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Title: The Duchess by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0-671-68972-X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (45 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Decently entertaining...
Comment: I've read lots of Jude Deveraux works and her Montgomery-Taggert Saga is my favorite of all of her works. I've enjoyed most of her books and this isn't an exception. THE DUCHESS is a decent and entertaining read, no doubt. The characters are very likable and interesting, even the secondary ones. Though I confess Trevelyan isn't a strong and appealing MONTGOMERY as I expected him to be, but still likable nonetheless. Trevelyan and Claire's personality are different from my usual read. They are both scholarly and are not overly handsome or beautiful. It's their interest in books and adventure that drawned them together. Their love story was alright to me, passionate but not as challenging. In my opinion, they need more of a worthy rift for me to find their relationship exciting. I loved Brat, younger sister of Claire and wished her relationship with her sister was more profound. It's touchy how she pretends not to care for Claire. I really love their sis-to-sis relationship and was hoping for a heart warming confession between the two. Brat is indeed a hearty character and is worthy of her own book. I was a bit disappointed on who she married in the end, I feel she deserves a stronger character. The plot have a bit of everything in it -mystery, adventure, humor, romance, suspense and a bit of action twist... though I am afraid to say that the mystery, suspense and romance needed a bit of polishing. I was also expecting a big bang in the end or a grand finale but it seems like the story ended a bit too soon and sadly, a bit too lacking. I wanted more confrontation and scenes with Eugenia. The children versus their evil mother scene would have been an interesting read. But no, she seems to simply just disappear too easily. That wasn't convincing enough for me. If Eugenia is indeed as hateful and evil as she was portrayed, wouldn't she fight till the end? She worked too hard and too long to just simply give up and move out. And let's say, she did got tired and decided to give up, I sure would have love to read what she has to say, wouldn't you? A hearty apology or a retribution is what I was expecting and got none. Like I said, it was just all too easy and came out as lacking towards the end.... Even on the Epilogue, Jude Deveraux mentioned most of the characters with their beautiful family but seemed to have forgotten to mentioned Trevelyans and Claires marriage or offsprings. She mentioned their books, their travels and their adventure but what about their love, marriage and offsprings?
Well, overall, this book isn't bad. It has its moment of humor and passion. Entertaining most of the time but not Jude Deveraux's best work. Far from it!
Rating: 5
Summary: A rare gem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: A really really really really... great, loving story from the beginning to the end. I especially love Claire and of course Trevelyan. And i despise Harry,at first, 'coz he's a mama's boy.
i adore the characters in the book and i even love Claire's little nasty sister. the ending is great and of course satisfactory! A truly must read! Luv ya Jude!!!!!!!
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Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting story, but the ending falls flat.
Comment: I like all of Jude Deveraux's book (well, almost all). This book starts off interesting, and there is alot of background info. that shows that JD really did her research on the time period, and the dynamics of an heiress - duke relationship. The characters are really funny, and the story has a lot of twists and turns which certainly held my interest.
However, the main drawback of the story to me was this - Trevalyn, while certainly a most interesting character, has many flaws which I find hard to forgive, the main one being that, at the same time that he is becoming close to Clare, he is leading her to believe that he has other relationships at the same time. I've read through the book, and I never heard him deny it. How can he expect Clare to declare herself to him unconditionally when he doesn't make a single move to reassure her? Not only that, he seems to go out of his way to point out to her that he is not capable of a monogamous relationship. And even at the end of the novel, he never bothers reassuring Clare on that point. I have a problem with the hero of a romance novel acting that way.
I am surprised that no previous reviewer mentioned this, as Trevalyn actually said he might find it hard to stay in a monogamous realtionship - that really spoiled the book for me.
I am also surprised at the relatively high ratings this book received, with some of her newer books, which in my opinion are actually better, getting lower ratings.
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Title: The Heiress by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671744623 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Princess by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671743805 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Conquest by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671644475 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Raider by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671743813 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 038075911X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1980 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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