Bid for a Wife
by Ann Ruth Nordin
**
review by Aubrey
Circumstances leave Lucy all alone in a strange town in the 18th Century. Keen not to have to return home to her evil twin sister the towns folks marry her off to Brian, who is blind and therefore they recon doesn't have too many options. He turns out to be incredibly sweet and loving and is far from second best. All the characters are very likeable. Brian copes very well with his blindness and the Dev factor isn't too bad, in fact great in some places. There is a thriller edge to the book towards the end. It is ok, not one to read and re read like I do with Taste of Love.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Blind with Love
Blind With Love, by Becca Jameson
review by Aubrey
I really enjoyed this book but the ending let me down. It is the sort that you cannot wait to bedtime to read it. All the characters are very distinctive from each other, their backstories slipped in so smoothly a real lesson to any authors in learning. The dialogue is natural and not cheesy. The male lead is very sexy and complete, the female lead is easy to identify with. They both are set up by his sister (her best friend). We get straight to the punch, no messing around. The leads are meeting each other in a pivotal moment in their lives where the following day everything will change for them forever. That in itself is a very interesting angle. Their emotions so split between the happiness of finding a soul mate but then the grief that it is too late. What I really hated was the ending. From a Dev point of view the guy gains his sight which didn't need to happen for the story and there is a really annoying twist. The sex scene, although really steamy and originally written was about 20 pages too long for me (or 20% as I read it on my kindle). This probably is just me as it is for the erotic market so it is part and parcel for that genre for the characters to take to their bed of months (or it just feels like that for me.)
But ultimately this book held a fantastic promise that included absolutely everything I would want in a gripping romance story. If I reread it I will just stop at about 80%.
review by Aubrey
I really enjoyed this book but the ending let me down. It is the sort that you cannot wait to bedtime to read it. All the characters are very distinctive from each other, their backstories slipped in so smoothly a real lesson to any authors in learning. The dialogue is natural and not cheesy. The male lead is very sexy and complete, the female lead is easy to identify with. They both are set up by his sister (her best friend). We get straight to the punch, no messing around. The leads are meeting each other in a pivotal moment in their lives where the following day everything will change for them forever. That in itself is a very interesting angle. Their emotions so split between the happiness of finding a soul mate but then the grief that it is too late. What I really hated was the ending. From a Dev point of view the guy gains his sight which didn't need to happen for the story and there is a really annoying twist. The sex scene, although really steamy and originally written was about 20 pages too long for me (or 20% as I read it on my kindle). This probably is just me as it is for the erotic market so it is part and parcel for that genre for the characters to take to their bed of months (or it just feels like that for me.)
But ultimately this book held a fantastic promise that included absolutely everything I would want in a gripping romance story. If I reread it I will just stop at about 80%.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Planet of the Blind
Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto
****** Top Marks
This is a fantastic book. It is Stephen Kuusisto's autobiography, it is wonderfully written with really interesting comparisons. It is called Planet of the Blind because he feels that he doesn't fit in anywhere. His blindness was caused by being born prematurely and the incubator was too oxygenised. Although he can see something; colours and movement, his mother and father refused to accept that he was more blind than not and thus Stephen Kuusisto found himself not belonging to either the sighted world or the blind world.
He is so positive and through his writing you completely immerse yourself in his life and see the world as he sees/saw it. The enthusiasm to make things work for him, and as he states, he tried to pass as a sighted person and ran ahead with confidence; mercilessly bullied by students and teachers; there is plenty to relate too. I would recommend this very highly, not only for its incredible dev factor but also because he writes so beautifully.
****** Top Marks
This is a fantastic book. It is Stephen Kuusisto's autobiography, it is wonderfully written with really interesting comparisons. It is called Planet of the Blind because he feels that he doesn't fit in anywhere. His blindness was caused by being born prematurely and the incubator was too oxygenised. Although he can see something; colours and movement, his mother and father refused to accept that he was more blind than not and thus Stephen Kuusisto found himself not belonging to either the sighted world or the blind world.
