The Sweetwood Bride

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Summary: A Fun Summer Read
Review: Although there were things I didn't like about "Sweetwood Bride," I enjoyed reading the book. Eulie Toby forces Moss Collier into marriage in order to reunite her family only to discover that they all must go their separate ways eventually. There is also a side plot involving Moss' uncle and a woman he was in love with years earlier. If there were one thing I could change about the book, it would be the youngest sister. She is the classic brat. The story is funny and romantic. It is great for the beach. (Also, the two people on the inside cover of the book look exactly like Sam and Ivy from NBC's "Passions." Just thought you might like to know!)

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Summary: only so-so
Review: Although there were things I didn't like about "Sweetwood Bride," I enjoyed reading the book. Eulie Toby forces Moss Collier into marriage in order to reunite her family only to discover that they all must go their separate ways eventually. There is also a side plot involving Moss' uncle and a woman he was in love with years earlier. If there were one thing I could change about the book, it would be the youngest sister. She is the classic brat. The story is funny and romantic. It is great for the beach. (Also, the two people on the inside cover of the book look exactly like Sam and Ivy from NBC's "Passions." Just thought you might like to know!)

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Summary: Not Morsi's best
Review: Eulie Toby needed a husband to reunite her family of four sisters and one brother under one roof, so she tells the preacher that Moss Collier used her and abandoned her. Moss is forced at gunpoint to marry Eulie, destroying his dream of heading for Texas. Yet when Eulie gives him permission to leave, Moss keeps finding excuses to stay. Eulie is shocked to discover that her siblings have other plans for their lives, plans different than hers.

Morsi's tales of hill people and midwest settlers are well drawn and show her great love for plain folk. Never disappointing, always filled with warmth and respect for the beliefs of those whom many others ridicule.

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Summary: Wonderful book
Review: I am not a standard romance novel reader. Far from it.

However, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I love the positive nature that Eulie exudes, and I think the above reviews are unfair to sweet Eulie. To me, she is a wonderfully drawn character.

I don't understand or agree with the above criticisms. I was sorry the book ended.



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Summary: Another great romance from Pamela Morsi
Review: Romance author Pamela Morsi strikes again. She's written another funny, tender love story featuring an unlikely pair--a confirmed bachelor groom (with a shotgun at his back) and a young bride so desperate to find a home for herself and her younger siblings that she traps a stranger in a loveless marriage. Once again, Ms. Morsi's characters come alive on the pages of her latest book. We suffer with them when things go bad. We root for them to overcome hardships, doubts and crises--and celebrate when they do.

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Summary: From the depths of Courting Miss Hattie and Garters
Review: This was my first taste of Pamela Morsi, and I was quite pleasantly surprised. There are a lot of funny and engaging moments, although the hero's bitter Uncle Jephta and heroine's EXTREMELY prickly brother Ransom received just a bit too much limelight in this book for my liking. Overall though, Ms. Morsi did a wonderful job of portraying two families very reluctantly thrown together under one roof with some devious scheming from the heroine Eulie. It would have been nice if there had been more focus on Eulie and her "husband-man" Moss and less on the rest of the family. but nonetheless, a sweet and funny book!

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Summary: only so-so
Review: When I read the summary of the book, I really thought I was going to like it. What I didn't count on, though, was a completely unlikeable heroine. I'm all for characters being human (i.e. flawed), but Eulie goes above and beyond flawed in this story. She is just incredibly selfish. I kept reading this book and anticipating some great sobbing scene where she tells Moss how sorry she is for ruining his life, but that never happens. She never seems even the slightest bit apologetic. And as if her relationship with Moss isn't enough to convince me to dislike her, her relationship with her siblings seals the deal. She gives no thought to what would be best for her siblings well-being and is concerned only with what she wants. I found absolutely no redeeming qualities in Eulie and cannot for the life of me figure out why a "good guy" like Moss would want her.