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Summary: Good Book
Review: A Very Good Book. the right word's "Magical". It's very romantic. It not only teaches about believing in love but it also teaches the importance of family and forgiveness. This book touched my heart. I'd recommend it.
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Summary: This one puts Luanne Rice on Auto-Buy List!
Review: As a wedding planner May Taylor sees happy betrothed couples daily. However, that kind of happiness has evaded her. She once thought she had that kind of lasting love only to find, after telling her boyfriend she was pregnant with their child, that he was already married. May has spent the ensuing six years dealing with her business and caring for her daughter, Kylie.Kylie is being studied by psychologists after she has experienced strange visions, one of which occurs while she and her mother are flying home from one of her psychologist visits. She tells Boston Bruins hockey star Martin Cartier, sitting ahead of them in first class, to help her and her mom. Martin has no idea what Kylie means but when the airplane crash lands, he rushes to assist Kylie and May. Martin Cartier is the star right wing for the Boston Bruins. Known as the Gold Sledgehammer, he has his share of female admirers and has even dated a few. But they were nothing more than a classy accessory to him. When he meets May it's different. Somehow he knows they were meant to be together. As Martin begins to court May, it isn't long before she begins the feel the same way and soon the wedding planner is planning her own wedding. But Martin has some secrets in his past. Secrets he has told no one. He also has some well-known family tragedies he is reluctant to talk about including the death of his young daughter, Natalie, and his estrangement from his father, a hockey hall of famer, now serving time in prison for racketeering. Martin is a huge star. One who has led his team to the Stanley Cup finals several years in a row. He wants nothing more than to win the championship - something that has evaded him. During hockey season he is driven - he has only one thing on his mind - win the championship and take the Stanley Cup away from his arch rival Nils Jorgenson. Kylie's visions have seemed to increase since Martin has come into her life. In fact, she is now seeing visions and communicating with Martin's deceased daughter, Natalie. Of course, no one believes her even when she tells them she is meant to "bring them together" - but bring who together? And how? Despite some uncertainties, May, Martin, and Kylie are forging a happy life together. Summers spent at Lac Vert in Canada, Martin's childhood home, are nearly idyllic. However hockey injuries Martin has suffered all of his life come back to haunt him threatening everything he has learned to care about. As the old Bible verse Martin's mother cross-stitched years ago "And a child shall lead them" comes into play, will Martin and his family get the miracle they need? This was an enjoyable story for those who like a little of the supernatural in their stories (angels - and who's to say things like this can't happen?). Kylie is really the star of this book, sort of a younger version of the character Haley Joel Osment played in "The Sixth Sense." Rice has detailed the hockey world superbly, making even this non-hockey fan wanting to watch a game, so this shouldn't be a turn-off for those who don't like stories about sports heroes. Those scenes are really a fairly small part of the book. The story is more of the relationships between husband and wife, husband and daughter, husband and stepdaughter, father and son, and even between friends. Luanne Rice is a wonderful storyteller and her books are now on my auto-buy list. I would compare her with such wonderful authors as Kristin Hannah or Barbara Delinsky. I even spent 4th of July reading it as others around me were celebrating the holiday. SUMMER LIGHT is truly a special read and it's highly recommended.
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Summary: Maudlin and incredible
Review: Having started by reading Rice's Cloud Nine, which I thought was very good, I have become more and more disappointed, first by Dream Country, then by Summer Light. The leap to fantasy (angels, angel dust, etc.) I could make, but unrealistic details I could not overlook. Where is there a high-security prison in which an inmate is able to converse with a young boy standing outside the fence? At one point the boy even touches the inmate's shoe!! And this child has apparently arrived at the prison on foot. I don't know about the rest of you, but the high-security prisons I'm aware of aren't in quite such friendly neighborhoods. I was also bothered by Rice repeatedly casting the Stanley Cup finals in May. I don't follow hockey but I know I'm still hearing news about the game in June. These inconsistencies create such a feeling of unease that it's impossible to accept the "truth" of the rest of the story. Very disappointing. Surely the last of hers that I will try.
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Summary: Best Novel I've Read in Ages!
