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Summary: Mixed Bag - One's A Keeper And One Isn't
Review: Of the two stories, Tara Taylor Quinn's is the best. I would recommend this book on the strength of that alone. The story about a father raising triplets alone was a change of pace. He is a successful morning DJ and the love interest turns out to be his partner on the show, who is married but whose husband has been missing in the Middle East for the past 5 years. His ex-wife is also involved in the story. Quinn's characters are interesting and have depth. The 7 year old triplets are adorable and not cloying - they seem like real kids, each with her own personality. The romance and its accompanying conflicts are realistic. I've never read anything by her before, but now I'm going to check her books out.Debbie Macomber's book, on the other hand, was just a bit of fluff. I normally like her books, but this story was just a waste of time. How can you have a legend about a wedding dress when only one person ever wore it before? The main character was supposedly a career-oriented woman, but she fell apart at the receipt of the dress and behaved like a ditzy female, panicking at the thought of "being controlled by fate" and turning down a relationship with a man that anyone else would have grabbed with both hands. I lost patience with her silliness. The hero was rather simplistically defined. I'd give Quinn's book 4 stars and Macomber's 2 stars, so I averaged it as a 3 star book.
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Summary: Mixed Bag - One's A Keeper And One Isn't
Review: Of the two stories, Tara Taylor Quinn's is the best. I would recommend this book on the strength of that alone. The story about a father raising triplets alone was a change of pace. He is a successful morning DJ and the love interest turns out to be his partner on the show, who is married but whose husband has been missing in the Middle East for the past 5 years. His ex-wife is also involved in the story. Quinn's characters are interesting and have depth. The 7 year old triplets are adorable and not cloying - they seem like real kids, each with her own personality. The romance and its accompanying conflicts are realistic. I've never read anything by her before, but now I'm going to check her books out. Debbie Macomber's book, on the other hand, was just a bit of fluff. I normally like her books, but this story was just a waste of time. How can you have a legend about a wedding dress when only one person ever wore it before? The main character was supposedly a career-oriented woman, but she fell apart at the receipt of the dress and behaved like a ditzy female, panicking at the thought of "being controlled by fate" and turning down a relationship with a man that anyone else would have grabbed with both hands. I lost patience with her silliness. The hero was rather simplistically defined. I'd give Quinn's book 4 stars and Macomber's 2 stars, so I averaged it as a 3 star book.
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