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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
First in a series. This is an update to an original book. So check if you have another from her first. This is a senior group read from our library.
It was not my favorite read by Lori, but still lots of fun.
When Wynne is left at the altar by her fiancé Cass, things get crazy. She thinks he has also stolen her inheritance money as well. So logically she is going to track him down and kill him.
I won’t ruin the fun by going any further. Enjoy. I look forward to the next book in the series. I borrowed this from the library.
It was not my favorite read by Lori, but still lots of fun.
When Wynne is left at the altar by her fiancé Cass, things get crazy. She thinks he has also stolen her inheritance money as well. So logically she is going to track him down and kill him.
I won’t ruin the fun by going any further. Enjoy. I look forward to the next book in the series. I borrowed this from the library.
Had some really funny moments at the beginning, but got a little slow in the middle, and the end was rushed. Cute, but not great.
Unrealistic and silly, but a fun read anyway. I did laugh a couple times. :)
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I'm honest, I would not have picked up this book on my own, as it's not the sort of book I enjoy reading. However, it was for a book club, and I like to give book club books a chance, as I've been introduced to some good books through it. This time, however, that was not the case.
Where to even begin? The book is filled with almost every trope/cliche you can imagine in romance. Wynne is a vengeful would-have-been bride who was left standing at the altar, and she runs into Cole and they instantly hate each other, for no obvious reason. But of course, everyone knows they're going to fall in love by the end. Things are complicated even further when Wynne finds out that Cole is actually the brother of her ex-fiancee, Cass Claxton.
Wynne is a lousy Christian. There, it had to be said. I'm not even Christian, and I feel it needs stating. From the very start, she's decided that the only proper thing to do is kill Cass Claxton for leaving her at the altar, a thought that has never once crossed my mind. I mean, even to me, this punishment seems ridiculous and harsh. Despite the fact that she knows the commandments forbid her from doing so, Wynne is convinced that this is really what God wants because Cass is a bad person and so of course his murder would be justified. In fact, throughout the entire book, she manages to rationalize her really crappy, un-Christian thinking by just deciding that's what God would want, even though her entire belief system would say otherwise.
It wasn't just that, though, but the whole idea of murdering Cass in cold blood is handled quite flippantly. It seems like it's supposed to be a joke, like a tongue-in-cheek remark, except she's quite serious about it. Her intentions are repeated ad nauseum, and never once did they strike me as funny. Especially not when they sit opposite from Cole's perspective, having just gotten out of the Civil War and seeing death first hand and how serious the matter is to him. Even he takes her threats flippantly, though, and finds them more amusing than anything.
Wynne herself is an absolutely garbage character. She's self-entitled, whiny, spoiled, petulant, and all together a horrible excuse for a human being. But she's pretty. Which, as far as I can tell, is her only redeemable characteristics, and one that every character she meets seems to point out, so that's how I know that. Despite Cole going out of her way multiple times to help her, she's ungrateful and continues to hate him ... for nothing. She's petty. She was vicious to him from the moment they met and then hated him for not helping her out of the carriage, which ended up in her falling on her bum, so she seethed over that because it's all his fault and how dare he. That's basically her attitude the whole book. How dare he not bend over backwards to help her as she spits venom at him and tells him how much she hates him and doesn't need him.
But it's okay, because they totally fall in love in the end for no reason at all. Actually, 80% of this book is how much they hate each other, but she's pretty and he's handsome, and apparently, that's enough. There is no big climax, no aha, come-to-God moment where they realize the error of their ways. They just hate each other and then they don't, pretty much. For no discernable reason other than they're physically attracted to each other.
Most of this book makes no sense and is ridiculous. The situations are just so stretched and unrealistic, and it's obviously done as a way to show that everything fits together perfectly in God's plan. Which would be a wonderful sentiment, but it was stretched way too far that the "coincidences" were too unbelievable to give me that warm, bubbly, "everything happens for a reason" feeling.
There was also a ton of repetition. Certain thoughts or concepts or ideas were repeated over and over again, some more than a dozen times, to the point where it was really obvious and I felt like the story was going in circles.
