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gemmalaszlo's review against another edition
4.0
My first try of this author, and it certainly won't be my last.
This book is one that I normally would have hated. The romance takes forever to get going (more than half the novel is over before the sparks really start to fly), the hero is absent for most of the first half of the novel (he appears just often enough that the reader knows he exists, but not much more than that), and the main focus of the story is on Lana's journey from rags to riches. While adorable, Colin, the little boy, is "off screen" for much of the novel as well.
Since I like the relationship between hero and heroine to take center stage in a romance novel, normally, I wouldn't have bothered finishing the book. Yet there was some magic spark to the writing that kept me turning the pages. I loved Lana, the heroine, so much that I had to keep reading to find out what happened to her.
While there are no shocking plot twists in this book (you can pretty much see everything coming from a mile away), it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the novel at all. That was because the cast of characters were so wonderfully done. I loved all of them, even the secondary characters. The only character who I felt might have been better sketched was the hero. Since he only appears for brief moments for the first half of the novel, I didn't feel like I got to know him as well as I would have liked.
If you like the movie My Fair Lady, then you will probably enjoy DUCHESS OF FIFTH AVENUE. While it doesn't contain as much romance as some romance novels (the relationship is very "back burner" for most of the book), it's still a very enjoyable read. I look forward to checking out other novels by this author.
This book is one that I normally would have hated. The romance takes forever to get going (more than half the novel is over before the sparks really start to fly), the hero is absent for most of the first half of the novel (he appears just often enough that the reader knows he exists, but not much more than that), and the main focus of the story is on Lana's journey from rags to riches. While adorable, Colin, the little boy, is "off screen" for much of the novel as well.
Since I like the relationship between hero and heroine to take center stage in a romance novel, normally, I wouldn't have bothered finishing the book. Yet there was some magic spark to the writing that kept me turning the pages. I loved Lana, the heroine, so much that I had to keep reading to find out what happened to her.
While there are no shocking plot twists in this book (you can pretty much see everything coming from a mile away), it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the novel at all. That was because the cast of characters were so wonderfully done. I loved all of them, even the secondary characters. The only character who I felt might have been better sketched was the hero. Since he only appears for brief moments for the first half of the novel, I didn't feel like I got to know him as well as I would have liked.
If you like the movie My Fair Lady, then you will probably enjoy DUCHESS OF FIFTH AVENUE. While it doesn't contain as much romance as some romance novels (the relationship is very "back burner" for most of the book), it's still a very enjoyable read. I look forward to checking out other novels by this author.
nura_aziz's review against another edition
3.0
The first half was good but the second half was not so.
I was rooting for Lana, wondering what will happened next, what she would do to put together the family. But when she just going forward with what she wanted to see and believe without any regards to the people around her, I was disappointed.
Overall, the writing was good, but the plot and execution needs more.
I was rooting for Lana, wondering what will happened next, what she would do to put together the family. But when she just going forward with what she wanted to see and believe without any regards to the people around her, I was disappointed.
Overall, the writing was good, but the plot and execution needs more.
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