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Summary: What is she talking about? This book is great!!!
Review: I can't imagine why anyone would give this book a one-star review (or why anyone would take the time to post such catty comments for that matter--makes you wonder). Anyway, WEDDING BELLS AND MISTLETOE is a terrific read, as are all the books I've read by this author. She's one of my favorites, a consummate professional. Obviously, category romance isn't for everyone, but if you truly love the genre, then you'll love this book as much as I did.
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Summary: Awful: amateurish writing, wooden characters
Review: I know, I know, what can you expect from Silhouette? Well, usually considerably better than this. I knew I'd wasted my money when, in the very first chapter, the writing was so stilted and amateurish. Short sentences, frequent use of the second person in narrative when it distracted from the flow and was completely unnecessary - eg (from memory) 'on your birthday you were the most important person in the house'; this being in *narrative*, not dialogue. The plot was hackneyed, but then they frequently are. What made this book almost unreadable, and only fit for throwing out now, was the complete lack of *any* sense of romance or sexual tension. Many scenes seem to have been included merely to pad out the book, since they didn't contribute to the plot or relationship development. This - with a very critical editor - would have been better as an 80-page short story in an anthology. And I was tempted to challenge this book's marketing under Trade Descriptions. A Christmas book? Mistletoe? The only mention of mistletoe was on the cover. The only mention of Christmas was a very brief, in-passing mention of a pre-Christmas party on the penultimate page. This was not a Christmas book. Oh, and I just could not believe the characters' decision not to tell the child that Keith was his real father. Huh??? What if he somehow found out later in life? (There are so many ways that could happen). How would he then feel about the way his parents had deceived him? Bad, bad, bad.
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