Wicked

Rating:
Summary: A well written worthwhile read.....
Review: "Wicked" was my first book by Jill Barnett..I think it is safe to say it wont be my last. I enjoyed this story very much. I loved the moment when the H/H first met. Sophia was a great character. She was very well drawn. So much so that I felt a bit cheated when it came to Tobin..I would have liked to have gotten to know him a bit better.My other quibble with this book has to do with the frequent separations...one was rather long..I REALLY dislike that in a romance...this wasnt a keeper for me, but definitely a book that Id recommend reading.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting story with not very interesting characters
Review: An interesting story, but I couldn't get interested in the hero and heroine. They both acted like spoiled, stubborn, rich brats--to the extreme. I also noted several typo errors-who proofs these books?--I wouldn't mind doing it and would do a better job of it.

Rating:
Summary: Pageantry, passion and power
Review: From the very start of this marvelous tale, I was captivated by the beautiful, grammatical writing and the richly-drawn atmosphere of times gone by. This is a love story to make a true believer of even the most jaded heart by an author who is a master of her craft.

Rating:
Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: I adored this book and have recommended it to every woman I know. Sofia and Tobin are some of the most sympathetic and wonderfully real characters I've ever read in a romance novel. Tobin is a hero you can see grow and change as he falls in love, unwillingly, with the spirited and head-strong Sophia. You laugh and cry with them every step of the way through a wonderfully fresh romance. The prose is finely-crafted, luminous and rich. I know a gifted and complex writer when I read one. Ms. Barnett uses language the way a master painter uses color, shading and light. The plot spanned time, yet never once did it drag the way epic novels sometimes do. The author covered so many facets of Tobin and Sophia's lives and love in a concrete way that made me feel as if I were living along with these characters. Love, grief, joy, passion--this book has it all! Jill Barnett has written some very funny, heart-felt, and memorable books in the past, but now she has transcended the ordinary, even the unusual(Bewitching) and created the extraordinary. Do not miss this love story; it is simply, a true classic.

Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Wonderfully Wicked!!
Review: I adored this book! I can't make up my mind which I like the best of this trilogy....they were all fabulous - Wonderful - Wild - and Wicked - What a fabulous trilogy and wonderful love stories - each and every one.
Lady Sofia Howard was introduced to us in the first novel - Wonderful and I just knew that this was going to be an unforgettable story. Ms. Barnett did not fail to capture the strong will of this heroine. She was the ward and cousin of the King Edward. She was exceptionally beautiful and very richly dowered and it wasn't until she was a teenager that she had a glimpse of the man she would lose her heart to and have it broken all at the same time.
Sir Tobin de Clare was introduced to us in Wonderful as well and not a likeable character as the then squire to Lord Merrick. Handsome, rich and arrogant as all get out, and harboring a hurt that does not get explained until this novel.
The battle lines are drawn and these two main characters are in for the time of their lives as they both grow and mature and finally find the most wonderful love of all.
A definite keeper to savour and read again and again.

Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Wonderfully Wicked!!
Review: I adored this book! I can't make up my mind which I like the best of this trilogy....they were all fabulous - Wonderful - Wild - and Wicked - What a fabulous trilogy and wonderful love stories - each and every one.
Lady Sofia Howard was introduced to us in the first novel - Wonderful and I just knew that this was going to be an unforgettable story. Ms. Barnett did not fail to capture the strong will of this heroine. She was the ward and cousin of the King Edward. She was exceptionally beautiful and very richly dowered and it wasn't until she was a teenager that she had a glimpse of the man she would lose her heart to and have it broken all at the same time.
Sir Tobin de Clare was introduced to us in Wonderful as well and not a likeable character as the then squire to Lord Merrick. Handsome, rich and arrogant as all get out, and harboring a hurt that does not get explained until this novel.
The battle lines are drawn and these two main characters are in for the time of their lives as they both grow and mature and finally find the most wonderful love of all.
A definite keeper to savour and read again and again.

Rating:
Summary: Did we read the same book?
Review: I can't believe someone didn't like this book! It was one of the best medieval love stories I have read in a long time and it is certainly Jill Barnett's best book ever, even better than Bewitching. Sophia and Tobin were funny and loving and perfect for each other, even if it took him a long time to see it. Sophia was like the women in most of Ms. Barnett's books, truly likable and written with laughter and joy and tears. I laughed so hard in one scene I woke up my husband. I loved what someone called the feminist part of the book in the convent. How could anyone not love Sophia's interaction with the nuns? But I also cried a few times, especially when she couldn't remember her mother's face. This book was poignant and loving and fun, everything I want in a love story. It felt different for reasons I can't really pinpoint. The characters are real and seem so human. The story went back and forth in time, something I hadn't read before but that I found I liked. We meet first Sophia when she is older and wiser, then go back to see how she met Sir Tobin, and back farther and come forward. Perhaps that was what confused one reader. But that doesn't matter because no one should miss this love story. It will stay with you for a long, long time. Jill Barnett is certainly one of my favorite authors, but with this book she is now at the top of my must read list, along with greats Julie Garwood and Judith McNaught.

Rating:
Summary: Romantic story
Review: I come to know this book from the library. I borrowed it and I found it very nice and easy to understand. The story is so wonderful and nice. I am so crazy about this book till I bought myself one to keep. I really recommend this book to you guys out there.

Rating:
Summary: Yuck!
Review: I could not get past what the hero, Tobin de Clare, did to the heroine. He humiliated her in front of his friends on a cruel bet. Later on, he gets himself betrothed to her without winning her forgiveness first. Sofia would have been better off without him and I did not think he deserved her. He showed absolutely no consideration for her feelings, and no remorse for the humiliating things that he did to her. If you want to read a good medieval romance, read her other two medievals Wonderful and Wild, but leave this one alone.

Rating:
Summary: Not up to Barnett's previous standards
Review: I have read all of Jill Barnett's books and was eagerly awaiting this one but was disappointed in it, coming away feeling as if these characters were not fully developed. The humor was not up to par either for Ms. Barnett. Sofia and Tobin were great looking but that seems to be all that was important about these two. Tobin never understood what really made Sofia tick-her fear of abandonment, her dread of waiting for the men she loved-at least this was never brought out in dialogue. The two of them were flat and lacking in compassion most of the time. I wouldn't tell someone not to read Wicked, but think Ms. Barnett has done better developing her "inner" characters in past reads.