
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Summary: Skye O'Malley gets tired.
Review: I started this book with great expectations, knowing just how wonderfully Bertrice Small can spin a tale. I came away from this book feeling a bit disappointed. Jasmine shows absolutely none of the sense and courage that her grandmother Skye had, and indeed I at times wanted to reach out and smack sense into her. I think that with this book, Skye O'Malley's family has simply grown too large and too complicated to keep up with. Jasmine's character could have been taken places, in wild ways that even we couldn't have discovered. Instead, we receive a selfish, supremely spoiled young woman who has absolutely no common sense, and indeed while she births several children, doesn't seem to care too much about them.For any other book, this would have been an okay read. For a Bertrice Small book, this is a rare disappointment.
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Summary: something about this book
Review: I've rated this book with 3 stars because it contains a number of failures. Most of them are described in the review of Bre Humphries. Indeed, the episode with Rory is the worst and I can not understand and, moreover, adopt the Adalie's motives (excuse me for probably wrong orphography. I've read this novel in Russian translation, so I can make mistakes in spelling of personages' names). I think that real people in 17th century reflected, behaved and acted otherwise than people of nowadays. The personages of "Wild Jasmin" seem to appropriate rather to 20th century than to 17th. To cover modern type of persons with clothes of past centuries, to replace them into appropriate castles or palaces is not enough for creation of excellent novels. It's very important to keep historical type of person with its psychology, habits, traditions. The Indian part I like most of all, because of its captivating intrigue. I was in India in my imagination.
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Summary: Entertaining and Exotic
Review: Let me preface my review with the confession that I don't like Jasmine. I don't like her in this book and I don't like her in subsequent books. She is spoiled and the essence of conceit. That being said, I think it's an incredible feat that this novel remains a good read, even if I hate the central character. The sweep of events from India to England is dazzling, although I also couldn't believe Jasmine could adapt to a new culture with the ease that she does. In 2003 we have a knowledge of psychology that would question Jasmine's ability to cope with the violent deaths of her husbands, but that's an enlightenment that had no place in the 1600's and hence not in the novel. What's important is that the plot is relentless and spirited, which makes for a read that seems like it's ending just as it begins. And that's just fine--read it again!
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Summary: Entertaining and Exotic
Review: Let me preface my review with the confession that I don't like Jasmine. I don't like her in this book and I don't like her in subsequent books. She is spoiled and the essence of conceit. That being said, I think it's an incredible feat that this novel remains a good read, even if I hate the central character. The sweep of events from India to England is dazzling, although I also couldn't believe Jasmine could adapt to a new culture with the ease that she does. In 2003 we have a knowledge of psychology that would question Jasmine's ability to cope with the violent deaths of her husbands, but that's an enlightenment that had no place in the 1600's and hence not in the novel. What's important is that the plot is relentless and spirited, which makes for a read that seems like it's ending just as it begins. And that's just fine--read it again!
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Summary: Great Story!
Review: Princess Yasaman had been blessed with rapturous beauty, fierce intelligence, and an innocent sensuality that captivated two formidable men-her scheming half brother, Salim, and her loving husband, Price Jamal. But her days of bliss and nights of steamy passion were shattered when Jamal was murdered, and Yasaman fled to England and the court of James I. Calling herself Jasmine, there she would be reunited with her gloriously beautiful mother, Velvet, and her grandmother, the legendary Skye O'Malley de Marisco. I loved this 6th novel in the O'Malley series. The only thing that disappointed me was how Velvet turned out. She was always my favorite character and the fact that Jasmine favored Skye more than her upset me. But that was just my biased opinion because I really loved This Heart of Mine, Velvet's story.
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Summary: Shameful disappointment.
Review: Small can do better! I was utterly disappointed at the shallow woman Jasmine became as she grew up. The characters were poorly developed and the plot contrived. Too many elements that were used in her other novels were used again here, and used poorly. Ex. Jasmine having sex with Rory and not remembering it then getting pregnant smacks of "Beloved." I do not recommend it.
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Summary: I loved it..
Review: The first part of this book takes place in India. I loved it. Bertrice Small wrapped me into her web of silken words and golden phrases. What a fascinating world! Then she went to England. It kind of slumped a bit there. I was disappointed that it was taking her so long to get with James. First Rowan, then poor Rory for a brief night. I didn't like her relationship with the Prince. Perhaps, Mrs. Small was using their relationship to remind us of Jasmine's royal heritage. Regardless, I truly enjoyed Mrs. Small's writing overall and will definitely reread this book again.
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Summary: Mostly a Great Book with a few slumps.
Review: The first part of this book takes place in India. I loved it. Bertrice Small wrapped me into her web of silken words and golden phrases. What a fascinating world! Then she went to England. It kind of slumped a bit there. I was disappointed that it was taking her so long to get with James. First Rowan, then poor Rory for a brief night. I didn't like her relationship with the Prince. Perhaps, Mrs. Small was using their relationship to remind us of Jasmine's royal heritage. Regardless, I truly enjoyed Mrs. Small's writing overall and will definitely reread this book again.
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