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Summary: Fun even if it doesn't make much sense
Review: I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to trying some of Fforde's others.
This is basically a very light-hearted romance, with plenty of eccentric characters who become somewhat endearing once one knows them. The best part of the book is really the plot about trying to save a mill that has been mismanaged. The weakness is that the development of the romantic suspense does not fit in with what we know of the characters involved. We are told about their childhoods, etc. but there is no real effort to tie those factors into the story. Then one wonders why they are put in there. The heroine resists the pull of our romantic lead for reasons which make little sense overall.
Fortunately the tone of the book is so light and frothy that the illogical bits almost seem irrelevant
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Summary: I had to skim to the end
Review: I have read several other books by Katie Fforde and expected to enjoy this one. I should have left it on the shelf. It is dull and predictable and full of slightly annoying characters. Twas no fun at all...
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Summary: Tired, formulaic, sloppily written
Review: I like western romance best, but this is some read. Don't miss it, or Lawless by Palmer either. Add Anything, My Love by Simmons as well. All books you won't be able to put down. Great reat reads...
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Summary: What a read!!
Review: I like western romance best, but this is some read. Don't miss it, or Lawless by Palmer either. Add Anything, My Love by Simmons as well. All books you won't be able to put down. Great reat reads...
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Summary: Tired, formulaic, sloppily written
Review: I used to enjoy some of Katie Fforde's earlier romantic novels, but now she seems to be rushing off a book a year simply to meet her publication deadlines. Highland Fling rehashes Fforde's overworked formula of an ordinary, rather scattered heroine who somehow manages to attract a gorgeous, highly desirable hero, all the while denying her own attraction to him and repelling him with rude, immature behavior at every turn. This book is so sloppily written and cliched, it feels like Ms. Fforde must have dashed it off in a couple of days.
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Summary: Does just what it says on the label .....
Review: If you like easy to read, but skilfully written holiday novels, then this is for you! It does just what it says on the label - entertains and amuses and is perfect for the beach or a plane journey.It's the story of a "virtual assistant" (e.g. on-line secretary) who is sent to the far north of the Scottish Highlands in the cold and snow of the early winter to sort out a failing woollen mill. Our heroine encounters a cast of characters who range from the sensible to the sublimely impossible and, of course, she has a silly boyfriend whom she eventually dumps for a rich, sexy, gorgeous businessman. Fforde's stories are always a pleasure: not great literature but very satisfying escapist reads. This is another one to enjoy whilst downing a pina colada on the beach!
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Summary: Does just what it says on the label .....
Review: If you like easy to read, but skilfully written holiday novels, then this is for you! It does just what it says on the label - entertains and amuses and is perfect for the beach or a plane journey. It's the story of a "virtual assistant" (e.g. on-line secretary) who is sent to the far north of the Scottish Highlands in the cold and snow of the early winter to sort out a failing woollen mill. Our heroine encounters a cast of characters who range from the sensible to the sublimely impossible and, of course, she has a silly boyfriend whom she eventually dumps for a rich, sexy, gorgeous businessman. Fforde's stories are always a pleasure: not great literature but very satisfying escapist reads. This is another one to enjoy whilst downing a pina colada on the beach!
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Summary: Pure fun to read
Review: In England, her boyfriend Henry tells Jenny not to go on her business trip to Scotland because it will prove to be a failure as he believes she is too passionate to do the job. Serving as a virtual assistant to clients she rarely sees Jenny goes ahead with her trip in spite of his dire warnings to determine whether Dalmain Mills is worthy of outside investment or he should just be shut down. In the Highlands, Jenny meets pregnant Meggie Dalmain, wife of the younger son to the Dalmain estate, and before she can shut her mouth agrees to run Homely Haggis, a refreshment stand. She meets the rest of the family including the standoffish matriarch, lonely daughter, and oldest son. However, she begins to like the eccentric brood and decides to turn the business into an efficient effective company through cockamamie schemes. There is also nasty Ross Grant who she should detest for his boorish behavior towards her but instead falls in love with him. This is a fun contemporary romance that focuses on an individual who struggles to succeed in her profession, but allows her feelings to interfere with her business acumen. Though amusing especially during the gender war scenes, the story line contains a serious undertow involving failing "cottage" industries. Though the ending is tied up to easily and the use of profanity for the most part is out of place, Kate Fforde provides an all around good "thyme" for her fans. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Pure fun to read
Review: In England, her boyfriend Henry tells Jenny not to go on her business trip to Scotland because it will prove to be a failure as he believes she is too passionate to do the job. Serving as a virtual assistant to clients she rarely sees Jenny goes ahead with her trip in spite of his dire warnings to determine whether Dalmain Mills is worthy of outside investment or he should just be shut down. In the Highlands, Jenny meets pregnant Meggie Dalmain, wife of the younger son to the Dalmain estate, and before she can shut her mouth agrees to run Homely Haggis, a refreshment stand. She meets the rest of the family including the standoffish matriarch, lonely daughter, and oldest son. However, she begins to like the eccentric brood and decides to turn the business into an efficient effective company through cockamamie schemes. There is also nasty Ross Grant who she should detest for his boorish behavior towards her but instead falls in love with him. This is a fun contemporary romance that focuses on an individual who struggles to succeed in her profession, but allows her feelings to interfere with her business acumen. Though amusing especially during the gender war scenes, the story line contains a serious undertow involving failing "cottage" industries. Though the ending is tied up to easily and the use of profanity for the most part is out of place, Kate Fforde provides an all around good "thyme" for her fans. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: She's done so much better
Review: Katie Fforde's work is generally so much better than this annoying effort. The heroine's choices make NO sense, her motivations are childish in the extreme, and the whole book seems sloppy. Fforde's editor needs to work a little harder.
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