Pineapple Girl

Rating:
Summary: Edgy
Review: Back Cover description: "He's something of a catch you know". Eloise was told about the handsome Dr. Timon van Zeilst. "But no one's caught him yet." Eloise felt quite sure that it wouldn't be her. Why should he look twice at a plain English nurse with the beautiful Liske around? And Liske had claimed she was destined to be his wife. It was no good telling herself not to care, because she did--even if he was the most infuriating man she'd ever met!

This was somewhat typical of Ms. Neels plots; doctor, plain nurse, female villain and misunderstandings. In this story however, there seemed to me to be a little more tension/edginess to the story than I usually get with Ms. Neels books. I liked it, just can't put my finger on what was different.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent romance with strong heroine
Review: I think this is one of the best stories Betty Neel ever wrote. Particularly good is a scene near the end of the book where Eloise is serving as school nurse/matron at a boys' school and saves a small, bullied boy from attempting to jump from a ledge. The hero, Timon, turns up in time to help them both, but I got the impression that Eloise could have saved the boy even without the hero's timely appearance. (The school staff eventually handles the bullying problem in an intelligent way.)

Eloise is a strong-minded heroine who takes no nonsense from anyone, yet is properly compassionate to those who need it. She doesn't really need the hero to make her life complete. But how wonderful for her that he showed up anyway! I would definitely recommend this book!

Rating:
Summary: The plot is well written, but the ending........
Review: When I finished, I reread the ending to see if I was missing something. The story fell through a hole into the ending. I am thinking: "what happened? wasn't she...? isn't he...? what about....? " and all I have is THE END.

Don't get me wrong, a person can really relate with her and her problem, but they seem unsolved.