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Gönül Kaçanı Kovalar (2000)

by Carly Phillips(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 1

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Bachelor Blogs

review 1: Once again I found the usual flaws of Carly Phillips' book : light, too light, almost light-headed and not very consistent or convincing about the characters' issues. In this case, the hero was rather ok but the heroine was really not.That was the last book I had from this author, which I picked because I did not want to tax myself much and read it quickly. Those two objectives were met, but without enough enjoyment from my side to want to do it again.I think I'll steer clear from this author in the future.
review 2: It's been quite some time since I've read anything by Carly Phillips, not because her books are awful, but because her books for me are just fluff. They're nice to read them if you have them or get a chance, but I don't think you're missing anythi... moreng ground-breaking or super exciting by not reading them. On that note, this was available from the library as an audio book, and the one thing I remember from previous Phillips books is the dialogue is usually very quick witted and sexy, so I thought listening to the audio would be fun while toiling away at work. I was so wrong.At first I was going to give the book itself only 2 stars, but I don't think it's fair to take away a whole star just because the audio was terrible. In fact, one of these years I plan on finishing the series, but will be reading it, not listening to it, unless it's a different narrator that is. This narrator, Sherry Slater I believe her name is, did an okay job for the main characters, even though there wasn't much difference in voices between them, it wasn't terrible. No, what was so terrible was the voices she did for Lexi's grandmother Charlotte and Charlotte's friend Slyvia. They both were so shrill and annoying, what is a lovable character in Charlotte is ruined by the high-pitched, can't-make-up-her-mind-to-do-Jersey-classic-New-Yorker-or-even-slightly-British-at-times accent!! And Charlotte has a lot to say in this book, she's a very essential character, particularly since the heroine has no friends in the book and doesn't get along with her family, and lives with her grandma Charlotte when she's in town. The narrator also does Slyvia in the same voice, and when Charlotte and Slyvia bicker, which is quite a lot, it's nothing but a shrill, ear-splitting mess. The other men characters in the book besides the hero also sound equally bad. In fact, the only other character's voice in the book that isn't horrible is Coop's sexy neighbor/best friend Sarah. And the narrator tries so hard to do a Jessica Rabbitt impression with her voice, it comes off sounding way too weird. So totally avoid the audiobook on this one!! It's too distracting!As for the story itself, I really didn't mind it, although I felt it could have been fleshed out a bit more, some holes missing, but really it's a fun story line. One of my beefs with the whole jewel heist story is when Charlotte and Slyvia are explaining why they stole in the past, it was plausible and even understandable. But when they steal the last time in the 50's, it's simply because they were bored. No reason, they weren't financially strapped, it wasn't a matter of life or death, they were just bored. It just seems bad form for a lovable character like Charlotte to stoop to something so low just to relive the boredom while her new husband was away serving in the Korean War. But here it's kind of blown off, no real consequences and it appears they have no real regrets for it, well that's not true. They regret anyone finding out, but that's it. They do agree to give up the jewelry to the family's foundation anynmously, but only because Coop and Lexi guilt them into it.The whole push-pull relationship between Coop and Lexi is unoriginal, but it's not unbearable and even cute most of the time. I like that there's not a lot of bickering going on between them, they have their disagreements, but quickly resolved them as they come up (with exception of the BIG disagreement, but that's to be expected) and they go on growing closer to each other. Their pasts hang over their heads, but instead of deciding they can't be together because of the pain, they agree to have a fling, see where it goes, and let the relationship die of natural causes. I really like this, as it's different from the I-want-to-but-I-can't-because. . . . Instead they are open to the possiblities and are very realistic about where this thing between them will likely end up. Fortunately for us, they really like each other and don't want things to end. For them, it's sheer terror realizing this, but for us it's kinda neat to see. Ultimately, they are a pretty cute and HOT couple!I do want to keep reading the series, if only to see Sarah, Coop's neighbor/best friend have a happy ending. She's very complex already and I like that. A female cop who is no-nonsense from the get go, but once you get to know her, she lets her guard down and she's a total girl, with all the frills, lipsticks, and sexy clothes. I can't wait to see how she handles falling in love!If you ever want a light and fluffy read, then by all means, grab this! Whatever you do, just don't listen to the audiobook! I beg you! less

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