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Title: Wicked by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0-671-03412-X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (47 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A masterpiece!
Comment: I adored this book and have recommended it to every woman I know. Sofia and Tobin are some of the most sympathetic and wonderfully real characters I've ever read in a romance novel. Tobin is a hero you can see grow and change as he falls in love, unwillingly, with the spirited and head-strong Sophia. You laugh and cry with them every step of the way through a wonderfully fresh romance. The prose is finely-crafted, luminous and rich. I know a gifted and complex writer when I read one. Ms. Barnett uses language the way a master painter uses color, shading and light. The plot spanned time, yet never once did it drag the way epic novels sometimes do. The author covered so many facets of Tobin and Sophia's lives and love in a concrete way that made me feel as if I were living along with these characters. Love, grief, joy, passion--this book has it all! Jill Barnett has written some very funny, heart-felt, and memorable books in the past, but now she has transcended the ordinary, even the unusual(Bewitching) and created the extraordinary. Do not miss this love story; it is simply, a true classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Did we read the same book?
Comment: I can't believe someone didn't like this book! It was one of the best medieval love stories I have read in a long time and it is certainly Jill Barnett's best book ever, even better than Bewitching. Sophia and Tobin were funny and loving and perfect for each other, even if it took him a long time to see it. Sophia was like the women in most of Ms. Barnett's books, truly likable and written with laughter and joy and tears. I laughed so hard in one scene I woke up my husband. I loved what someone called the feminist part of the book in the convent. How could anyone not love Sophia's interaction with the nuns? But I also cried a few times, especially when she couldn't remember her mother's face. This book was poignant and loving and fun, everything I want in a love story. It felt different for reasons I can't really pinpoint. The characters are real and seem so human. The story went back and forth in time, something I hadn't read before but that I found I liked. We meet first Sophia when she is older and wiser, then go back to see how she met Sir Tobin, and back farther and come forward. Perhaps that was what confused one reader. But that doesn't matter because no one should miss this love story. It will stay with you for a long, long time. Jill Barnett is certainly one of my favorite authors, but with this book she is now at the top of my must read list, along with greats Julie Garwood and Judith McNaught.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great way to wrap up the trilogy...
Comment: To say Lady Sophia Howard was stubborn would be an understatement. Sophia's mother had died trying to give birth to a male heir. Not bothering to say goodbye, her distraught father immediately rode into battle and was mortally wounded. The spirited, willful and distrusting Sophia then became the ward of her cousin, King Edward I of England. Once she reached womanhood, Edward began thrusting a stream of suitors at the heavily dowered Sophia, but she had rejected every one of them. Then she met a handsome, arrogant knight at a festival, Sir Tobin de Clare. But Tobin had ulterior motives for pursuing her that had nothing to do with her dowry. Ultimately, he and his game left her with a broken heart. But Sir Tobin realized Sophia was the one woman he wanted as a wife, and would stop at nothing to claim her. When Edward announces her betrothal to Tobin without her consent, she's less than thrilled. The battle lines are drawn, but Sophia may have met her match in this war of wills.
"Wicked" is the conclusion to the "Wonderful" and " Wild" trilogy. I have unfortunately been reading these backwards, so I still need to read "Wonderful". This selection is also full of Ms. Barnett's trademark humor. I believe the battle of wills between Sophia and Tobin is the best part of this book. They're both very strong characters, and they each hold their own throughout this story. I gave this book four, instead of five stars, because while it's very good, I did prefer "Wild" and a couple of her other books over this one. By no means should that discourage you from reading this story, it's worth the time. Jill Barnett is a favorite author of mine, and she never fails to deliver to her readers. If her name is on it, you know it's good!
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Title: Wild by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0671004131 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Wonderful by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0671004123 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Bewitching by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0671778633 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Dreaming by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0671778684 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Carried Away by Jill Barnett ISBN: 0671521446 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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