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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
Jude Deveraux is an interesting author. I always enjoy most of her books, start to get into them, and then... there's the twist. Now, I like a good twist as much as the next girl but most of these are just way too... twisty.
In this book, Cassie Madden has been in love with Jeff Monroe since she was twelve. So in love, that she figures out that he's a widower, goes to work at the day care his child attends, and then gets hired as his nanny. When the story really starts to get going, she's been there for about a year and has made herself indispensable. She's described as having a "1950's pinup" figure but being kind of a doormat. Cassie knows her life is about to change because Jeff seems to be on the verge of asking a woman who despises Cassie to marry him.
The big excitement in her life is that the woman next door is a world renowned actress. Cassie meets her one day when shots are fired. Then, the story starts to blow up and get crazy. Apparently Jeff is a CIA agent and the actress is a former spy and current informer. Blah, blah, blah. She finally figures out that Jeff is hiding something from her and runs away. Then, six months later (really, really>?) after working out and getting all buff, Cassie and Jeff are called to take place in a murder reenactment that the actress was part of.
To me, this was really just a bunch of stories patched together in one big quilt that was an okay story but it might have been nicer if a few pieces had been left out.
In this book, Cassie Madden has been in love with Jeff Monroe since she was twelve. So in love, that she figures out that he's a widower, goes to work at the day care his child attends, and then gets hired as his nanny. When the story really starts to get going, she's been there for about a year and has made herself indispensable. She's described as having a "1950's pinup" figure but being kind of a doormat. Cassie knows her life is about to change because Jeff seems to be on the verge of asking a woman who despises Cassie to marry him.
The big excitement in her life is that the woman next door is a world renowned actress. Cassie meets her one day when shots are fired. Then, the story starts to blow up and get crazy. Apparently Jeff is a CIA agent and the actress is a former spy and current informer. Blah, blah, blah. She finally figures out that Jeff is hiding something from her and runs away. Then, six months later (really, really>?) after working out and getting all buff, Cassie and Jeff are called to take place in a murder reenactment that the actress was part of.
To me, this was really just a bunch of stories patched together in one big quilt that was an okay story but it might have been nicer if a few pieces had been left out.
Co přesně jsem si teď přečetla? Protože když bylo tohle napsáno, tak autorak na 100% brala nějaký povzbuzováky..jinak si to neumím vysvětlit...
Protože čtu o Cassie, která se ve 12 letech zamiluje do 23 letého Jeffa. První láska, pár let přeskočíme, Cassie je velká holka s postavou bohyně (čtěte má křivky, všichni říkají, že je tlustá, prostě nevyhovuje dnešnímu ideálu krásy) a dělá chůvu Jeffově dceři, protože jeho manželka zahynula. Taky vaří, provádí různé domácí práce a marně touží po svém zaměstnavateli, který si jí ovšem moc nevšímá a jediné city, které dává najevo jsou svou povahou tak nějak otcovské.
A pak najednou bác! Jsem vtažená do úplně něčeho jiného...a pak ještě jedno bum, zase jsem úplně někde jinde....
S touhle knížkou to bylo prostě jako na houpačce...jednou v záchvatu smíchu jsem jí chtěla dát 5 hvězdiček, pak přišlo pár překvapení a byly to 2 hvězdičky...takže jsem zakotvila na nautrální trojce...možná si ji přečtu ještě jednou a zjistím, co mi unikalo....
Protože čtu o Cassie, která se ve 12 letech zamiluje do 23 letého Jeffa. První láska, pár let přeskočíme, Cassie je velká holka s postavou bohyně (čtěte má křivky, všichni říkají, že je tlustá, prostě nevyhovuje dnešnímu ideálu krásy) a dělá chůvu Jeffově dceři, protože jeho manželka zahynula. Taky vaří, provádí různé domácí práce a marně touží po svém zaměstnavateli, který si jí ovšem moc nevšímá a jediné city, které dává najevo jsou svou povahou tak nějak otcovské.
A pak najednou bác! Jsem vtažená do úplně něčeho jiného...a pak ještě jedno bum, zase jsem úplně někde jinde....
S touhle knížkou to bylo prostě jako na houpačce...jednou v záchvatu smíchu jsem jí chtěla dát 5 hvězdiček, pak přišlo pár překvapení a byly to 2 hvězdičky...takže jsem zakotvila na nautrální trojce...možná si ji přečtu ještě jednou a zjistím, co mi unikalo....
