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Summary: Oh Dear
Review: I have long been an avid Beatrice Small fan, reading all of her novels as they come out. As time goes on, her books have been getting worse and worse. I keep buying them, hoping they will be like their predecessors and being sadly disappointed. Her first books had so much detail about EVERYTHING, not only sex. I can still see, feel and taste her descriptions of the Tudor court and the Middle East. Where her older books can be considered erotic, I found some of the descriptions in this one just distasteful. Firey passion is one thing, foul language constantly, is another.I also could not get over the fact that on almost every page our heroine is called "DARLING JASMIN". There are some pages she's called that 2 or 3 times. We get the idea that she's a "darling", we don't need to be beaten over the head with it (even if she is a bit spoiled - especially in the beginning - and not really anyone's "darling"!!!). Thus saying, I did appreciate two different things in this book. First, I like that Ms. Small continues to recap who the people are. She has written so many books about this family (and the Glenkirk family), that it is hard to keep everyone straight. Second, I liked the ending to this series and how she handled Skye. Not to ruin the ending for anyone, just be prepared for a smile and a tissue.....
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Summary: Probably her second worst book I've read
Review: I have long been an avid Beatrice Small fan, reading all of her novels as they come out. As time goes on, her books have been getting worse and worse. I keep buying them, hoping they will be like their predecessors and being sadly disappointed. Her first books had so much detail about EVERYTHING, not only sex. I can still see, feel and taste her descriptions of the Tudor court and the Middle East. Where her older books can be considered erotic, I found some of the descriptions in this one just distasteful. Firey passion is one thing, foul language constantly, is another. I also could not get over the fact that on almost every page our heroine is called "DARLING JASMIN". There are some pages she's called that 2 or 3 times. We get the idea that she's a "darling", we don't need to be beaten over the head with it (even if she is a bit spoiled - especially in the beginning - and not really anyone's "darling"!!!). Thus saying, I did appreciate two different things in this book. First, I like that Ms. Small continues to recap who the people are. She has written so many books about this family (and the Glenkirk family), that it is hard to keep everyone straight. Second, I liked the ending to this series and how she handled Skye. Not to ruin the ending for anyone, just be prepared for a smile and a tissue.....
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Summary: Darling Jasmine, Glenkirk Chornicles
Review: I have read ALL the books written by Bertrice Small, and I find them very fasinating. Ms. Small writes in details that I have never experienced in reading in any book that I have picked up in my lifetime. Ms. Small has a way of captivating her readers and placing them in the book itself. I am eagerly awaiting her next book, and like I said I have all 23 books that Bertrice Small has written, and I have read them all twice so far. I congratulate a wonderful Author, and may she never stop writing.
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Summary: Didn't make it past page 100
Review: I haven't read any other of Ms. Small's "Skye O'Malley" series, so that may have something to do with my feelings. I found "Darling Jasmine" boring and pathetic, full of cliched characters and positions.
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Summary: Mediocrity At Its Worst
Review: I must admit that I have read every Bertrice Small novel. Some I have read many times. Yet, with each new novel Ms. Small becomes less concerned with the plot, setting, and characterization and more obsessed with extroardinarily graphic sex. Darling Jasmine is no exception. I hope that in the futore Bertrice Small returns to her roots and doles out novels the likes of the Kadin, which focus on the entire lifestyles of the characters as opposed to the time they spend in the bedroom.
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Summary: Not the best of the Skye O'Malley books!
Review: I read this book because I am a huge Bertrice Small fan, and I was hoping that it would keep up with the rest of the Skye O'Malley series. It was an entertaining book, I read it all one night, but it was by far at the bottom of the list of the seven books in the series. My problem was the unnecessary vulgarity. I see nothing romantic in the hero calling the heroine "bitch" during their interludes, and I find the excessive use of the "F"-word gratuitous. I don't really believe that word was used much then. I think that fans of the Skye O'Malley series will like the book, but to a new reader of Bertrice, I would not recommend this book. My advice is to start at the beginning of the series and work your way up to this book.
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Summary: I found this book to be one of the best in this series.
Review: I was surprised to find this, the seventh in the series to be one of the better ones. There seemed to be more love and passion in this book than in the others. By this I mean more devotion to one partner than the hopping around that seems to happen in some of this author's other books.
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Summary: in one word "fantastic"
Review: i will say that i have been waiting for this book for a long time, and Beatrice Small has spoiled me for other writers. i now will only read her books for romance. she is a marvel and a wonder with her books.
Rating:
Summary: Oh Dear
Review: In absolute terms, this book is still worth reading (which is why it's getting two stars.) Small's worst pretty stacks up to everyone else's best. That being said, it's sad to read this and remember her masterworks (mistressworks?) such as Skye O'Malley, Kadin, and Beloved. At her best, Small had written books that were genuinely literary. With Darling Jasmine, and the last several in general, she gives the impression of simply going through the motions.
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Summary: Bertrice Small does it again, and again! OOOO-LA-LA!!!
Review: This book is an absolute wonder. Bertrice has a vivid imagination and puts forth the knowledge of her imagination to the readers! Its hard to start her book and be able to do anything else until the very last page...The more she does the more you want. The characters are alive and capture the imagination of all who read about them. Again, the author is excellent in her vivid imagination and its a search for the next book from her. Can't wait until her next one. The Skye O'Malley saga was and still is her best literary accomplishments. Too bad the character, Skye, had to age. Anyone who has not had the opportunity to actually read this saga, is missing a world of pleasure, and hardships faced by one hellish woman as she travels through life. What a joy to read all the books by Bertrice Small. Talent is what this lady has, and this reader is glad she does!! Thank you Bertrice for all your accomplishments!!
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