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Title: Opposites Attract by Lynn Kurland, Emily Carmichael, Elda Minger, Elizabeth Bevarly ISBN: 0-515-12865-1 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: This was a very disappointing effort by Lynn Kurland !
Comment: I love Lynn Kurland's books but this one left me feeling disappointed. I honestly think this was a waste of my money and time. Her short story "The Icing on the Cake" was, by far, the weakest in the group. The characters were flat and the situation unbelievable---even for this reader who likes time travel romance ! Sydney and Sam just didn't seem the type to fall in love, and the character of Sam (and her life story) was especially far-fetched.
The other short stories were mildly entertaining but certainly the whole book was waste of time. I can only hope that future story anthologies, like this, will be better.
Rating: 4
Summary: Light but charming and entertaining
Comment: The novella compilation is a difficult genre for an author. The story has to develop the characters and romance enough that they're believable in a much shorter length of time.
While a reader could accuse "Opposites Attract" of being "too light" and perhaps a bit unbelievable, this is a charming and entertaining collection by authors that all handle the novella genre well.
Kurland's "Icing" is probably the weakest story in the bunch, despite the fact that Kurland is the headlining author here. The characters are very appealing, and I really enjoyed the role reversal, but I didn't find their romance particularly believable.
I didn't find the romance in Bevarly's "Summer" believable, either, but as usual Bevarly's humorous, distinctive stream-of-consciousness writing style and incredibly charming characters make up for the lack of a deep romantic development.
Carmichael's "Pride" was the best of the bunch. The characters were believable, as was their romance, and the dogs definitely rounded out the whole thing. Carmichael has a real gift for adding in appealing secondary characters, be they ghosts ("A Ghost for Maggie") or dogs ("Finding Mr. Right").
Minger's "Princess" is also good, with some pathos and humor thrown into the mix, along with believable characters and a nice adventure plot.
"Opposites Attract" is not deep lasting literature, but it -is- fun and entertaining, and, in the end, I think that's what we ask of romantic novella anthologies.
Rating: 3
Summary: Amusing
Comment: Although all four stories would be considered more "fluff" tan "stuff", they were at least entertaining fluff!
"The Icing on the Cake" had the male as the homemaker-type and the female as Grizzly Adams. The interactions between them were fun since it was the male who got mad at such things as his cakes being eaten too soon, etc. The plot itself was pretty weak and there were all kinds of asides that were merely distracting and totally unecessary. But it got laugh or two.
"Short Hot Summer" was nice to read as the weather gets colder since the description of the heat was believable. Unfortunately the story wasn't -- believable, that is. Can a high-power business man who actually schedules every minute really decide in a week that he'll live in an un-air conditioned hotel in the middle of nowhere and do nothing? Even for love? Hmmmmmm.
"Pride and Prejudice" was the story I liked best. It was funny and I learned a lot about dog shows. Although I can't see the pampered heroines -- both girl and dog -- moving to a sheep ranch, the dialog and interactions were lively and the parts where the dogs got to have their say were great!
"The Princess and the Adventurer" was the worst of the lot. A very typical "indiana jones" type plot -- girl looking for someone/thing gets into trouble and the tough-guy has to bail her out. Neither charactor had anything new or even interesting to recommend them. Boring.
All in all, not a bad read but nothing too deep or memorable.
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Title: Christmas Spirits by Lynn Kurland, Casey Claybourne, Elizabeth Bevarly, Jenny Lykins ISBN: 0515121746 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Love Came Just in Time by Lynn Kurland ISBN: 0425179664 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Tapestry by Lynn Kurland, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Madeline Hunter, Karen Marie Moning ISBN: 0515133620 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Knight's Vow by Lynn Kurland, Patricia Potter, Deborah Simmons, Glynnis Campbell ISBN: 0515131512 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 29 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Christmas Cat by Julie Beard, Jo Beverley, Barbara Bretton, Lynn Kurland ISBN: 0425155420 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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