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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: I started Destiny's Crossing on a Saturday night thinking I would take my time to get through it's almost 500 pages. By the wee hours of the morning, I had to force myself to sleep. I started back on it with a pot of coffee and here I sit on Sunday, sorry that it's over. I loved the character development of Lex and Amanda. Believable and beautiful. As a fan of the lesbian romance genre, I read almost anything I can find and at times, can be disappointed. This book did not disappoint. Carrie Carr addresses the often sad reality that not everyone is going to embrace a loving relationship between women. However, she nicely mixes it with the opposing reality that people and families do exist who can think out of the box and simply be supportive and happy for the love that is found. I look forward to Carrie's next effort!
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Summary: A let down
Review: I was looking forward to reading this book after having read the reviews. However after reading the first few chapters I found the dialogue between Lex and Amanda hard to take....juvenile and cutesy. I realy liked the story line and the characters, I just wish Lex and Amanda were more mature. I didn't finish the book.
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Summary: Nonstop Romance - I enjoyed every page!
Review: I was referred to this book by a friend, and I'm glad I was. This reminded me of an old-fashioned romance, and I had trouble remembering that the people I was reading about weren't real. The budding romance between the two characters made me smile, and remember what love was all about. Lex and Amanda quickly worked their way into my heart and gave me a warm, happy feeling. I can't wait to read what this author puts out next. Definitely a MUST READ!
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Summary: Damn Fine Reading
Review: I will not mince words here. I am a fan of Carrie's work. I first read this story online and liked it well enough to buy not one but two copies. Even though I had already read the entire story online I found myself unable to put it down and read it from start to finish without stopping to even sleep.
Carrie is a beautiful storyteller whose work holds me spellbound as she takes me on an emotional ride from page one to the very end.
I am of the School of Thumper and would not have wasted your time or mine to post a review here if I did not have something nice to say. Fortunately, I cannot read anything Carrie writes without having something nice to say.
The story of Lexington and Amanda is simply damn fine reading and believe me, this is just the beginning.
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Summary: I Wanted To Like This Book
Review: I would have to say this book is OK. Lex and Amanda are great characters to work with and get to know. I would recommend this book based on the fact that Hope's Path (The sequel) is better. In both books though, there is some repetition. You will certainly get to know their eating and sleeping patterns more than you wish to. Without this the book would be half it's size and maybe flow a bit better. A little less detail in this area and a little more in the love scene area would have been nice. (At least the first time anyway) I would have to say that overall I enjoyed all three books in the series and would continue to read about Lex and Amanda if the author continued to write about them.
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Summary: OK!
Review: I would have to say this book is OK. Lex and Amanda are great characters to work with and get to know. I would recommend this book based on the fact that Hope's Path (The sequel) is better. In both books though, there is some repetition. You will certainly get to know their eating and sleeping patterns more than you wish to. Without this the book would be half it's size and maybe flow a bit better. A little less detail in this area and a little more in the love scene area would have been nice. (At least the first time anyway) I would have to say that overall I enjoyed all three books in the series and would continue to read about Lex and Amanda if the author continued to write about them.
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Summary: Great, but too much fluff
Review: If I could have picked the exact rating I wanted, I would have given it 3.5 stars. It was too good for just 3, but 4 is pushing it a little. The book started off really well and for the most part, stayed that way. However, there were too many scenes where Lex and Amanda start flirting and teasing each other for no good reason. You could say it is the joy of a new relationship, but it happened too often. It got very old, very fast. Eventually, I just started skipping over those scenes and started reading again when the plot started back up. If you can tolerate the "puppy love," then the book is for you. If you want a plot that flows with no sudden breaks, I would recommend you pass on this one.
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Summary: Simplistic & boring... exceedingly sappy
Review: Is it possible to digest 1500 "honey's" and 2000 "sweetie's" over a 300 page book? I think not. This book is in all likelihood the sappiest, sorriest, most boring piece of "romance" I've ever read, with one mighty exception (incidentally, from the same publisher). Don't misunderstand me, sappy romance ain't bad per se, and I'm and avid romance reader --sappy and all-- but it just won't do it for me to feel romance by reading "honey" and "I love you" and "dearest" every second sentence. The main characters looked to me like party balloons: a pretty sight from the outside, but just simple hot air inside. There's nothing of sustenance to make either of them believable. Why, they're so damn good they look like saints. I've found more depth in characters taken from the old Super Heroes cartoons than from the characters in this book. As a matter of fact, there's some similarity with good ole Superman characters: the "good" folks are so very good, saints really, and the "bad" ones are so very bad villains, just like Lex Luthor. The only strength I found in this romance book was how heavy it was in my backpack. Anyway, I just hope this review will discourage some "romance fan" like me to buy this book based on the rave reviews I saw on this page.
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Summary: Destiny's Crossing
Review: Lex and Amanda are two of the sweetest, most likeable characters I've come across. Carrie had me cheering for them the entire story. Simply wonderful!
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Summary: Too cute and simplistic
Review: The rating I gave this book is for the story itself. Carr had a good story, but she hurt the book by writing simplistic dialogue that was too repetitive. How many times does she have to say that Amanda is the "little blonde" before we get the point? The whole time I was reading the book I kept wondering what was wrong because I liked the story concept, but I found it irritating at the same time. Then I realized that the sentences are too simplistic and the characters just a little too much over the top to be believeable, especially all of the family members of Lex and Amanda. They're either too good or too bad. And what about Lex? With as much as she seems to like beating up people, it's a wonder she doesn't have a prison record. And how often can you break bones and get shot in a short period and still be believeable? The book also reminded me of movies before the 1970s. In those movies, every time you got to a love scene, the camera suddenly panned to the moon or waves crashing on the beach, then returned to two satisfied lovers. This book does the same thing. You'd almost think they are vampires with as much as they nibble on each other's necks. I kept waiting for the scene where the passion would explode and it never arrived. I bought the sequel, Hope's Path, at the same time and it seems, at least from the first few pages, to be more of the same. Oh well, at least it will probably be a good story.
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