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Title: Wishes by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0-671-74385-6 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (57 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Fun Cinderella Story
Comment: This book does not compare to some of Jude Deveraux's other and better works. However, it is a sweet unique twist on an old classic. I enjoyed reading it, it only took me 2 hours! The story was very pleasant and I liked the addition of an ally (Berni) who helped get Nellie and Jace together. The villain in this story was great, one of the best parts of this book. Terel was bad, yet incredibly human as we see what her motives were for doing what she did to her sister Nellie. The general premise of this book, a twist of the Cinderella story, using a heroine who is not the typical size 6 was great. The secondary characters (Berni, Terel, Charles) and the addition of other characters from some of Jude Deveraux's most loved books (Houston and Kane Taggert, Maddie and Ring Montgomery) were the best aspects of this book I think. The part that was the most disappointing was fact that the two main characters weren't stronger or more passionate. I felt that Nellie was kind of dull, and Jace was kind of lacking in something. Nevertheless I enjoyed the book and will probably read it again some time.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Unique, Fascinating Tale
Comment: If you are looking for a fresh take on historical romance, pick this up. JD combines some unusual plot elements (including time travel, life after death, magic, etc.) with some memorably unique characters to create a masterpiece of a romance novel. Nellie, the heroine, is much more "real" than most leading ladies. She isn't a perfect size 6, or even an 8. The hero, Jace, is a strong, caring Montgomery (of the infamous Montgomeries featured in other JD novels)who has the helps Nellie find the courage to love and live! I laughed out loud during parts of this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: An unusual Romance
Comment: I have read almost everything that Jude Deveraux has written, and have enjoyed all of her books emmensly. However, this is the only romance that I have ever read that does not have the herorine a beautious maiden who is legally underage and fighting off the unwanted attentions of every suitor around. The heroine, Nellie, it a wonderful, compassionate and deeply loyal woman. She is given a gurdian angel in the form of a wealty and cold hearted socialite from a more progressive era, Bennie.
Bennie dies somewhat prematurely and is sent to wait in a place called the "kitchen", it here that she discovers that she is neither in heaven nor in hell, she is in limbo. Her assignment while waiting is to help a poor soul in another time, all times run parrallel in the kitchen, Nellie. The problem that Bennie runs into is that Nellie represents everything that she hated in life, an overwieght, poor, and seemingly boring person. While Nellies younger sister Terel seems to be exactly like Bennie had been in life, Bennie simply ignores the older sister and leaves her to fend for herself while she indulges in the strange yet fascinating waitng rooms of the kitchen.
Enter Jace Montgamery, a handsome and kind man who has lost the love of his life in child birth some years prior, he is immediately taken with Nellie. Confusion reigns as he sees the way that her family treats this beautiful and sweetly innocent woman, never did it cross his mind that she was either fat nor old, but instead the most beautiful woman that he had seen since the death of his wife. But the journey for true love is never easy and the addition of three poorly granted wishes from Bennie makes Jaces' bid for Nellies love all the more heart rending and endearing. The misunderstandings and the cold and ruthlessness of Nellies family makes the reader wish that they could recieve a little of their own medicine, but alas that was never one of Nellies wishes.
This was a wonderfully written and unique story and I have read it numerous times, and it never fails to amaze me the depth of the characters of this seemingly short romance. I enjoyed the deeply insightful inner dialogue of both the hero and his heroine, it helps to tell the story at a more personel level. Anyone who reads it will fall in love with the determined hero and his sweetly innocent heroine.
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Title: The Invitation by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671744585 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eternity by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671744577 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 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 Raider by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671743813 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Awakening by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671743783 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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