Reviews

The Dream Comes True by Barbara Delinsky

whaney's review

Go to review page

3.0

Better than the second in the trilogy as the characters were a little more developed. A middle of the road good book.

attytheresa's review

Go to review page

3.0

The conclusion to the Crosslyn Rise Trilogy brings us to the final stages of the development, especially the marketing and sale. It centers on Nina, a fast-moving, fast-talking, driven workaholic real estate broker and partner in the consortium, who wants the price the townhouse condo units higher than others in the consortium think wise. Specifically John, owner of a local bookstore who invested in the consortium as a way to raise the funds needed to provide longterm schooling for his young special needs son. John believes the pricing is too high and will not guaranty a sellout, thus jeopardizing the ultimate profits of the project.

John is also slow-talking, slow-moivng, contemplative, intellectual. It drives Nina crazy. Yet when the consortium insists they work together to reach a compromise on the pricing and marketing, the spakrs flying are heated and not only about a difference of opinion. Nina has quite an emotional and personal journey in this story, before she realizes true happiness.

Once again the real estate aspects interested me and were well presented. I also like that the author does not have a boilerplate for her steamy sex scenes from book to book, nor do they overwhelm the plot. I was really happy when Nina realized her HEA, and that in an epilogue we got to see the Crosslyn Rise development in completion.

More...