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Summary: got self-respect? it does a body good
Review: I regard Janet Dailey's Americana series as modern-historical comic books. No insult intended. There are many of them (one for each state) in this series of somewhat short novels which reflect the good old non pc days --- interesting for a change, sometimes.The story starts with good girl Amanda Bennet of the loving and large Bennet family (which rather loosely put me in mind of another famous Bennet family). Amanda's father works for Colby Enterprises and, as a little girl she had a huge crush on Jarod Colby, wealthy heir of the town's richy-rich family. However, after a brief, humiliating run-in with a snobby and rude Jarod in high school (shoulda been a hint here for her of things to come), she thought she was cured of her girlish fantasies. Then came the night of the yearly cotillion, and Jarod Colby is instantly attracted to the beautiful Amanda. Amanda is swept off her feet, however, Jarod expects a sophisticated affair and Amanda wants love. Jarod becomes angry and from this point blows hot and cold by turns. Eventually, Amanda's father has a stroke and ends up in the hospital. How to pay for all the bills? She strikes a deal with Jarod who says he'll pay for everything if she marries him. Why marriage, I ask you? Doesn't he have all the cards? Sheez. Anyway, from there a turbulent story takes a decided nose dive. As if it wasn't bad enough already. Now we've got an autocratic, brooding hero, and our heroine, tortured with love, goes from already spineless to a puddle of primordial ooze. Jarod insists that he doesn't want children so of course Amanda ends up pregnant and he rejects her repeatedly while all she can do is cry and tell him how much she loves him. I don't know about you, but cycles of male contempt and a woman grovelling for love is not my idea of enthralling romance. If you decide to read this, my advice is to buy the book so you can throw it around and alleviate some pent up frustration. Sadly, I was reading the digital version.
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Summary: self-respect anybody?
Review: The story starts with good girl Amanda Bennet of the loving and large Bennet family (which rather loosely put me in mind of another famous Bennet family). Amanda's father works for Colby Enterprises and, as a little girl she had a huge crush on Jarod Colby, wealthy heir of the town's richy-rich family. However, after a brief, humiliating run-in with a snobby and rude Jarod in high school (shoulda been a hint here for her of things to come), she thought she was cured of her girlish fantasies.
Then came the night of the yearly cotillion, and Jarod Colby is instantly attracted to the beautiful Amanda. Amanda is swept off her feet, however, Jarod expects a sophisticated affair and Amanda wants love. Jarod becomes angry and from this point blows hot and cold by turns. Eventually, Amanda's father has a stroke and ends up in the hospital. How to pay for all the bills? She strikes a deal with Jarod who says he'll pay for everything if she marries him.
Why marriage, I ask you? Doesn't he have all the cards? Sheez. Anyway, from there a turbulent story takes a decided nose dive. As if it wasn't bad enough already. Now we've got an autocratic, brooding hero, and our heroine, tortured with love, goes from already spineless to a puddle of primordial ooze. Jarod insists that he doesn't want children so of course Amanda ends up pregnant and he rejects her repeatedly while all she can do is cry and tell him how much she loves him.
I don't know about you, but cycles of male contempt and a woman grovelling for love is not my idea of enthralling romance. If you decide to read this, my advice is to buy the book so you can throw it around and alleviate some pent up frustration. Sadly, I was reading the digital version.
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