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Summary: I've read worse, but...
Review: ...expect better from Gibson.Daisy Lee Monroe returns to her hometown in Texas after 15 years to make amends with her high school boyfriend, Jackson Parrish. 15 years earlier Daisy and her deceased husband, Steven, were best friends with Jackson, but due to circumstances, they betrayed and left him alone. This book was quite a disappointment. The story reminded me too much of her earlier book, Truly Madly Yours. Childhood loves, girls leaves hometown for years, girl returns to rekindle romance with bad boy she left behind, boy who resists due to the old addage, "once burned, twice shy." I loved Truly Madly Yours, because it had the poignancy, chemistry, and lovable characters that this book lacked. Gibson also makes the mistake of using language that I associate with her other book, See Jane Score: "he fed her kisses", "feeding kisses." She uses certain language (words) that are too distinctive to use over and over again. And, the betrayal aspect of the book (while interesting to me) was just too much for romance readers to get over. The first Rachel Gibson book that I ever read was See Jane Score. I have to tell you that I LOVED that book. As far as romance novels go, that book was perfection. It had two lovable characters: gorgeous, masculine, strong, bad boy and a funny, quirky, physically flawed (in conventional societal view) female protagonist. Then there was the dialogue. It was provocative, witty, sexy, thoughtful, and humorous. I next read True Confessions and again fell in love with the protagonists. Again, the book had everything that I love in a romance novel. I was disappointed with Lola Carlyle Reveals All and It Must Be Love, because they just didn't have that emotional "oomph" that I associate with the first couple of books by Gibson. So, I guess it's hit or miss with her...too bad. All in all, I have to agree with author, Dean Koontz. He takes issue with the fact that publishers strong arm writers into writing the same thing over and over again. So, please, Rachel, don't succumb to idiot publishers and give us something new and fresh.
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Summary: Save your money
Review: I can honestly say I love both romance books and Rachel Gibson. I have been anxiously awaiting this book, I even pre-ordered it, so that I can have it the second it was available. I have all her books, and my favorite is See Jane Score. Now, for her latest DBIT, I am trying to limit my dislike and figure out where to begin. First, none of the characters are very likable, not Daisy, not Steven, and not even Jack.
In, DBIT, Daisy has just lost her husband to illness, and has returned to her hometown to confess to her first love that she has kept his son from him for 15 years. Now this is not a unique premise in a romance and Gibson has used it previously in Simlpy Irristable (not exactly but very similar, and better). However in DBIT, I disliked Daisy, I found her a whiny, selfish, a user and a worst definition of woman. And I won't even get started on Steven, he is supposed to be the best friend, but hey with friends like him who needs enemys. As for Jack, the other reviewers want to feel sympathetic to him but find it difficult. I agree and disagree, the betrayal he had to deal with for fifteen years was not the simple "my girlfriend left me for my best friend", no his girlfriend and best friend screw him over after a few days after the tragic death of both his parents. So instead of being there for their best friend, they dump more on him and as icing on the cake take his kid with them. And all this is somehow his fault because the Jack just was not sensitive enough to Daisy. Now after 15 years Jack should have been over this betrayal and ready to accept that for 15 years he had a son that calls somebody else Dad. This book left such a bitter taste in my mouth that I had threw it away and had to re-read her older stuff to remember that I like this author. Throughout the book I did not want Jack and Daisy to get together and the times I forgot myself Daisy reminds me that she is a self serving user. I am glad Jack does not come off to much more sympathtic, because it would just get the readers more disgusted with a Daisy and Steven who lack any integrity what so ever. The reaccuring theme of this book is "Jack get over it", and he should but not for Daisy but his son. And the next time Daisy comes to town... Run Jack. I don't recommend this book for any first time Rachel Gibson readers, but her other stuff is great.
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Summary: Such a bummer!
Review: I've enjoyed Rachel Gibson in the past and was looking forward to an entertaining read when I picked up Daisy's Back in Town. Unfortunately, the storyline was the typical "old flame doesn't know about his child" and the characters were disappointing. Jack really rubbed me the wrong way. I kept thinking, "no wonder she left in the first place!!" Usually Ms. Gibson's books are humerous and her characters seem real but this book left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe next time.
