Yours Until Dawn

Rating:
Summary: Better than five stars!!!
Review: "Will you still love me when those lips are puckered not in passion, but with age? Will you love me when my eyes are faded, but my affections for you undimmed?"

Now you know why I love Teresa Medeiros!

Maybe it's because I've been reading so many Regencies lately, and they tend to all read alike after awhile, but "Yours Until Dawn" is a Regency that really stands out from the crowd.

I have to admit that I was hesitant about this book to start. I always love Teresa Medeiros, she writes beautifully, but I was a little worried about the "blind hero" theme, since I don't generally like a sad story, plus I find it rare that an author can do this realistically and still make a romance. I needn't have worried. This was not only realistically done, but beautifully done as well, with just the right blend of sweet and sour, funny and sad, for a beautiful and heartwarming read, and a story that stays with you long after you turn the last page.

I even liked all the plot twists (look, you have to make it a little different to make it interesting), and I even liked the ending. Sure, it's a little too much happily-ever-after - but this is make believe, not real life, after all - and we all need an unbelievable, too-good-to-be-true ending for our forays into dream world.

Although when this book starts off it seems like it will be a re-make of Beauty and the Beast, it's not. This author generally does use fairy tales as her starting point for many of her stories, but this story does go into it's own direction, this is without a doubt an original story.

I absolutely recommend this book, without any reservations, with "Yours Until Dawn" I think Teresa Medeiros has written her best book yet. So if you like Regencies, or if you like this author, you will definitely *love* this book. I can't recommend this book highly enough, it's a gem in every way. Thank you, Ms. Medeiros!



Rating:
Summary: My Dear Miss March...
Review: After returning home from war, Gabriel Fairchild is forever changed. He has been left blinded and badly scarred. Feeling depressed and unmanned, he shuts himself away into his country estate and refuses to see anyone.
Enter nurse Samantha Wickersham.
Samantha arrives at Fairchild Park determined to wrench Gabriel from his pool of self pity and to help him to learn to have a life again. Only,fear sets in as Gabriel steals Samanthas heart and his love threatens to uncover the secret that she has so painstakingly worked to hide.
"Yours Until Dawn" was an ok read, but ultimately I was left disappointed. The book was too easy to set down and the characters failed to come to life for me. I found many of the situations hard to believe and I felt that Samanthas "secret" was extremely obvious - I wasnt at all shocked when it was revealed.
This book wasnt awful...I did enjoy some of its secondary characters and I would love to see a story written about Gabriels friend Martin Worth.
All in all, not a bad read, but not a keeper.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent read! I rarely give 5 stars
Review: I have always been a sucker for the "wounded hero" story. This one was fabulous to begin with, but with a plot twist that was so unexpected, it became an exceptional story. As many books as I have read I am always startled when an author can pull one over on me. Teresa Mediros certainly did. I thought with the book winding down that the plot was going to go in it typical direction, but it didn't! This was a great read, a beautiful story of courage and dealing with the unknown and finding one's self. I highly recommend.

P.S. I know that everyone wants a happy ending..that's why we read the books, but just once I would like to read a story about the wounded hero that DOESN'T get better. It seems like they find out so much about themselves and who they are while they are ill, but stop as soon as they are cured.

Just a thought.


Rating:
Summary: Another winner from this winning author!
Review: I have to confess that I've loved nearly all of Medieros's books but this has turned into one of my all-time favorites. Gabriel was such a sexy, interesting hero and Samantha was more like a real person because she made mistakes and wasn't always perfect. (Or maybe it's because we share the same name and initials!) I was so surprised to read that a few readers didn't like the "twist" in the book because to me, that's what set it apart from some of the other cookie cutter books out there right now. I like a big plot. I like it when characters grow and I like it when that growth is built around a big, juicy romance like the one in this book. This is a true classic romance in the vein of Judith McNaught and it's wonderful to find a story with a little meat on its bones. Can't wait to see what Medieros comes up with next!

Rating:
Summary: Love it, love it, love it, but it should have better endings
Review: I love all Teresa Medeiros books, except Lady Counquerer. Yours Until Dawn is another favorite. I love the story line, love the witty dialogues between the Gabriel and Samantha, but somehow the story lost its strenght nearing the ending, somehow I found the last few chapters as too fast, as if Ms. Medeiros forgot to use her magic touch in weaving the story and characters shown in previous chapters and only too eager to tie all loose ends. Gabriel conflicting feeling towards Samantha and Cecily should have been explored more deeply. Thus the 4 stars for less than perfect ending.

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Summary: Teresa is a master of fairy tales...a dream come true.
Review: I'm always into Smantha James, Lisa Kleypas or Cathy Maxwell's books, yet, once in a while I would like to have a little change in my taste, so I tried Teresa Medeiros's books for the 1st time. "Yours Until Dawn" was my 1st choice in her collection, and I was really surprised the way she gives each character a fun and witty personality. She made the story seemed so alive, that I didn't want it to end, even though I read the book for the 2nd time. They way she writes always makes me laugh then cry, then cry and laugh again. It's really a treat reading one of her books. I recommned to anyone who is into fairy tales, or just plain romance books, you will not be dissapointed.

Rating:
Summary: Good book but went off the deep end...
Review: It was a wonderful romance story. A beautiful celebration of differences creating love. But, that was the worst ending ever, Samantha's little secret, good lord, does this author have no shame. We were trained through the entire book to hate, despise Cicely. We put our trust in Samantha. It just didn't make any sense. I demand a rewrite. HaHa. All in all it's a good book but it have a weak ending, like maybe she left something cooking on the stove while writing the end and had to finish it fast to squelch the flames...

Rating:
Summary: Not as great as I had hoped -- 3 & 1/2 stars
Review: Teresa Medeiros if one of my favorite authors. Often her novels ring with powerful emotion. Occasionally she does miss the mark. I enjoyed this book, but it's not my favorite. While I liked both of the characters and though the author did a wonderful job of writing, I never became emotionally attached to the lead characters.

Samantha's secret actually detracted from the book for me. Her transformation did not ring true. Actually, it was only as her secret began to unfold that I became uneasy with the story. I had really enjoyed the book until then, but at that point, it became too easy, too pat a resolution.

It's a good book but flawed, in my opinion.

Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly Satisfying Read!!
Review: This has been my favorite Medeiros book so far! She captures your interest from the very first page. I won't take the time to outline the plot since others have done such a good job of it, but I will say that it has some twists that will pleasantly surprise the reader. I highly recommend this book because of its originality and absence of formulaic characters. Ms. Medeiros characters breathe with life and don't spout any prosaic nonsense. They have life and vitality and earn the readers sympathy in every book of hers that I have read. What sets this one apart is its original and creative premise. I thought that it would be resolved in a trite manner, but I was pleasantly surprised by the plot twists and its conclusion. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a happy ending.

Rating:
Summary: WORTH READING
Review: This is the best book I've read in a long time. Unlike many other books, this book was good from page one. It kept me unable to put it down until the end. I will definately buy more of Teresa Medeiros books.