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Return To Tradd Street (2014)

by Karen White(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0451240596 (ISBN13: 9780451240590)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

NAL Trade

series

Tradd Street

review 1: As the finale to the series, I was disappointed that the ghost story portion didn't pack more wallop, and that the already mushy family & love storyline got even mushier - wrapping up the end of the book in the neatest most nauseating happily ever after bow. Of the 4 books, the ghost story in this one was the weakest, being dwarfed by the pregnant Melanie plot line and dragging like a Hobbit 3 part movie installment; ie. very little content being stretched thin. The final showdown with the ghost leaves you lacking, but follows that declining 'wow factor' pattern since Book 1. The final straw for me, other than Karen White's excessive use of "raised eyebrows", is that at the end of the book - after all the bad blood between Melanie & Jack VS Marc & Rebecca..... Is that when... more Marc offers to buy Tradd street house from under Melanie, that's just "unforgivable." Really??? So him trying to romance diamonds out from under your house, and him stealing a novel plot and therefore money rights from the man you love WASN'T enough?? I found this eye-rolling annoying and totally out of normal behavior realm. Based on these novels as a set I am trepidatious to try another Karen White book. She writes plots convenient for the characters but outside the scope of reality, and not in a good way. That and if people's expressions are only eyebrows up or down, than clearly Karen needs more in depth character analysis.
review 2: I will start off that this was not my favorite book I read. I usually enjoy these types of book that have a little bit of everything - intrigue, mystery, and romance - all in a historical setting of Charleston, SC. Melanie is supposed to be a planner, organized and intelligent. I found her to be annoying, irrational and somewhat whiney. Yes, I know she's pregnant with twins and I know pregnancy is tough. However, some of the thoughts and things she would say just made me roll my eyes and think "if I was Jack, I might smack her". When I was done reading I was glad I was done reading. I probably wouldn't recommend this book to others. I just didn't enjoy it enough to recommend it. less

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