Island of Dreams

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Summary: Wonderful!!!
Review: I love Katherine Stone's novels, and this was no exception. She always delivers enthralling stories beautifully written.

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Summary: A disappointment!
Review: I love Katherine Stone's voice and her beautiful stories. "Island of Dreams" was a huge disappointment to me. I did not hesitate to pick it up (at full cover price) because I have all her other novels and have loved everyone. She missed every opportunity to develope the characters and their relationships to say nothong of the storyline. There were a few too many easy coincidences for me. I found it to be more like a lengthy synopsis than a fully developed novel. Having read the entire book in about 5 hours, in desperation I am re-reading my favorites of hers. Katherine, please don't forget the reader in a rush to get the book out. I look forward to your next book and yes, I will buy it but it better be up to your former high standards.

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Summary: Dreamy love stories beautifully written
Review: I loved this book and didn't find it confusing in the least.(I have read A Midnight Clear, which is its prequel). To me, the characters were wonderfully developed -- the men, especially, Pierce and Garek, both incredibly dreamy, honorable, strong.

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Summary: My kind of book
Review: I really enjoyed Island of Dreams, especially after reading A Midnight Clear. It's a terrific sequel, but it IS a sequel. So read A Midnight Clear first.

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Summary: Couldn't read the whole thing
Review: I usaully love Katherine Stone books. However, this one was terrible. I got to page 100 and realized I was wasting my time. I didn't think it was written well and I found it hard to believe that Pierce fell in love with Ana after one meeting. I will think twice about buying another Katherine Stone book. Her earlier works are far superior.

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Summary: Island of Dreams
Review: I usually love this author . This book was one of the worst I have ever read. No plot what so ever , no character development. I read the entire book , and hoped it would get getter as I got into it. It didn't !!. In the first couple of chapters you can guess the entire story. I'd rather have a root canal than suffer this kind of story. Save your money & don't bother with this one

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Summary: every which direction
Review: I was extremely disappointed with the new book. I waited patiently for Ms. Stone's book and it is as if she has thrown in information from every direction, barely tying it together. I found myself putting the book down over and over. It is almost like someone else wrote this latest novel. I was impatient with the whole mishmash of story lines.

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Summary: Not a keeper
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. Katherine Stone spent too much time explaining and narrating. The story obviously couldn't stand on it's own. There was no development of passion. As soon as the characters Pierce/Liam meets Anastasia he is "suddenly" in love with just a short conversation. As soon as Giselle meets Garek she opens up and tells her whole life story. Where was the magic? Anastasia is always just "cold". I liked that there were actually two romances but that just left more explaining and narrating. I like much more interaction between characters. No action here and NO steamy love scenes to be found. Save your money. This is definitely not one I will save to read again later.

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Summary: Not a keeper
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. Katherine Stone spent too much time explaining and narrating. The story obviously couldn't stand on it's own. There was no development of passion. As soon as the characters Pierce/Liam meets Anastasia he is "suddenly" in love with just a short conversation. As soon as Giselle meets Garek she opens up and tells her whole life story. Where was the magic? Anastasia is always just "cold". I liked that there were actually two romances but that just left more explaining and narrating. I like much more interaction between characters. No action here and NO steamy love scenes to be found. Save your money. This is definitely not one I will save to read again later.

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Summary: First Time KS reader
Review: I've been a Katherine Stone fan from her first novel.... and have so looked forward to each new release. This book, however, was extremely disappointing. I felt as though Ms. Stone has discovered a "formula" and just wrote this book to fit the formula. Man meets woman - one or both have tragic pasts - they fall instantly in love - and basically the rest of the book is padding. The story was disjointed, and I felt the characters were "forced" on the reader, and instead of letting the reader "get to know" the characters and fall in like with them. This is not one of the romantic, spell-binding, touching stories Ms. Stone is known for.