Always

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Summary: A fine ending...
Review: I have just finished reading "Always" and found the book to be delightful. Unlike other reviewers I found the ending to be quite satisfying; especially liking the way she left some things to the reader's imagination. I don't feel that I have to have every word of the story spelled out for me and there are enough subtle hints and quiet statements in the text to clearly show the intended ending of the story.

One other thing and I know this is a little off the subject. Hats off to her publisher! I found very few typos in this book making the read much more pleasant. Quite often I find tense errors, wrong words (like wash instead of cash), and in general poor proof reading. I don't know about other readers, but I think this is certainly a problem that publishers need to address.


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Summary: Not to beat a dead horse...
Review: But like many others, I just wasn't that satisfied. I tend to read action, adventure or mysteries. I look to romance because I want something fun, wild and finished! Call me dull, but I like an ending where the two main characters get together, and although in the end that sort of happened, it wasn't what you would expect. I enjoyed the story, up until the last 40 or 50 pages, then things seemed to just move along way to fast. Why take the time to create characters and explore lives if you are just going to warp them up so quickly?

Someone also mentioned, A Knight in Shining Armor. I would also like to see some sort of conclusion there. Just like in this series, it would be nice to see some kind of follow up that shows what happens to Adam and Darci. All in all, I was disappointed with the ending, but I admit that I will stick around to see what Devereux comes up with next.

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Summary: Perfect ending
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I enjoyed all three in the trilogy but this was my favorite. As I neared the end of the book I felt sad that it would soon be over but when I finished the book I felt completely satisfied. The ending explained so much and gave me a totally diffent opinion of the author.

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Summary: I Liked It
Review: I agree with many of the reviewers that this book left the reader 'unfullfilled' but I actually like the story. Who said this series had to be a trilogy? I feel that the book left many questions unanswered and also many different paths for the next book. At the end Henry was talking about Darci's "next" trial - we have so many avenues to explore! Jack's idea of his dad's money helping Darci to fight evil sounds like a plan..... And assuming Darci's dad and Bo (or Elizabeth) hooks up, it would be interesting to see just what the kids can do with proper training... Especially since Darci felt that the kids had greater potential than herself. So please Ms. Deveraux, don't leave us in the lurch!

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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: I am always looking forward to new Jude Deveraux books but I was disappointed with this one, and the whole series in general. Personally, I think that the story could have ended after the first book. The rest of it was unnecessary. But the thing that really bothered me was the ending. I'm not really a believer in the whole psychic thing but the quick reason as to why she got her powers totally seemed out of left field. And to me, that ruined it all.
I can't help but wonder if she is now going to write another story about how Darci and Adam get together again. Just like I wondered if there would be at least a short story about Douglas and Reed from Knight in Shining Armor. I understand not having that leaves it up to your imagination but if I am paying for a book to entertain me, I don't want to leave everything up in the air.

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Summary: There has to be another book (spoiler alert kinda)
Review: I just finished this book last night and thought that some pages were missing. It just ends and you have no idea what happens.....then throughout the whole last two chapters i was shaking my head that she had to change her life....i liked how she met adam the first time...this next time where she has to put her self in his path seems fake... Love comes to you...you don't find it. i mean even though she already new that he wwould grow to love her.... it just through me off guard. And what about jack he just found lavender in his time and whats he up too. its sucks...there has to be another book explaing everything...i am so bumed....

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Summary: Disappointing (potential spoilers)
Review: I've read almost all of Ms. Deveraux's books and the first two books in this trilogy, and waited very impatiently for "Always." I read it the day it was released, and wished I hadn't spent the money on it.
Admittedly, the first part of the book (the first few chapters before the "Big Event" occurs) had a great plot and character interaction, but the plot started to nosedive about 1/3 into the story. Maybe this is personal taste, but I've read other books in which half the story occurs in one time period, and the other part happens elsewhen--and that twist just didn't work here!
Also I think that what is unfortunately often true of trilogies happened here--very poor character development. The main male character here started out great, then abruptly started to exhibit behavior that seemed totally inconsistent with the personality the author had originally described.
I love most of Jude Deveraux's numerous books, and I especially love paranormal romantic fiction, but this book jumped around so much that I couldn't "get into" it. The flow of the story didn't even seem consistent with the first very entertaining books. And the last chapter was completely devoid of any emotional investment--I finished the book thinking, "Why did we even need the other books?"
In general, the story and plot twists, while original, did not seem consistent with Ms. Deveraux's style. I'd be very surprised if most of her fans liked this book.
I respect Ms. Deveraux's artistic freedom, but I think many romance authors who become really popular start to depend on reputations to sell books, and the qualities that made their first books so incredible just fall by the wayside. I think that is what happened with this series--it was pretty much guaranteed that people were going to buy it, so who cared if it was good? Can anyone say "Matrix Revolutions"?

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Summary: Always
Review: It's probably my own fault that I hated this book. This is not my usual genre of fiction, but I was desparate and in a hurry at the airport, so I grabbed Always.

Yikes, how far-fetched can a book get? And I was amazed to learn that this book was part of a series. Are Jude Deveraux's books all this far-fetched?

The characters were shallow and I didn't get the point of most of the plot. Perhaps this was because I'm a skeptic when it comes to the the "psychically gifted".

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Summary: I would give it NO stars if I could....
Review: SIGH. Is anyone else tired of the utter trash Jude Deveraux has been writing lately? This series is mediocre and erratic at BEST. I own all of Jude Deveraux's previous books, as she is the one who first turned me on to romance novels. So I'm not sure what the heck is going on with her. If she wanted to try a new genre, she should have used a pen name. PLEASE, Jude, we're begging you. Come back to us! Because as of right now, I don't think I can handle spending $7.99 on a book that will probably end up in the wastebasket!

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Summary: How awful!
Review: Was this book even written by Jude Deveraux? I've read a lot of fanfic and this book read like it. And it wasn't even GOOD fanfic. I have never read a J.D. book that wasn't at least entertaining on some level. This book was the sort of Mary Sueish fanfic trash we parody and make fun of in my online community. If this book was ghost written then JD's publishers need to be held accountable. If it wasn't then JD needs to find a new editor.