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Title: High Tide by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0-671-01417-X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 29 August, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.81 (85 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: What a poor job, from such a great writter!
Comment: After hours & hours of reading pleasure, I found my self wondering if I was really reading a Jude Deveraux book. Romance/mystery/suspends is not her cup of tea, she needs to go back to what she knows. Deveraux has a Montgomery interacting with Taggerts, without another Montgomery in sight. Be for real, this family just does not roll that way. There are too many holes in this story, and no answers. Who the heck was Rose? Why would the main characters trust Susie right out of the blue? Why would four childhood friends sit in New York and wait while their friend was being hunted down for murder, and not one of them try to reach her? I have read everything Ms. Deveraux has written, but I will not buy another of her books just because she wrote it. She has been going down hill since An Angel for Emily & The Blessing.
Rating: 4
Summary: High Tide
Comment: High Tide was the first book that I've ever read by Jude Deveraux. I thought that the book was very well written and thoughtout. Ms. Deveraux keeps you guessing and anticipating all the way to the end. When Fiona woke up with a dead man on top of her, I thought that it had to be Ace. Only Ace was just as puzzled as Fiona was. Most of the book is spent in hide-out trying to find out who set them up. When my mom handed me the book and said,"Here, I thought you'd like this." I thought,"Oh, no. Not another sleazy sex novel." But it wasn't. The story really suprised me. Even though I've never read any books like High Tide before, it made me think about what I'm missing when I limit my collection. My favorite part of the book was on p. 318 when Ace finally said,"I love you," to Fiona. It should have happened sometime between the beginning and the middle, but once again Ms. Deveraux made me anticipate what was going to happen. All in all I loved the book and I've recommended it to many of my friends.
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't Waste Your Time...
Comment: Fiona Burkenhalter, a New York toy executive, sets out on a mandated fishing expedition in the Florida Everglades, along with a big client of her company. Fiona is the creator of the Kimberly doll, Barbie's competition. Once in Florida, she saves the life of Ace Montgomery, who is being attacked by a huge alligator in the airport. Well, this is what she thinks. The alligator is actually mechanical, expensive, and Ace's last ditch effort to save his park in the Everglades by bringing in more tourism. He's furious and she gets sent to jail.
Once she gets to the park for the fishing expedition, Ace is the guide (of course), and their mutual animosity hides their growing attraction (of course, again). At this point I'm thinking... this is pretty good - has promise. Well, then Fiona wakes up with a dead man on top of her who has been stabbed with a knife, which makes her appear the prime murder suspect. Ace is her only ally. Their faces and the murder end up plastered on front pages of newspapers and now they're on the run together. And I'm thinking...okay, I kind of like the on the run from the law angle - it's got possibilities.
However, the rest of the story is a convuluted mess. People trying to kill them, billionaire families, treasure maps, hiking through the jungle, posing as a couple in a condo community and more dead bodies. Now I'm thinking...HUH?????.
This was my first Jude Deveraux novel, and yes, I have tortured myself by reading others. The writing is good but the story is ludicrous. And the kicker is, this is the best book of hers I've read. I gave it two stars based on her writing ability. Bottom line... don't waste your time. For a good contemporary romance try Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jennifer Crusie or Rachel Gibson.
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Title: The Blessing by Jude Deveraux, Linda Marrow ISBN: 067189109X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671014196 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Heiress by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671744623 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Invitation by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671744585 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Legend by Jude Deveraux ISBN: 0671001701 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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