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Remembrance
Bestselling romance writer Hayden Lane has found her soul mate - or rather, created him: he's her latest fictional hero. And she's totally obsessed with him. Barely noticing when her real-life fiance breaks their engagement, she visits a psychic to learn more about him - and is told that in a past life Hayden was Lady de Grey, a promiscuous woman of Edwardian England. Hayd...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
October 1st 1997
by Pocket Books
(first published 1994)
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This book is listed as a time-travel romance but I beg to differ. Hayden was going through a past-life regression. To me (and this is just IMHO), time-travel and past-life regression are two entirely different things. I would like to know how others feel about this.
I also thought the ending was weak and rushed. You spend slightly over 400 pages building the story and then slam, bam, thank you mam you end it in 6 pages. I also found certain areas confusing as to "when" she was and "who" the vario...more
I also thought the ending was weak and rushed. You spend slightly over 400 pages building the story and then slam, bam, thank you mam you end it in 6 pages. I also found certain areas confusing as to "when" she was and "who" the vario...more
I read this book a number of years ago and enjoyed it. I recently picked it up again and was once again swept away by Deveraux's story.
I am a Deveraux fan (her Montgomery Annals and Knight in Shining Armor are among my favorites) but I've read a number of her books that just didn't work for me. Remembrance is definitely not in that category.
The story starts off as Hayden Lane starts writing about a romantic hero and becomes so enthralled with him that she ultimately breaks her engagement to a d...more
I am a Deveraux fan (her Montgomery Annals and Knight in Shining Armor are among my favorites) but I've read a number of her books that just didn't work for me. Remembrance is definitely not in that category.
The story starts off as Hayden Lane starts writing about a romantic hero and becomes so enthralled with him that she ultimately breaks her engagement to a d...more
The only reason why I gave this book three stars is because the story of Talis and Callie was actually pretty interesting. Thankfully, it took up most of the book. The rest of it was pretty annoying, though. In the beginning of the book, I got tired of the author using the book as a means to poke fun at her critics. I would have preferred it if she'd have left that out... because it really served no purpose for the book itself and took away from the main character, in my opinion. It is akin to w...more
ช่วงแรกๆ อ่านไปยิ้มไป ชอบมาก... นางเอกเป็นนักเขียน ก็เลยมีมุขหลายอย่างโดนใจ ตอนกลางๆ จะเป็นช่วงที่ย้อนอดีตไปในชาติก่อนๆ อีกสองชาติของนางเอก เนื้อเรื่องเข้มข้นจนวางไม่ลง แม้จะหมั่นไส้ความขี้งอนของเธอนิดๆ ตอนท้ายซาบซึ้งและสนุก แต่เสียดายกลับมาชาติปัจจุบันนิดเดียวก็จบแล้วน่ะ ถ้ามีต่อไปอีกหน่อยให้ได้เห็น Tariz ในชาตินี้แบบเต็มๆ คงให้ 5 ดาวไปแล้ว
I liked this book if, for no other reason, that it broke some of the stagnantly boring rules of the romance genre and did something a little different. The beginning of this book was particularly engaging as the first person narrator seemed to very much be telling Jude Deveraux's own story. There was a genuine feel to the character that I enjoyed.
The romance itself takes place over several lifetimes as two soulmates find themselves the victim of a past mistake. This portion of the book was a bit...more
The romance itself takes place over several lifetimes as two soulmates find themselves the victim of a past mistake. This portion of the book was a bit...more
Jun 12, 2009
Alissa
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone looking to read something warm, fuzzy & fluffy
Sometimes you just need to escape the bounds of reality with a good, honest-to-goodness cheezy romance that takes very little effort to digest. I mean, the daily grind can be stressful and busy enough, right? Why choose something equally so when it comes to pleasure reading?
Remembrance was one of those what my mom calls "bubblegum for the brain." The plot centers on a centuries-old love affair that was stuff of Greek and/or Shakespearian tragedy. Love that spans lives, soul mates, curses, a stro...more
Remembrance was one of those what my mom calls "bubblegum for the brain." The plot centers on a centuries-old love affair that was stuff of Greek and/or Shakespearian tragedy. Love that spans lives, soul mates, curses, a stro...more
I am a fan of Jude Deveraux and have been for years. Her book 'Knight in Shining Armor' is one of my favorites. So I still can't believe how disappointing this book was!