He is so positive and through his writing you completely immerse yourself in his life and see the world as he sees/saw it. The enthusiasm to make things work for him, and as he states, he tried to pass as a sighted person and ran ahead with confidence; mercilessly bullied by students and teachers; there is plenty to relate too. I would recommend this very highly, not only for its incredible dev factor but also because he writes so beautifully.
Heartsight
Heartsight by Kay Springsteen
This is a great story. We join Dan as another operation to try and restore his sight fails. He lives in isolation in a magnificent house on a beach. His life is forcibly changed when he crosses paths with Bella, a young child with downs syndrome. He is imediately struck by the child and her mother. Slowly a friendship between the three develops. There is great exposition subtly inlayed within the narrative. Dan is a great strong character and Trish, the mother, is great as she is 'normal' in that she isn't a femme fetal but an ordinary woman with insecurities over the way see looks.
The story takes off but I wouldn't want to spoil it by giving anything away.
The Devo factor is ever present and Dan, although very resentful at the start of the book, learns to live positivly with his disability. He doesn't regain his sight and by the end it is clear that there will never be a chance to correct his eyes.
There aren't really any sex scenes but this fits into the story quite well concidering the bagage the characters are carrying around. Wold give this book 9/10.
This is a great story. We join Dan as another operation to try and restore his sight fails. He lives in isolation in a magnificent house on a beach. His life is forcibly changed when he crosses paths with Bella, a young child with downs syndrome. He is imediately struck by the child and her mother. Slowly a friendship between the three develops. There is great exposition subtly inlayed within the narrative. Dan is a great strong character and Trish, the mother, is great as she is 'normal' in that she isn't a femme fetal but an ordinary woman with insecurities over the way see looks.
The story takes off but I wouldn't want to spoil it by giving anything away.
The Devo factor is ever present and Dan, although very resentful at the start of the book, learns to live positivly with his disability. He doesn't regain his sight and by the end it is clear that there will never be a chance to correct his eyes.
There aren't really any sex scenes but this fits into the story quite well concidering the bagage the characters are carrying around. Wold give this book 9/10.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Precious Things
Precious Things [Kindle Edition] Gail R. Delaney
Jewell starts a new job and falls for the boss. A simple story, simply written. The forward is interesting as the author stated at the beginning that when she originally went to show the story to publishers they didn't think anyone would buy a romance novel where the lead character was deaf. And that is pretty much the only reason I purchased this book.
The dev factor appears in spades. The deaf character, Benjamin, is a highly successful trust fund manager. He is ambitious, fiery, gives not quarter to his deafness but as Jewell slips into his life, you get a feel that he has been isolated and having someone who can sign proficiently and connect with him on several levels, he realises just how isolated he was.
I love that there is references to how he has to direct her to look up so he can lip read and that during passionate episodes the writer states his eyes relucantly have to focus on her mouth. Also is several places they use sign language to comunicate confidentially or he will sign very subtly to her with his hand down by his side so the other person in the room doesn't realise.
Jewell starts a new job and falls for the boss. A simple story, simply written. The forward is interesting as the author stated at the beginning that when she originally went to show the story to publishers they didn't think anyone would buy a romance novel where the lead character was deaf. And that is pretty much the only reason I purchased this book.
The dev factor appears in spades. The deaf character, Benjamin, is a highly successful trust fund manager. He is ambitious, fiery, gives not quarter to his deafness but as Jewell slips into his life, you get a feel that he has been isolated and having someone who can sign proficiently and connect with him on several levels, he realises just how isolated he was.
I love that there is references to how he has to direct her to look up so he can lip read and that during passionate episodes the writer states his eyes relucantly have to focus on her mouth. Also is several places they use sign language to comunicate confidentially or he will sign very subtly to her with his hand down by his side so the other person in the room doesn't realise.
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