All in all, I have to say this one's a pass for me. Obviously, there's a market for it. I think if you're really into romance and the popular tropes in it, then this would be right up your alley. I'm not a fan of any of these tropes and I just hated Wynne with a passion, so there was no way I could get into this book, unfortunately.
Where to even begin? The book is filled with almost every trope/cliche you can imagine in romance. Wynne is a vengeful would-have-been bride who was left standing at the altar, and she runs into Cole and they instantly hate each other, for no obvious reason. But of course, everyone knows they're going to fall in love by the end. Things are complicated even further when Wynne finds out that Cole is actually the brother of her ex-fiancee, Cass Claxton.
Wynne is a lousy Christian. There, it had to be said. I'm not even Christian, and I feel it needs stating. From the very start, she's decided that the only proper thing to do is kill Cass Claxton for leaving her at the altar, a thought that has never once crossed my mind. I mean, even to me, this punishment seems ridiculous and harsh. Despite the fact that she knows the commandments forbid her from doing so, Wynne is convinced that this is really what God wants because Cass is a bad person and so of course his murder would be justified. In fact, throughout the entire book, she manages to rationalize her really crappy, un-Christian thinking by just deciding that's what God would want, even though her entire belief system would say otherwise.
It wasn't just that, though, but the whole idea of murdering Cass in cold blood is handled quite flippantly. It seems like it's supposed to be a joke, like a tongue-in-cheek remark, except she's quite serious about it. Her intentions are repeated ad nauseum, and never once did they strike me as funny. Especially not when they sit opposite from Cole's perspective, having just gotten out of the Civil War and seeing death first hand and how serious the matter is to him. Even he takes her threats flippantly, though, and finds them more amusing than anything.
Wynne herself is an absolutely garbage character. She's self-entitled, whiny, spoiled, petulant, and all together a horrible excuse for a human being. But she's pretty. Which, as far as I can tell, is her only redeemable characteristics, and one that every character she meets seems to point out, so that's how I know that. Despite Cole going out of her way multiple times to help her, she's ungrateful and continues to hate him ... for nothing. She's petty. She was vicious to him from the moment they met and then hated him for not helping her out of the carriage, which ended up in her falling on her bum, so she seethed over that because it's all his fault and how dare he. That's basically her attitude the whole book. How dare he not bend over backwards to help her as she spits venom at him and tells him how much she hates him and doesn't need him.
But it's okay, because they totally fall in love in the end for no reason at all. Actually, 80% of this book is how much they hate each other, but she's pretty and he's handsome, and apparently, that's enough. There is no big climax, no aha, come-to-God moment where they realize the error of their ways. They just hate each other and then they don't, pretty much. For no discernable reason other than they're physically attracted to each other.
Most of this book makes no sense and is ridiculous. The situations are just so stretched and unrealistic, and it's obviously done as a way to show that everything fits together perfectly in God's plan. Which would be a wonderful sentiment, but it was stretched way too far that the "coincidences" were too unbelievable to give me that warm, bubbly, "everything happens for a reason" feeling.
There was also a ton of repetition. Certain thoughts or concepts or ideas were repeated over and over again, some more than a dozen times, to the point where it was really obvious and I felt like the story was going in circles.
All in all, I have to say this one's a pass for me. Obviously, there's a market for it. I think if you're really into romance and the popular tropes in it, then this would be right up your alley. I'm not a fan of any of these tropes and I just hated Wynne with a passion, so there was no way I could get into this book, unfortunately.
inspiring
lighthearted
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The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland – Cole steps in to clean up his brother Cass’s latest disaster. Keeping Wynne from putting a bullet in her wayward fiancé may be a tall order, but this Western hero is up for the task. Cute couple! Happy Reading!
Good (funny personalities) but not great (stereotypical characters) book. Will probably give Book Two a try.
To be honest, I didn't think I was going to like this book because it isn't my normal type of book, but it really took me by surprise. It was such a fun read. I enjoy historical fiction, so give me a book that's historical and romantic and I'm on board. It reminded me of the romantic, historical, made-for-tv movies that used to watch when I was a teenager. I need to read the rest of this series!