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Paul's Revenge (1997)

by Jacqueline Baird(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0263147940 (ISBN13: 9780263147940)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Thorndike Press

review 1: Not sure about this one. I absolutely agree with the h's own assessment of herself as a doormat. She also doesn't have much backbone in my opinion. The H is absolutely horrific, he actually did quite a few things that bordered criminal, plus you just don't get a sense that he respects h much as the author didn't offer much glimpses into his feelings via the pov of the clueless h...so was alternately horrified by his treatment of her, and exasperated by h weak character ...till towards the end, when he finally explained his behavior and see how accepting she is of his short comings , which I appreciate a lot as it shows that she knows him well and she really loves him despite his flaws. I guess the ending and having just finished it, led to a higher rati... moreng...
review 2: Raul irritated me sometimes, but then Penny puts up w/ a lot from him. He would disrespect her, call her degrading names and act as though she was some kind of brainless wonder! Yes, it all stems back to something from his past – doesn’t it always? After putting up w/ a lot of stuff from his former fiancée as well as Raul constant inability to trust her, Penny finally decides to cut her losses. Of course, Raul told her to go and made a smarmy comment to boot. Yet, conveniently when he comes across her again he acts as though she walked away from him. IIRC he told her to go. Alright, he finds out he has a child and he is NOT happy, understandable. Especially given the way he discovered the presence of his child! So what does this guy do: he lures her into a false sense of security, drugs her, kidnaps her and the child, lies to her . . . but hey the ends justify the means. He very easily lies to her about passports and such and of course she believes him. He tells her that he is shocked that she believed that as she knows he wouldn’t break the law – nope but he would lie to her repeatedly. I guess it is legal to put a substance in someone else’s drink and serve it up to them unknowingly so that you can kidnap them and their child. Hhhhmmm . . . sounds like a place I do NOT want to visit. His name isn’t even on the child’s birth certificate so I would like to know how he so easily got the child’s name on his passport. I could NOT understand why this OW continually showed up and did the things that she did. I couldn’t understand why in the world Raul put up w/ her crud either. He acts like the OW is so pure and virtuous w/ not a mean bone in her body. It has to all be Penny’s fault. . . ALWAYS!! Raul said they were partners and he lets others believe she is really his “companion” and they treat her as such! Raul said he knew OW all his life – she would not deliberately insult anyone. So I guess leaving him at that altar is not deliberately insulting anyone? Raul tells Penny that the OW and her father are his oldest friends and he doesn’t want them insulted – I guess Penny should have slept w/ the Old man so he wouldn’t be insulted too! LOL! Penny always went w/ the flow w/ Raul and she stays on this course through ‘til the end of the story. If you miss the looks he gives her then you will totally hate him, but they are there. Perhaps he shouldn’t speak w/ his mouth and do the talking w/ his eyes! This was an angsty, interesting read for me, and it kept me entertained! less

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