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Title: Artistic License by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0-312-99141-X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 July, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Old Friends
Comment: While Katie Fforde continues to use some of the same old cliches to hook our interest. That is why we come back to her time and time again, because sometimes the warmest reads are the predictable-heart-melting-make-you-sigh-in-spite-of-yourself love stories. Not one of her finest love yarns, yet it holds true to what Katie Fforde writes.
The books you can curl up to when you need to be reminded that deep down we are ALL hopeless romantics.
Rating: 3
Summary: Pleasant but not outstanding
Comment: Basically I agree with all of the other reviews here -- this is a charming, pleasant read, but not Fforde's best (which would have to be Second Thyme Around). What I would like to know is, did anyone catch the line about which Booklist said, "[people may be put off by ]British colloquialisms, including one that could be viewed as so "politically incorrect" as to be offensive." It slipped by me!
Rating: 3
Summary: Fun Fforde Fluff But Nothing Special
Comment: Katie Fforde is the ultimate fluff-meister, and there's nothing wrong with that, in and of itself. But I had high hopes, after "Second Thyme Around," that Fforde was prepared to add some meaning to her tales. Not so with "Artistic License," a pleasant little romp that's as easy to digest as vanilla pudding.
I find all of Fforde's heroines endearing, and Thea, the subject of this particular book, is the typical Fforde protagonist: a thirtysomething single Brit with a sweet temperament and a "let's get on with it" disposition. She's a bit muddled around the edges, and a bit of a Bridget Jones, but she is so endearing that the reader really wants to see her succeed in her hairbrained scheme to open an art gallery in the English countryside.
Along the way, Thea encounters her share of male scoundrels and sweetiepies, and everything turns out alright in the end. There is the usual cast of supporting characters, from the overbearing friend, Molly, to the dithering teenager, Petal, to the rich, upscale London friends. Fforde has explored this territory many times before, and I'm not going to say that it isn't enjoyable. But with the exception of "Second Thyme Around," in which she explored serious topics with great success, all of Fforde's books seem exactly the same. Not bad, by any means, but nothing special either. It's a shame, because Fforde is capable of more.
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Title: Second Thyme Around by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0312980345 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 07 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Highland Fling by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0312317689 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Life Skills by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0312979460 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0312206763 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Wild Designs : A Novel By The Author Of Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde ISBN: 0312190328 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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