Reviews

Holly by Jude Deveraux

rachelcus's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked this book. I loved it until

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Nick threw that knife well enough to get it through Laurence's throat on the first try

, which just made me laugh and wince a bit in incredulity. Then I just liked it, thought it was somewhat original, but that it didn't end up being a priceless story for me. While I love that it ended happily and I liked the premise, I thought there were just certain elements that didn't fit.

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For example, the cousin clairvoyant... Now, I don't mind a clairvoyant, but the concept just came out of no where in this book. No warning, and really, it added to the story somewhat, but in the end I felt like it was almost just a convenient way to find the treasure. While I suppose this feeling may have been solved had I read the other Taggert books first, it still didn't amount to much in my final, overall feelings for this book.

All in all, I sort of had a love-hate relationship with this story. At least the stuff I didn't like made me laugh, and the stuff I loved made me all warm and fuzzy on the inside (this is said with reverent sarcasm... just a tad, though; seriously there were elements that made the story actually quite fun and worth reading). Thus, when it comes to which side of the love-hate coin lands side-up, it seems it lands on the likable side. Of course, this is with an absolutely note-worthy throw (

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kind of like Nick with that knife...

).

kseatree's review against another edition

1.0

This book was nothing that I had been led to believe it would be. It is not a Christmas/holiday story and I certainly won’t be reading it again. Also who rows a canoe,with oars? Clearly this author has never used a canoe. If you like raunchy you’ll probably like this book but otherwise save yourself the time.

ssirrah's review against another edition

1.0

What was I thinking liking this book? It seems so out of character for Holly to start sleeping with Nick pretty much as soon as she met him. She wasn't a virgin, but she didn't have many lovers because she was "in love" with Lorrie. Nick was also a problem. He gave Holly a family heirloom that he just had to get back from an ex. Nick did that before even knowing her full name and as she was leaving. Then when he tracked her down he didnt try to court her as himself, he pretended to be the gardener. He already gave her family jewelry. If he thought she was that shallow, why even pursue her? The relationship doesn't make much sense when you look at it closely.

There's also just so much casual mentioning of slavery that's cold and unnecessary. Example: Lorrie offers Holly's dad brandy. Her father asks if he got it at Walmart. Lorrie replies his great great grandfather risked half a dozen slave's lives to bring the brandy from France. Lorrie's estate, Belle Chere, is a plantation, but the casual ease the slave history of the house just does not work for me.

tiggerreads's review against another edition

5.0

Fun, sexy, silly. Your typical Deveraux novel involving the Taggerts.