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Summary: No "I love you"?
Review: A great book (my first by Feather). She shaped the story well and the imagery. However, the ending was a bit abrupt, and I always feel unsatisfied when the 2 main characters never verbally say "I love you" to one another. Assuming that they do is not enough for me.
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Summary: Very good read
Review: A great book (my first by Feather). She shaped the story well and the imagery. However, the ending was a bit abrupt, and I always feel unsatisfied when the 2 main characters never verbally say "I love you" to one another. Assuming that they do is not enough for me.
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Summary: Heroine: Bratty, Bitchy, had a Sadist for a Lover *grimace*
Review: An avid reader, I have ALWAYS finished books, no matter how bad they are, but I didn't finish this one. You can guess just how bad this book is then. Things that really made me mad were:-Ariel is not a virgin; she has a lover who doesn't love her and who she doesn't love. The guy is an S&M kind of guy and it sickened me to read about their "relationship." She is also bitchy and bratty and is totally under the control of her murderous, conniving, SOB brothers. (see below) -Hawkesmoor (the hero) is not only scarred from battle, he is strangely naive in his dealings with Ariel's murderous brothers. Come on! -Ariel's brothers. Perfect SOB chauvinists who would murder in cold blood. They brought up Ariel (ewww). They just totally dampened the story that I thought I'd drown in frustration and tears of anger. Save your money. I wished I'd saved mine.
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Summary: Heroine: Bratty, Bitchy, had a Sadist for a Lover *grimace*
Review: An avid reader, I have ALWAYS finished books, no matter how bad they are, but I didn't finish this one. You can guess just how bad this book is then. Things that really made me mad were: -Ariel is not a virgin; she has a lover who doesn't love her and who she doesn't love. The guy is an S&M kind of guy and it sickened me to read about their "relationship." She is also bitchy and bratty and is totally under the control of her murderous, conniving, SOB brothers. (see below) -Hawkesmoor (the hero) is not only scarred from battle, he is strangely naive in his dealings with Ariel's murderous brothers. Come on! -Ariel's brothers. Perfect SOB chauvinists who would murder in cold blood. They brought up Ariel (ewww). They just totally dampened the story that I thought I'd drown in frustration and tears of anger. Save your money. I wished I'd saved mine.
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Summary: Definitely not recommended...
Review: Echoing many other readers, this book definitely lacked many things. I found it boring at times and skipped several pages. Ariel is selfish, stubborn, and very annoying to read about. There was nothing satisfying about this book at all. This book did not provoke any strong emotions and lacked sense at times. This was my first time reading a Jane Feather book and I am definitely not going to read anymore.
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Summary: I cant believe I even read it!!! Give it a miss
Review: I dont know what people think or want from their heroines but Ariel wasnt as good as I thought she was..although she did change later..but I guess what turned me off completely wasnt the fact that she took a lover and it took her so long to realise that she loved her husband..What sickened me was that she actually would sleep with someone so cruel..If you have any ounce of conviction in you..you would leave the cruel man. It wouldnt matter even if he could make me lust for him..That just sex and it only reflects Ariel's personality.. And what I can not understand is the secrecy. It's makes the whole scarifice seemly stupid. If I was Hawthorne I was would like to know why a woman I dont know would die for me.. Wouldnt you investigate the matter at hand..why would you just leave it? I guess that I dont like things unresolved and lastly, if you just had a life and death situation which involved somone you loved deeply wouldnt you want to confess your love to him/her and reassure her/him. Considering that life is too precious to lose, especially the person you love..I guess there were too many things on my mind..and again, it really annoyed me that Areiel would have such poor taste with her choice of lovers.. Well, I'm sure others might disagree with me but believe me..you wont be too disappointed if you give this one a miss
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Summary: GREAT READ
Review: I loved the book. It got bad reviews, but I thought it was very touching. The characters were flawed but we're all flawed.
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Summary: It was quite nice until the ending was reached
Review: I really enjoyed the book until I started getting nearer to the ending.I didn't like it when no one found out about the secret. I also didn't like the way Ariel and Simon didn't say they loved eachother. It should have continued.
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Summary: Second in Charm Bracelet series
Review: Like the rose in the haunting tale of "Beauty and the Beast," a silver rose on a charm bracelet brings together a beautiful young woman and a battle-scarred lord...Ariel Ravenspeare has been taught to loathe the Earl of Hawkesmoor and everything he represents. Their two families have been sworn enemies for generations. But it's one thing to hate him, and another to play the part her vicious brothers have written for her-trapping Hawkesmoor into a marriage that will destroy him, using herself as bait. Forced into the marriage, Ariel will find her new husband unexpectedly difficult to manipulate, as well as surprisingly-and powerfully-attractive.But beneath the passion lurk the strands of a long-hidden secret...a secret embodied in a sparkling silver rose. I was not into this story as much as the first in the series. Call me old fashioned but I like my herorines unsullied and the fact that Ariel came to her marriage bed not a virgin did not sit well with me. I just could not like her that much. Her only saving grace was the love of her animals. But Simon was a true hero, if alittle on the scarred side. He made the story tolerable. I hope the third book in the series is better.
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Summary: Second in Charm Bracelet series
Review: Like the rose in the haunting tale of "Beauty and the Beast," a silver rose on a charm bracelet brings together a beautiful young woman and a battle-scarred lord...Ariel Ravenspeare has been taught to loathe the Earl of Hawkesmoor and everything he represents. Their two families have been sworn enemies for generations. But it's one thing to hate him, and another to play the part her vicious brothers have written for her-trapping Hawkesmoor into a marriage that will destroy him, using herself as bait. Forced into the marriage, Ariel will find her new husband unexpectedly difficult to manipulate, as well as surprisingly-and powerfully-attractive.But beneath the passion lurk the strands of a long-hidden secret...a secret embodied in a sparkling silver rose. I was not into this story as much as the first in the series. Call me old fashioned but I like my herorines unsullied and the fact that Ariel came to her marriage bed not a virgin did not sit well with me. I just could not like her that much. Her only saving grace was the love of her animals. But Simon was a true hero, if alittle on the scarred side. He made the story tolerable. I hope the third book in the series is better.
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