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Summary: excellent! a must read
Review: A wonderful novel! The Rejected Suitor is an excellent, light-hearted book set in the Regency period (Jane Austen era), and the story revolves around Jared and Emily in their second chance at love. It actually reminds me somewhat of Jane Austen, especially with the humorous personalities of the supporting characters. A great, quick read to make you feel good! I strongly recommend it.
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Summary: excellent! a must read
Review: GOT TO READ THIS ONE! Intertwining plot & characters. Jared and Emily (main characters) once dreamed of a life together. Napoleanic war, high society, spies, love and honor affected their fate. An exciting read from start to finish. No hum drum, prefab or extraneous writing here. A magnetic story that will draw you in & keep you. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR !
Review: GOT TO READ THIS ONE! Intertwining plot & characters. Jared and Emily (main characters) once dreamed of a life together. Napoleanic war, high society, spies, love and honor affected their fate. An exciting read from start to finish. No hum drum, prefab or extraneous writing here. A magnetic story that will draw you in & keep you. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR !
Review: GOT TO READ THIS ONE! Intertwining plot & characters. Jared and Emily (main characters) once dreamed of a life together. Napoleanic war, high society, spies, love and honor affected their fate. An exciting read from start to finish. No hum drum, prefab or extraneous writing here. A magnetic story that will draw you in & keep you. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: ...because I can't give it less --
Review: I refuse to read any Regency novel in which croissants are served for breakfast. Or any other meal. A quick glance in the dictionary will tell anyone that the word was not used for this purpose until 1899. A bit more digging in culinary lore will explain when and how the pastry was created and given that name.
Further -- the word `deem' is NOT a synonym for `deign'. Ever.
Finally -- the concept of a gently-raised young British woman (less than 20 years old) of high aristocratic birth being used as a `secret agent' during the Napoleonic Wars is so preposterous as to defy all sensibilities.
If the author couldn't figure out these things, where on earth was her editor?
There are a lot of characters, none of whom prompted me to care enough about them to continue reading, and their method of communicating with each other was yell, yell and yell some more! The plot was the same old, same old belligerent older brothers who know everything, and will choose a husband for their sister, as she, of course, has no brain and no sense.
I usually refrain from writing negative reviews, but this one is just simply a bummer that I could not finish.
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Summary: Ho hum
Review: Three years ago, Emily Clearbrook fell in love with a man. That man was Jared, now the Earl of Stonebridge. She was just seventeen at the time, but he left such an impact on her... before he married and ran away with ANOTHER WOMAN. Now, her domineering brothers are determined to find Emily the perfect husband--she has no say in the matter! But if that dilemma isn't bad enough, her brothers send her to live with a family friend... and that's where Jared is staying! When Jared sees Emily, old memories come flooding back. Yes, he was married before. Yes, he still loves Emily. Jared has secrets, many secrets. None of them will stop him from wooing Emily all over again. Well... hmm. I feel like I should say at least one good thing about this book. I enjoyed Teresa McCarthy's attempt at humor, mostly in the from of Lord Fennington (Emily's too-determined suitor, a man with an overlarge quizzing glass!) Unfortunately, there is more to dislike than there was to like. For starters, it took me 2 weeks to read this book. Normally, I can read books like this in 2-4 days. It just wasn't interesting enough to hold me for very long. The characters were bland. It was far-fetched at times. The story didn't really do anything for me, and... I just didn't care for it. It was stagnant for too long. That said, I would recommend that you steer clear of this one. It's certainly not the greatest of its genre. In fact, I'll go so far as to suggest another recent release: "The General's Daughter" by Kate Huntington. That book is as suprising as it is engaging.
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Summary: Ho hum
Review: Three years ago, Emily Clearbrook fell in love with a man. That man was Jared, now the Earl of Stonebridge. She was just seventeen at the time, but he left such an impact on her... before he married and ran away with ANOTHER WOMAN. Now, her domineering brothers are determined to find Emily the perfect husband--she has no say in the matter! But if that dilemma isn't bad enough, her brothers send her to live with a family friend... and that's where Jared is staying! When Jared sees Emily, old memories come flooding back. Yes, he was married before. Yes, he still loves Emily. Jared has secrets, many secrets. None of them will stop him from wooing Emily all over again. Well... hmm. I feel like I should say at least one good thing about this book. I enjoyed Teresa McCarthy's attempt at humor, mostly in the from of Lord Fennington (Emily's too-determined suitor, a man with an overlarge quizzing glass!) Unfortunately, there is more to dislike than there was to like. For starters, it took me 2 weeks to read this book. Normally, I can read books like this in 2-4 days. It just wasn't interesting enough to hold me for very long. The characters were bland. It was far-fetched at times. The story didn't really do anything for me, and... I just didn't care for it. It was stagnant for too long. That said, I would recommend that you steer clear of this one. It's certainly not the greatest of its genre. In fact, I'll go so far as to suggest another recent release: "The General's Daughter" by Kate Huntington. That book is as suprising as it is engaging.
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Summary: It is an AWFUL book.
Review: While I understand that the gender roles for women were very different and unchangeable, I thought this was just the most stereotypical group of characters there could possibly be. The main character's four brothers are pure unenlightened idiots who are all about "protecting the weaker sex". The heroine herself doesn't handle this at all! She's reduced to this character who is all talk but no action. The author keeps describing her as independent and self-sufficient, but how is that demonstrated in regards to her brothers? It's not; and that's pitiful. The aunt of the Earl of Stonebridge is the typical snotty, manipulative woman that utterly disgusts me.
Ugh, I couldn't even finish the book! I just cannot stand such typical, assinine characters.
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Summary: terrible!
Review: Wow - I have rarely read such a terrible book. I am very surprised that anyone would rate this story above a 2 but I guess to each his or her own. The plot has already been discussed. One of my problems was that everyone, with the exception of Jared, was just not likeable. Emily. IU mean please, a spy of sorts and her Aunt, too? Just not credible. And Emily's brother, the duke, just a real jerk along with the rest of the brothers and his romance with Jane was like what romance? Since when is yelling and frowing and disliking someone a romance! Jared's reason for keeping his little girl a secret was realistic and if Emily or the Aunt was smartly involved in spying, etc, well, she should have understood. And what was with Lord B. who wanted to marry her when he was in love with the mother? Just plain old silly and clearly stretched any resemblence of rational behavior.
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Summary: terrible!
Review: Wow - I have rarely read such a terrible book. I am very surprised that anyone would rate this story above a 2 but I guess to each his or her own. The plot has already been discussed. One of my problems was that everyone, with the exception of Jared, was just not likeable. Emily. IU mean please, a spy of sorts and her Aunt, too? Just not credible. And Emily's brother, the duke, just a real jerk along with the rest of the brothers and his romance with Jane was like what romance? Since when is yelling and frowing and disliking someone a romance! Jared's reason for keeping his little girl a secret was realistic and if Emily or the Aunt was smartly involved in spying, etc, well, she should have understood. And what was with Lord B. who wanted to marry her when he was in love with the mother? Just plain old silly and clearly stretched any resemblence of rational behavior.
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