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Title: The Wedding Escape by Karyn Monk ISBN: 0-553-58440-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Criminal that the ending left so many ends
Comment: This book was great, and had (as in all her books) a large cast of interesting secondary characters. But the ending happened so fast, that I thought maybe my book was defective. There were so many loose ends left hanging, you could trip and kill yourself. I was hugely displeased with Ms. Monk over this one, ruining the fact that I liked it immensely until the end. The book should have been half again as long. The next book is a prequel, so no help there, either.
Rating: 5
Summary: Facing Scandal; Finding Your Heart
Comment: The Wedding Escape could have been no more than a runaway bride/reverse Cinderella story, but once again author Karyn Monk takes us below the surface, into the hearts and souls of her characters. The result is so much more satisfying this way! At first, we could consider Amelia and Jack a case of opposites attracting, but its the similarities and inverted aspects of their lives that I found most compelling. She, a pampered American heiress has to go into Cinderella-before-the-ball mode to find work and survive as her own person to discover her worthiness as a woman, not just a rich man's daughter. He, rescued from prison as a child of the streets and raised as the adopted son of good-hearted nobles, must overcome deep-rooted insecurity and disgust at his baseborn heritage to recognize his worthiness as a man.
The journey of these two characters is anything but stodgy. Again, Ms. Monk imbues her stories with equal parts humor and intensity. There's no such thing as a smooth trip for readers as we go along for the ride. We laugh, cry, cheer and fear with these people. If we have to dive into some very dark lows, it only makes the bright triumphs that much more rewarding for Amelia, Jack and us.
Ms. Monk always surrounds her main people with the most colorful clans of supporting characters. Jack's siblings, also all adopted from jails and the streets, return from the previous book The Prisoner, as do the funniest servant family you've ever read. These people make the landscape even richer and you'll fall in love all over again with each of them. (Thank goodness, the next book tells the story of sister Charlotte!)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Another winner from Karyn Monk!
Amelia is an American heiress whose parents believe that it is in her best interest to marry an English title. Even if the groom attached to the title is an arrogant man who hates the bride. So Amelia takes matters into her own hands and climbs out the church window-and jumps into Jack's carriage.
Jack grew up on the streets of London and knows what it feels like to be trapped and desperate and is willing to help Amelia in her escape.
The only problem is the man she thought she was running to has found another heiress to marry. So Amelia must hide from her family to avoid her original marriage. Jack's siblings help Amelia get a job so she can support herself in her new life and they become great friends. But, of course, this happy scenario does not last long- in comes the evil fiance, intruige, old secrets and an plot against Jack.
Overall, it was a great read. Well-written with an interesting plot and characters I grew to love. I can't wait to see the next installment that has Jack's sister as the main character!
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Title: The Prisoner by Karyn Monk ISBN: 055357762X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Surrender to a Stranger by Karyn Monk ISBN: 0553569090 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Rose and the Warrior by Karyn Monk ISBN: 0553577611 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Witch and the Warrior by Karyn Monk, Karyn Monk ISBN: 0553577603 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Once a Warrior by Karyn Monk ISBN: 0553574221 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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