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Summary: I enjoyed it.
Review: It's been fifteen years since Daisy moved up North, leaving behind Texas and Jack. She took a big secret with her, as well as his heart, though he'd never admit it. She'd betrayed him by marrying their mutual best friend. But now, Stephen is dead, and it's time for Daisy to face the truth. At first, she thinks nothing has changed; that Jack is still bedding women and breaking hearts. The anger flying between them everytime they are within shouting distance is just a mask for the reality that's always been there. Jack and Daisy are in love, but when he learns how much she's kept back from him, he may not be able to forgive her. *** Small town hijinks create laughter to mingle with the tears. The truth is that those you love are the only ones who can really hurt you, and that's something Jack and Daisy have to get past. Intertwined is the amusing back story of Daisy's sister, Lily, and how she deals with a cheating man. Ms Gibson knows Texas women. Funny, caring, and passionate, you will enjoy this book. *** Amanda Killgore
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Summary: Dissapointing
Review: I don't recomend this book who has never read a Rachel Gibson book before. This is not one of her best books. She seems to have a pattern going on where she has a really good book then a not so good book. Case in point: See Jane Score was a really good book, Daisys back in town is not. Same thing with True Confessions that was really good, but Lola was not. If you a first time reader don't pick this one because you might not read her other books. Rachel Gibson is a great author most of the time.
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Summary: A HIT!
Review: You have to love the emoition and suspence Rachel Gibson brings to the usual buckets full of laughs. A fun read with heart!
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Summary: Hit all my romance buttons
Review: I read this book in one night and feel a re-read coming on. It's everything I want in a romance book. Angst passion and humor. Daisy Brooks has come home to Lovett Texas to make things right with the man she wronged fifteen years ago. When she sees her former lover, Jack Parrish, the passion they shared years before burns just as hot. The two of them are older now and wiser, but Jack must forgive Daisy if they are to have another chance at happiness.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: This book was very disappointing. Daisy's Back in Town lacks the sparkle and freshness found in Rachel Gibson's past books. With DBIT, she is unable to find a fresh perspective on a very common romance novel plotline (a woman comes back to her hometown with a child her old flame knew nothing about.) She has created characters that are either boring or annoying. I missed the amusing, quirky, Doc Martin-wearing female found in her other books. Here, Daisy is very beige and uninteresting. Jack, the lead male, on the other hand, has too much character. He is a whiner full of angst, which made finding any compassion for his situation very difficult; throughout the book, I found myself thinking, "Sheesh, get over it already!" As a fan of Rachel Gibson, I can't recommend this book.
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Summary: i see others' point, but...
Review: i still thought this book was up to Rachel Gibson's usual standard. in fact, i enjoyed it more than See Jane Score and Lola Carlyle, both of which seemed more generic and cliched than this one. Granted the heroine, Daisy, made some really terrible choices and they really bugged me, but somehow Gibson makes her sympathetic by the end. the sex is hot and i found the emotions believable. it was frustrating that jack and daisy couldn't just talk 15 years before, that they both needed to act THAT impulsively in the heat of anger/frustration, the story would've benefited from more nuance in that regard, but still, when in a romance don't the man and woman make dumb choices that keep them apart way too long? Rachel Gibson is still the best!
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Summary: Phoning it in
Review: What a disappointment. Like many other reviewers here, I consider myself a serious Gibson fan, but it seemed as if everyone involved in this novel was phoning it in. I had trouble getting past (which is consistently spelled "passed" in the novel, by the way) the incredible number of grammatical and spelling errors, and shouldn't have bothered: there was no snappy, funny dialogue; little in the way of poignancy; and, as others have noted, characters who are far from compelling and even somewhat reprehensible. I won't give up on Rachel, because I believe she is truly talented, and I encourage other potential readers not to judge her solely by this book. It was a rush job from beginning to end.
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