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Summary: Suspenseful & Romantic
Review: "Full Circle" is the first book that I have read by Karen Young and I cannot wait to read another. This story is full of suspense and romance, you will not be able to put it down.
Rating:
Summary: Suspenseful & Romantic
Review: "Full Circle" is the first book that I have read by Karen Young and I cannot wait to read another. This story is full of suspense and romance, you will not be able to put it down.
Rating:
Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: A terrible event in little Kate Madison's life, the death of her father, has caused her to black out the events of that fatal night. Years later, her memory is beginning to come back, in shocking bits and pieces. And that's when the nightmare begins. This is the second book by Karen Young that I've read and once again she didn't disappoint me. The characterization is superb, the plot filled with suspense and emotion. This is a story of love, survival and friendship at its very best. I loved every delicious moment.
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Summary: 1/2* A bit dissapointed....
Review: After being suspended from her job as a trauma specialist at St. Luke's hospital in Boston, Kate Madison returns home to Bayou Blanc. Upon arrival, Kate learns that her mother has had cancer for ten months and is on a steady decline. Heartsick, Kate accpets a position in the small town practice from the man that has been like a father to her since she was six years old and lost her real father. She didn't count on seeing Sam Delacourt, whom she had a passionate affair five years before, without knowing he was married and had a child. Sam Delacout has harbored a resentment of Kate for five years. Believing, incorrectly, that Kate was the person that told his wife of their affair, Sam had always blamed her for his wife's suicide attempt. He finds it easier to let go of his resentment that he thought, and before long Sam knows that he will not let her go. Then there is a murder in this sleepy bayou town. Kate's childhood best friend's husband turned up murdered, when it initially looked like a suicide. For reasons that Kate doesn't know, she is especially sensitive to cases involving children and battered wives, which isn't good for her as a physician. When Young first introduced us to Amber Russo, Kate's friend from childhood, you felt sorry for her. She seemed to be the classic case of a battered wife who forgave her husband because she loved him. The reader soon found out what a twisted woman that Amber really was. She didn't want out of the marriage, as it would have been bad for her public image, which would have ruined her career. She purposely set out to use a fifteen year old boy, who ended up having physciatric (sp?) problems. She was selfish and manipulative and I really couldn't stand her. Then there was Nick Santana, who had loved Amber since she was fifteen. Believing that they finally had a chance, Nick wonders at his feelings, which don't seem to be there. Young left the reader hanging about the feelings between Nick and Officer Pamela LaRue, which she built up and then never went back to. I've read a few of Karen Young's books, and this was not one of the better ones.
Rating:
Summary: 1/2* A bit dissapointed....
Review: After being suspended from her job as a trauma specialist at St. Luke's hospital in Boston, Kate Madison returns home to Bayou Blanc. Upon arrival, Kate learns that her mother has had cancer for ten months and is on a steady decline. Heartsick, Kate accpets a position in the small town practice from the man that has been like a father to her since she was six years old and lost her real father. She didn't count on seeing Sam Delacourt, whom she had a passionate affair five years before, without knowing he was married and had a child. Sam Delacout has harbored a resentment of Kate for five years. Believing, incorrectly, that Kate was the person that told his wife of their affair, Sam had always blamed her for his wife's suicide attempt. He finds it easier to let go of his resentment that he thought, and before long Sam knows that he will not let her go. Then there is a murder in this sleepy bayou town. Kate's childhood best friend's husband turned up murdered, when it initially looked like a suicide. For reasons that Kate doesn't know, she is especially sensitive to cases involving children and battered wives, which isn't good for her as a physician. When Young first introduced us to Amber Russo, Kate's friend from childhood, you felt sorry for her. She seemed to be the classic case of a battered wife who forgave her husband because she loved him. The reader soon found out what a twisted woman that Amber really was. She didn't want out of the marriage, as it would have been bad for her public image, which would have ruined her career. She purposely set out to use a fifteen year old boy, who ended up having physciatric (sp?) problems. She was selfish and manipulative and I really couldn't stand her. Then there was Nick Santana, who had loved Amber since she was fifteen. Believing that they finally had a chance, Nick wonders at his feelings, which don't seem to be there. Young left the reader hanging about the feelings between Nick and Officer Pamela LaRue, which she built up and then never went back to. I've read a few of Karen Young's books, and this was not one of the better ones.
Rating:
Summary: Karen Young's stories pack a wallop.
Review: Karen Young's stories always pack a wallop. She combines characters and plot lines in one seamless whole, and Full Circle is a great example. I particularly liked Kate's relationship with her mother and the backstory, too. I'm glad I had easy dinners I could prepare when I was reading this one.
Rating:
Summary: An Extraordinary Book
Review: The kind of novel that comes along once in a very long while..that you fall in love with, and don't want to let go.
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Summary: Fascinating and suspenseful!
Review: This book hooks you immediately with a sense of danger. The heroine's repressed memories kept me turning the pages at a furious rate as I raced to unravel the mystery of the past. A super read!
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Summary: Excellant Fast-paced book!
Review: This one kept me guessing until almost the end! This is the second Karen Young book I read in a week. It was a real page turner!
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Summary: Full Circle is the best of Ms. Young's women's fiction yet!
Review: What a great read! Full Circle is the story of how friends and families intertwine as decades pass. The characters are so real and are all flawed in some way, such as in life. I am a big fan of Ms. Young's books and feel this is her best effort to date. Her novels are thought provoking and so complex. Don't start this one at bed time!
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