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Rory's Proposal (2014)

by Lynda Renham(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Historical Fiction

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Raucous Publishing

review 1: It is my first Lynda's book that I've read, although I have her "It Had to be You" on my kindle. Just couldn't find enough time to read all the great stories, it's a shame, really. I've heard that she writes brilliantly funny romcoms and I thought that it's absolutely something for me, and couldn't wait to start reading this one. Flora (nothing to do with the margarine), or Flo, like her friends call her, is in relationship with Luke and hopes to be engaged to him before she's thirty. Unfortunately, there are no signs of Luke proposing voluntarily and Flo's birthday is only few days away. On the day Luke is also away, on a golf tournament in Dublin. Flo decides to surprise him there and propose to him.In the meantime she has some problems with her hair salon. A big entrepr... moreeneur and super - market chain - store has bought two shops next to Flo because they want to build there a new shop, and now they are insisting on Flo selling her salon to them. She's so proud of her own salon, she loves her job and she doesn't want to sell, but Rory isn't playing nicely on her and puts her under a lot of pressure.As Flo is very prone accident, her car bumps one day into other car. Owner of the big Audi asks her for a drink and Flo agrees. Even though she's with Luke who she wants get married to and have a lot of children! But she finds she's growing fond of the very handsome, very sexy, very funny Tom, and she even accepts his offer to go with him to Dublin on a train where he has a place free, and has a lot of fun with him and his friends when there is a small accident and a short break in the journey, and she really feels she can be in love with Tom, that is, until the very next day she sees in the newspaper that she, a small hairdresser, is now engaged to the CEO of the same Rory's who wants to buy her business!Oh my. Believe me, there follow so many unexpected action, situations, there happens a lot with Flora, Luke, Tom. She finally decides that she doesn't love Luke and his health food madness, well, how long can you hide a Crunchie in a Tampax box, discovers she doesn't want to be Luke's doormat any longer. She has feelings for Tom, but well, she's also a proud girl and she's not going to give up her fight for the salon. Oh, no, she's going to organise protest and boycott the Rory's supermarket. You must read for yourself with what kind of resources she's trying to do this and how Tom repays her for this, and how she organises this protest and with what kind of people. You MUST :)I must admit that, apart of sometimes being tired of Flora's naivety, I really liked her. She's not perfect but let's be honest, who needs a perfect heroine? It just makes her more real, more likeable. She stands for herself and fights for her ideas, for her salon, for her dream life, and for this high five to you, Flora. You can sometimes be an airhead but you're a great airhead:) Tom was lovely, oh my, how very lovely, handsome, sexy, a real Love God with a great sense of humour and a great sense of what is allowed and what's not in business, and even being a CEO of a big company hasn't changed him, he was not a type trampling over people. Yes please, Tom.The characters were brilliantly written, they were sharp and larger than life. I have really felt for them all. Flora, except of some of the minuses is a brilliant leading character, she's full of life and sunshine. Her working colleagues Sandy and Ryan are also great, colourful and vivid. I really have no idea why Flo stayed so long with this prick Luke, it was not a character that was made to be liked, oh no, he was antipathic, controlling, health - obsessed prick, and he totally deserved Flora treating him with the Bio - freeze, even if only by mistake. The book started really promising. There were so many laugh out loud moments and so many hilarious situations, and the characters seemed to be really funny, but after a while it just stopped to be so funny. There were moments like for example forgetting the baby from the car, calling the baby Sadistic (I know! I know that it's just joking, but...!!!) or Flo's totally ridiculous mother, that I felt it's everything too much, it's too pushy, that the author tried too hard. Also, at first I have thought that Flora's dumbness is really funny but how often can you read about her mistaking the same word for another? Her naivety was becoming really painful. She was lovely, but there were moments that I have thought, how can you be such an airhead? And it really pains me to tell this but sometimes, instead of sounding sweet and charming, she just sounded dumb.I have also some issues with some of the dialogues, I just had a feeling they sound so unrealistic, normally we don't talk like this and we don't behave like this - altogether, some things were just too overwhelming. There are no surprises as far as plot is concerned but nevertheless, the author made the lives of the characters not too easy and it was great to see how they're going through all the obstacles.But I have for sure enjoyed the interaction between Flora and Tom. Even when they were full of booze :) There was chemistry and yes, the things that they did against each other were funny and relatively original. The author has also tried to add some seriousness and dramatic to the story, I mean the situation with Graham and the protest but well, what can I say? Yes, it was a nice try :)Please, don't get me wrong, but if you are looking for a message or moral in this book, you won't find one. But. I don't have a problem with this at all, must there always be one? My answer is: BLOODY NO. It is a book written to entertain and entertain you only. It's light and heart - warming, yes, I admit, there were moments that I was tired with the humour and was aching for something more serious but altogether, it's a great read to keep you relaxed and for exercising belly muscles, because you're going to laugh so much. It has cheered me up and I really enjoyed it.Copy received in exchange for a review.
review 2: My first read by Lynda Renham, and wow it was such a good read. It was fun, flirty and fabulous. It was hilarious. It was sexy. It was a real page turner. I loved the main character, Flora, she was funny, clumsy, cute, determined. And the male characters were described so well, you instantly fell for the charms and kindness of one and cringed and got annoyed with the other. Also, I will never look at a tube of Bio-flex without laughing again!I was provided with a copy of this ebook for an honest review. Thank you so much. less

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