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Summary: I think she's back on track
Review: After a few novels that just weren't up to par, Danielle Steel seems to have found her inspiration again. Dating Game is about Paris Armstrong whose husband comes home one day and tells her he wants a divorce, he's in love with another woman & would rather be with her than his wife of 24 years. Now Paris is forced to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and try & make a new life for herself. The first question is: does she want to? The second: how does she do that? Third: Will she ever want to be with another man again, be able to trust him? I put myself in Paris's shoes and it was heart-wrenching, what this woman went through. We've probably all been there (being left), so it's kind of neat to read about someone & how they deal with their struggle. I enjoyed not only the story, but the characters. Danielle really did a good job with this book, she makes you care about the characters & what will happen to them, as she does with most of her books. The best aspect about this book though were all of the funny dates Paris goes on. It's too funny! If you're looking for something newer of Steel's to read, try this book or Answered Prayers & Safe Harbour- they all are examples that she can still write moving love stories.
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Summary: Nice story but somewhat predictable
Review: I haven't picked up a Danielle Steel book in a couple of years due to the fact that I got bored. Then I saw this book and I thought it looked good. I did sympathize with her being divorced myself but Steel made her character very pathetic at times. Don't get me wrong, it was good but had some boring spots in it and some of the things that happened weren't realistic. All in all, it had a happy ending and I enjoyed it but it wasn't her best. I say read it if you're in the mood for a nice story.
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Summary: Three and a half stars please
Review: Paris Armstrong is the perfect wife and mother of two grown children. She lives in a beautiful house in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her perfect world is shattered when her husband of twenty-four years, Peter, announces after a dinner party that he is leaving her for another woman. One who is barely older than their daughter. Paris is distraught to say the least and tries to pick up the pieces and move on with her life. Part of this process includes her moving to the West Coast and finding a job. There she meets Bixby Mason, party planner extraordinaire! She becomes friends with Bixby and through his encouragement decides to get back into the "dating game". This book was an OK read. I felt sorry for Paris at first when Peter dumped her and thought he was a jerk. It was good to know that Danielle Steel could still write about people and pull the proper emotion out of me. I quickly became bored though when she moved to California and started dating. Her dates were funny but they all seemed the same. The storyline seemed to me to get stuck halfway through the book. It was like Danielle Steel got Paris to California and then didn't know what to do with her. The direction of the book appeared to be going nowhere fast. I am getting a little tired of reading about women who are treated badly by their husbands and that is what the last few Steel novels have been. It also seems to me as if she's bringing in the same quirky characters but with different names, example: Bixby Mason. I loved this character, he definitely added entertainment to the story, but wasn't he in a previous novel but with a different name? Ms. Steel's characters all seem to be the same anymore. I am beginning to wonder if Ms. Steel hasn't run out of ideas. After 50+ books maybe she is. I see she is due to have another book released this year. Hopefully it will be better. Although Dating Game was a somewhat enjoyable read I still prefer her earlier works. They are much more entertaining and worthy of the title "bestseller".
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