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Title: Summer at the Lake by Kathleen Gilles Seidel ISBN: 0-06-101388-9 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely wonderful
Comment: I've read and enjoyed every one of Kathleen Gilles Seidel's single title romances, and she just gets better and better. To say that she writes with enormous intelligence and wit hardly begins to describe the immense readability of Summer's End. She took a situation that would make me cringe in real life--two newly-connected families warily attempting to become acquainted with each other at a remote, primitive camp in Northern Minnesota--and made me love every minute of reading about it. Her characterizations are subtle and appealing, her relationships beautifully nuanced, and her romance between the two youngest adult children was absolutely believable. The precision of her writing makes everything come alive. For example, one of the main characters is a world class ice skater, and even though I couldn't cross a rink without falling flat on my face, I now feel as if I know what it must be like to be a champion skater. This is a book that should appeal to readers of women's fiction, romance, and those who just plain like good writing.
Rating: 5
Summary: I hated to see it end!
Comment: I connected right away with Gwen and Hal and their children. One of the things I enjoyed was the fact that some of the story centered around Iowa City, Iowa and the university there. A place where we spent six wonderful years visiting our kids. But that aside, I could easily identify in some way with many of the characters. Every family has the dysfunctional Joyce, the overachieving Holly, the trying to prove herself Amy etc.
On those long summer nights in Minnesota, the reader could become a part of the Legend famiy. From getting the feel of sleeping there during a summer storm, sitting around the campfire, and the simple decor of the cabins, we in some way long to be a part of that simple no frills kind of vacation.
Jack and Amy, our two lovers, connected instantly, but for the sake of the family, put their emotions on hold. Their relationship is sweet and brief, but on that, they build a strong and sure love. While a fair amount of time is spent dealing with the problems of the other characters, the attraction of Jack and Amy is the main thrust of the book. I only wish that we had been let to experience more than their one brief, intimate encounter at the lake. Still though, maybe that innocence is what makes the book so special. In that one aspect, much is left to our recommendation.
I would for sure keep this book to read again, as well and look for other Seidel titles.
Rating: 5
Summary: KSD-the most under-appreciated author of our times
Comment: I have been a heavy-duty Kathleen fan since the first book of hers I picked up. Imagine my excitement at finding a new one... and my chagrin at finding it had been out for months! I believe that Kathleen is one of the most satisfying authors currently writing. I find her characters to be interesting and consistant, and I find the growth the main characters always experience to be reasonable and believable. I just can't figure out why her publisher doesn't apparently make any push to sell her books to people who have never heard of her! Everyone I have ever lent her books to loved them, and this one is no exception.
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Title: Maybe This Time by Kathleen Gilles Seidel ISBN: 0671662163 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Ain't She Sweet? (PHLLIPS, SUSAN ELIZABETH) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips ISBN: 0066211247 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Don't Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel ISBN: 0373970250 Publisher: World Wide Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Same Last Name (Harlequin American Romance) by Gilles Kathleen Seidel ISBN: 037316002X Publisher: Harlequin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1983 List Price(USD): $2.25 |
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Title: Flashpoint (BROCKMANN, SUZANNE) by Suzanne Brockmann ISBN: 0345462327 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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