Review: I am a major hockey fan and have met and come to know many Canadian players' wives and girlfriends locally over the years. I thought this story was exceptionally true to life both in the background details and the characters. I know how hockey players think and act, and this caught the essence of their emotions, actions, superstitions and beliefs perfectly. What an extraordinary job Ms. Rice did with the blend of hockey details and each character's "wounded past" which they must overcome to find true love and peace within!! Kylie's magical presence was the perfect touch, and so were May's and Martin's friends who supported them along the way. I cried my eyes out at the end, which says just how deep the emotional impact was for me. I am a writer (and avid reader) who aspires to publish someday soon, and this provided me with a perfect example of how to bring it all full circle. Brava, Ms. Rice!!! I would love to see you write sequels to this with other hockey players and the women in their lives.
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Summary: Are you Serious?
Review: I can't believe all the readers who find this an amazing read or get up early to finish reading this book! Yes, I stuck it out and finished the book, but to think this was one of the best books to read,YIKES. You really need to read a lot more if this is one of the best. It is sappy, boring, predictable and totally unbelievable. Yeah right, owls in a bridal shop. A hockey player who is so "in love", with a character like May. Really? Only in a silly story like this. Sorry, I just don't buy it. I'd rather read Cinderella again!
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Summary: Best Rice book since Cloud Nine
Review: I have read most of Luanne Rice's books and have enjoyed them. Could not wait for Summer Light to come out in paperpack and I'm glad I didn't wait. This is her best book since Cloud Nine. Enjoy!
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful!
Review: I love this book! A love story, mixed with tragedy and a bit of supernatural combine to make a great story! I can't say much more, other than that you should BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: summer light
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK, I HATED TO FINISH IT. THERE HASN'T BEEN A BOOK BY LUANNE RICE THAT I DID NOT LIKE. SHE IS MY NEW FIND IN AN AUTHOR, YOU SHOULD GIVE ALL OF HER BOOKS A TRY.
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Summary: Not a good book
Review: I picked up *Summer Light* on Friday night for a weekend read and was finished by midnight on Saturday. Although I'm not a huge fan of professional sports or athletes, I fell in love with the pro hockey hero and his heroine, a single mom and wedding planner. Martin Cartier is a 38-year old hockey professional with an axe to grind. His first wife left him and took his only daughter with her, and tragic events later led to his daughter Natalie's death. He plays every game as if he's seeking revenge against the person he holds responsible for Natalie, his father. When he meets an unusual 6-year old young girl named Kylie on a flight to Boston, everything changes. May Taylor, wedding planner for the Bridal Barn in small-town Massachusetts, never paid much attention to hockey, or any professional sport, for that matter. Her daughter, Kylie, experienced waking dreams and visions of people who have passed on to the next world. When she sees Martin on the plane, she also sees an angel, his daughter Natalie. Kylie brings Martin and May together, who fall in love at first sight. Their marriage brings more than the three together, though, for Kylie sees that she needs to help Martin with another journey, one involving forgiveness and love, as he loses his sight. The book was so wonderful to read, but I'd definitely suggest a box of Kleenex. It was a total tear-jerker!
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Summary: Reads like a Jodi Picoult and just as fast...
Review: I picked up *Summer Light* on Friday night for a weekend read and was finished by midnight on Saturday. Although I'm not a huge fan of professional sports or athletes, I fell in love with the pro hockey hero and his heroine, a single mom and wedding planner. Martin Cartier is a 38-year old hockey professional with an axe to grind. His first wife left him and took his only daughter with her, and tragic events later led to his daughter Natalie's death. He plays every game as if he's seeking revenge against the person he holds responsible for Natalie, his father. When he meets an unusual 6-year old young girl named Kylie on a flight to Boston, everything changes. May Taylor, wedding planner for the Bridal Barn in small-town Massachusetts, never paid much attention to hockey, or any professional sport, for that matter. Her daughter, Kylie, experienced waking dreams and visions of people who have passed on to the next world. When she sees Martin on the plane, she also sees an angel, his daughter Natalie. Kylie brings Martin and May together, who fall in love at first sight. Their marriage brings more than the three together, though, for Kylie sees that she needs to help Martin with another journey, one involving forgiveness and love, as he loses his sight. The book was so wonderful to read, but I'd definitely suggest a box of Kleenex. It was a total tear-jerker!
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