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Summary: Starts Out Great...
Review: This book started out great. I loved the rich descriptions of India. Once Jasmine came to England, the book started loosing it. Rowan was an okay hero, but we all knew she would end up with James Leslie. I didn't like her relationship with Prince Henry at all. I also thought that she should have had a boy by Rory (to inherit his father's lands) and a girl by Henry (Queen's Malvern was to pass thru the daughter's hands.) Not a terrible read, but there has been better.
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Summary: Sweeps you into a magical time and place.
Review: This book was a beautiful look into the Mughal dynasty of India. Her (B. Small) words are so descriptive, that you feel as if you are part of the novel. You get swept away by Jasmine de Marisco/Yasaman Kama Begum as you read of her tales of childhood to her adulthood. Bertrice Small used an inventive way of combining the tale of the true Shah Jahan of India (the creator of the Taj Mahal) and the fictious life of Jasmine de Marisco.
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Summary: Took me to another world
Review: This novel got my attention because of it's setting in India (I am of Indian descent). It was my very first historical romance, and it was not a disappointment. I was initially taken aback by Small's descriptive sex scenes, but I quickly found that I enjoyed them. Jasmine is an intriguing character, although spoiled and not a very attentive mother. Since I had not read any of Small's previous novels, I took this one for the story itself, and I truly loved it. After reading the other novels in the O'Malley series, I do find Skye to be a much more likeable character, but I loved Wild Jasmine all the same. Since I read that, I have read about seven of Small's other novels, and I liked each one for her ability to tell stories so wonderfully, making me feel as if I were actually there. I strongly recommend any of her novels.
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Summary: It was my first
Review: This was my first Beatrice Small book. I was hooked from the jump. It made me want to go and hunt down all of her books. I really wanted to read about Skye O'Mally. I am glad I did read this book I picked up at a friends house. She still does not know I have her book.
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Summary: Reality Check
Review: Wild Jasmine is an okay book, nowhere near the caliber of some of Bertrice's other works. It's basically the same story, different woman. OF COURSE, she's beautiful, smart, fabulously wealthy, egocentrically aware of all the previous qualities, and widowed several times in the book. Can we have one woman in the O' Malley family who DOESN'T lose her husband/lover to duel, murder, illness, etc., etc? The only points of the book that stick out in my mind are her relationship with her brother, Salim, and Prince Henry. In my humble opinion, Yasaman knew that Salim had the hots for her, but since she was so overwhealmingly adored by everyone, she didn't quite get that kind of attraction was unhealthy. In her relationship with Henry, I think she showed a surprising unselfishness in that she knew that there was no way she could end up with him, and so made it her duty to make sure that he knew it, too. Lastly, this book has a few scenes steamy enough to take the wrinkles out of your jammies, but they don't make up for the fact that this book is basically blah.
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Summary: Reality Check
Review: Wild Jasmine is an okay book, nowhere near the caliber of some of Bertrice's other works. It's basically the same story, different woman. OF COURSE, she's beautiful, smart, fabulously wealthy, egocentrically aware of all the previous qualities, and widowed several times in the book. Can we have one woman in the O' Malley family who DOESN'T lose her husband/lover to duel, murder, illness, etc., etc? The only points of the book that stick out in my mind are her relationship with her brother, Salim, and Prince Henry. In my humble opinion, Yasaman knew that Salim had the hots for her, but since she was so overwhealmingly adored by everyone, she didn't quite get that kind of attraction was unhealthy. In her relationship with Henry, I think she showed a surprising unselfishness in that she knew that there was no way she could end up with him, and so made it her duty to make sure that he knew it, too. Lastly, this book has a few scenes steamy enough to take the wrinkles out of your jammies, but they don't make up for the fact that this book is basically blah.
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Summary: Wild Jasmine
Review: Wild Jasmine was the first book I read by Ms. Bertrice Small and I was in awe. From the first page I was transported to 17th century India and England. From the little girl to the young woman that married her Prince. I was upset with her half-brother, Salim. I cried when she lost her 1st husband, Prince Jamal. Her life was filled with trials and tribulations to make her a very strong woman that is portrayed in this book.
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Summary: I have read it twice!! - Laura Taylor
Review: Yasamin Kama Begum, later angelicized to Jasmine
de Marisco comes to life in this edition to the "Sky O'Mally Saga." While this book is decidedly more mild in comparison to Bertrice Small's other erotic writings it is no less tame. The story opens with our heroine narrowly escaping an incestious relationship with her brother. Later Jasmine becomes involved with the future king. In between there is much love and lust and scandals to keep you turning pages. "Wild Jasmine" touches all my emotions. If you like to laugh, cry, and yell in anger at the characters in the books you read then "Wild Jasmine" is for you!
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Summary: I have read it twice!! - Laura Taylor
Review: Yasamin Kama Begum, later angelicized to Jasminede Marisco comes to life in this edition to the "Sky O'Mally Saga." While this book is decidedly more mild in comparison to Bertrice Small's other erotic writings it is no less tame. The story opens with our heroine narrowly escaping an incestious relationship with her brother. Later Jasmine becomes involved with the future king. In between there is much love and lust and scandals to keep you turning pages. "Wild Jasmine" touches all my emotions. If you like to laugh, cry, and yell in anger at the characters in the books you read then "Wild Jasmine" is for you!
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