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Summary: The Perfect Ghost Story for Valentine's Day
Review: Chasing Rainbow is billed as a romance novel, but it is much more! It is warm, witty, funny and a wonderful read. There's even a wee little murder mystery stirred in for good measure. It reminds me of the light romantic comedies that Doris Day and Rock Hudson used to star in...I'm surprised Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks haven't made this into a movie. It'd be a blockbuster. I read this book out on the deck, and I was laughing with every delightful new plot twist. A gifted humor writer, Sue Civil-Brown comes up with the zaniest, most lovable characters I've ever seen: a no-nonsense geologist who doesn't believe in superstitions falling in love with an adorable young psychic named Rainbow Moonglow. Rainbow, you see, was born in a commune in the 1970s; her mother was into free love and doesn't know who the father was, but is still strict with her grown daughters'morals. And its a tossup who has the craziest uncle, Rainbow or her beau. The minor characters are a scream: the red-haired psychic/mother who wears purple because her spirit guide told her to; the retired Colonel who believes his military training can handle anything, including ectoplasm; the flirty ex-CIA agent with his goofy T-shirts; minor league mobsters; grandmothers who are hell on wheels on their motorbikes; playful spooks who play tricks on the living; and an assortment of colorful, crazy retirees in the Florida condo community. Buy this book, it's a laugh a minute. You'll fall in love with Rainbow and her pals.
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Summary: Entertaining Beach Reading
Review: I enjoyed this book.
Rainbow is a believable characther who has a special talent for sensing the unknowing. And when she is called into look at a haunted building where many senior citizens live, she doesn't know what she is getting herself into. Jake Carpenter is too logical and scientific for words. When he is voted president of the association and 'stuck' with Rainbow and a haunted building, little does he know the fun is just beginning. With a little help from above and a lot of help from Mary Todd, this couple has a hard time finding time alone to get to know each other and yet they really don't stand a chance in the romance. They make such a great couple and are just the kind of people I'd like to know in real life. The book just moves along at a fast pace and with a touch of humor and a touch of the out of the ordinary, this is a great beach reading type of book. Enjoy.
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Summary: Moved a little faster
Review: I saw this author recommended and since the Tucson, AZ library system has none of her books, I actually spent good money on this drivel! I have been bored through the first 130 pages and can hardly stay awake to finish the rest... I do like the graphics on the front cover, a nice change of pace from the tacky, half naked couples that are pasted on so many romances, but that's all that I approve of in this one! What does it take to make people become real in a story? I just don't have any interest in these characters... I'd like to see some more authors of the caliber of Susan Elizabeth Phillips but this is not one of them...
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Summary: A Big Let-Down
Review: I was really disappointed in this one. I had heard such great things about it, but it was too wacky. Too many characters, and you didn't care a fig about any of them. It just went on and on. Rambled....and, didn't focus on anything. Not worth the time.
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Summary: Way too many characters
Review: Perhaps it is the wackiness of Rainbow herself that drew me into the story, but this has to got be my favorite Sue Civil-Brown/Rachel Lee book to date. I found the characters funny but believable. And Rainbow's special way of knowing kept me wanting to know more. Okay, I'll admit I got out a map and looked to see if there could really be a place called Paradise Island off the coast of Florida...cause it's a place I'd like to visit. Very funny--the perfect gift for a friend who needs cheering, or to spend some hours on a gloomy day.
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Summary: As delicious as a Chocolate Sundae
Review: Perhaps it is the wackiness of Rainbow herself that drew me into the story, but this has to got be my favorite Sue Civil-Brown/Rachel Lee book to date. I found the characters funny but believable. And Rainbow's special way of knowing kept me wanting to know more. Okay, I'll admit I got out a map and looked to see if there could really be a place called Paradise Island off the coast of Florida...cause it's a place I'd like to visit. Very funny--the perfect gift for a friend who needs cheering, or to spend some hours on a gloomy day.
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Summary: Moved a little faster
Review: This was the better of the three romantic/comedy novels I read by this author. I won't read another though. Her secondary characters were a little easier to laugh at in this book, but the ending was anti-climatic. Her heroine was unsure of herself and this seems to be the case in all Civil-Brown's heroines. The hero was pushed into his role as an alpha male as well. These characters are hard for me to enjoy. The plot was busy and the characters were shallow. I'd invest in another author's book for entertainment.
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