I really enjoyed this book. Like the name suggests there are lots of secrets in this book. As a young girl Cassie sees a man and falls in love with him. Years later she becomes the nanny to his little girl. He is now widowed. She is still in love with him, but he doesn't even see her. Strange things start happening and everyone isn't who they appeared to be.
The story of Cassie, a girl who fell in unrequited love at the age of 12 with a young man she only saw from a distance, and somehow held on to that love through teenage years and college until she eventually ended up being that man's daughter's nanny years later.
Jeff, the man in question,.
I love a good unrequited love story, especially ones that have the satisfying, but this one missed the mark for me. While it is not unfathomable that a woman would go to such lengths for a man's love, I still had trouble accepting Cassie's decisions and willingness to be satisfied with scraps of affection here and there. Jeff's reasons for keeping his distance were also understandable but I didn't like how he
Enjoyable enough but could be so much better!
Jeff, the man in question,
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is well aware of her feelings and the fact that she manoeuvred the situation so that she can be part of their household, yet he has secrets that are keeping him from reciprocating themI love a good unrequited love story, especially ones that have the satisfying
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"giving up" scene until the other party gets their shit togetherSpoiler
took advantage of her feelings and let her make his life easier, when he knew that this must be costing her. His fake relationship was also a huge mark against himSpoiler
, so I wasn't thrilled with him either.Enjoyable enough but could be so much better!
Cassie está enamorada de su jefe desde que lo conoció, cuando ella tenía doce años. Ahora él es un viudo con una hija de cinco años a quien ella le hace la vida más fácil, cocinándole y cuidando de su familia.
Pero todo cambia cuando ella conoce a una actriz del cine clásico que ahora vive recluída en el mismo barrio cerrado. Esta mujer esconde muchos secretos y le mostrará que no todo es lo que parece... incluído su apuesto jefe.
Pero todo cambia cuando ella conoce a una actriz del cine clásico que ahora vive recluída en el mismo barrio cerrado. Esta mujer esconde muchos secretos y le mostrará que no todo es lo que parece... incluído su apuesto jefe.
I've decided this book is my new instruction manual for how to live my life. Who needs self-help when you've got Jude Deveraux? The moral of the story is if I go out of my way to be nice, caring and considerate to boys I like, they'll take me for granted and treat me like crap.
Instead, I should be cool, combative, and mysterious. In addition, sashaying around in a pair of trousers (not jeans) and wiggling my butt a lot won't hurt.
Instead, I should be cool, combative, and mysterious. In addition, sashaying around in a pair of trousers (not jeans) and wiggling my butt a lot won't hurt.
Oh Jude Deveraux. I liked you once upon a time and I STILL read every book you write, but the truth is, I don't think I've liked ANYTHING you've written in the last 10-15 years.
This book was so ridiculous that I wanted to give it the ol' "How Nancy Drew Saved My Life" treatment and write comments in the margins then pass it around to friends so that they could laugh at it too. Unfortunately it was a library book and I also don't think it's out in paperback yet. Alas!
Both of the main characters were pretty much just pathetic stalkers.
This book was so ridiculous that I wanted to give it the ol' "How Nancy Drew Saved My Life" treatment and write comments in the margins then pass it around to friends so that they could laugh at it too. Unfortunately it was a library book and I also don't think it's out in paperback yet. Alas!
Both of the main characters were pretty much just pathetic stalkers.
I've decided this book is my new instruction manual for how to live my life. Who needs self-help when you've got Jude Deveraux? The moral of the story is if I go out of my way to be nice, caring and considerate to boys I like, they'll take me for granted and treat me like crap.
Instead, I should be cool, combative, and mysterious. In addition, sashaying around in a pair of trousers (not jeans) and wiggling my butt a lot won't hurt.
Instead, I should be cool, combative, and mysterious. In addition, sashaying around in a pair of trousers (not jeans) and wiggling my butt a lot won't hurt.
Here's the thing about this book:
It made sense. It didn't make sense. I get a squishy feeling. I love Jude Deveraux. I really really loved Wild Orchid--I thought mostly every word in that book made it into a perfect modern-day fairy tale. This is like a lesser fairy tale. Like The Juniper Tree--a lot happens but really nothing happens and maybe there is a dead body and maybe there is a happy ending for someone. Maybe.
It made sense. It didn't make sense. I get a squishy feeling. I love Jude Deveraux. I really really loved Wild Orchid--I thought mostly every word in that book made it into a perfect modern-day fairy tale. This is like a lesser fairy tale. Like The Juniper Tree--a lot happens but really nothing happens and maybe there is a dead body and maybe there is a happy ending for someone. Maybe.