The beginning is soooo booooring. Her pages-long diatribe about her childhood and why she became a writer lent nothing to the book as a whole. It didn't flow at all. It's almost like she kept losing her place in her own story, not at all what I'd expect from Ms Deveraux. Taking out the first few chapters would be a great improvem...more
The beginning is soooo booooring. Her pages-long diatribe about her childhood and why she became a writer lent nothing to the book as a whole. It didn't flow at all. It's almost like she kept losing her place in her own story, not at all what I'd expect from Ms Deveraux. Taking out the first few chapters would be a great improvem...more
I read this book many, many years ago and remember putting it down and crying. I lent it to someone and it never came back so decided to pick up the paperback recently. When my life gets stressed and frustrating there is nothing like a little romance to pick-me-up. You gotta love Jude's rant about book reviewers in the beginnings of this book. It'll make you smile. I'm not a mushy person, so I don't really believe in soul mates - but I do believe in fate. This story is about soul mates and how p...more
For the last few months I, along with a friend, have been purchasing Jude Deveraux books because we got hooked. I have read quite a few of them now and every couple of books I tend to say "that was my favorite." As for this one... it beats any book that I have ever read (I haven't read much. Only started enjoying it after I got out of school). This is truly a unique romance story. It deals with reincarnation and eternity loves. I somewhat believe in reincarnation and reading the first just made...more
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Apr 04, 2013
x0unerthanlater
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Everyone
Shelves:
time-travel,
reviewed
4.5/5 It starts off at a good pace in the p.o.v. of the female lead. She weaves a story revolving around her life right away. It may seem like incessant chattering of the mind of a writer, but it holds a solid base for the rest of the plot. The book is broken into four parts. Part 2 being the bulk of the story.
It is a story of many emotions. Excitement, because it goes from present time 1994 to the past of 1571 and another time in between. Tragedy, for the unbreakable bond that flowed through ti...more
i believe this is one of ms. deveraux's best novels. it deals with reincarnation. hayden lane is a romance writer and in the process of finishing one of her novels creates a compelling and complex leading man... this leads her to a psychic and she is told that this man is real but if she saw him today, she would instantly hate him because of problems from previous relationships. it is like 3 romances in one because she has to go back to two previous times in an effort to solve her problem. it ac...more
Jude Deveraux is my favorite romance author and probably the only romance author that I always commit to reading. My love for her books started with this one - Remembrance. I read it when I was a teenager and loved the passionate love story, the time travelling, and of course the self-deprecating humour of the heroine.
I thought the book was fast-paced and a fun read. You really start to cheer for the hero and the heroine because of everything that kept them apart. I also liked that the book bot...more
I thought the book was fast-paced and a fun read. You really start to cheer for the hero and the heroine because of everything that kept them apart. I also liked that the book bot...more
I am an avid romance reader but this book won my heart. the beginning was slow and the ending a little abrupt but the story of Cassie and Tavis was so well written with emotion and the characters came alive from the book. I could feel the despair in Cassie and the fear in Tavis when they were separated.In meeting the characters in this book, it is the one book in all i have read that fed the sappy soul mate believing romantic in me and for that it remains the best of romance for me. I usually en...more
Romance writer Hayden Lane is lonely and struggling to figure out her obsession with her fictional hero, James Tavistock. Upon visiting a psychic realizes her troubles have to do with her past life tragedies. With the help of a hypnotist she travels back in time to Edwardian England where she revisits her past lives including the love stories of Callie and Tallie that began the curse she must solve to get back home. Best story was Catherine and Tavey which actually could have been its own story....more
Overall I liked this book, I found the premise quite interesting.
However, I have some issues with the plot.
I mean, am I the only one who thinks that the whole Callie-Talis story dragged on and on?
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It doesn't mean I didn't like it, I did, but I feel the author gave it too much importance.
I think the other two plotlines could hav...more
However, I have some issues with the plot.
I mean, am I the only one who thinks that the whole Callie-Talis story dragged on and on?
(view spoiler)
It doesn't mean I didn't like it, I did, but I feel the author gave it too much importance.
I think the other two plotlines could hav...more
Am I the only one who noticed that Hayden goes to the hypnosis in Texas, at Milly's house and then wakes up from it from Nora's call???
Sure I loved the book and all that, I couldn't stop reading it, I was just too eager to know what was going to happen next, but this little paradox and the ending scene sort of destroyed the whole beauty of this story. I mean, I would have rated it 5 stars it wasn't for the last scene. It was too artificial and hurried and just plain unnatural even for the standa...more
Sure I loved the book and all that, I couldn't stop reading it, I was just too eager to know what was going to happen next, but this little paradox and the ending scene sort of destroyed the whole beauty of this story. I mean, I would have rated it 5 stars it wasn't for the last scene. It was too artificial and hurried and just plain unnatural even for the standa...more
Mar 15, 2012
Ashleigh Cartmill
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical,
romance
I liked this book. I liked how everything was framed and I really liked the voice of Hayden Lane. She said a lot of the things that I often feel about being a writer and she was very likable. Talis and Callie's story was so tragic. It felt like a Greek tragedy almost, the way they ended. The only real problem I had was that we spent so much time with Talis and Callie that when we finally came back to Hayden, the ending felt like it came on so suddenly. And people were getting married out of nowh...more
I love that this is not just an ordinary time-travel romance story.. although the end is a little bit depressing but I love the message of the story, the story is very unpredictable and mysterious at the same time. If you love Reincarnation, History, Past, Time-travel and TRUE LOVE just like me this will be your all time favorite book. Just wish that the ending was much more perfect. You'll hurt your head after you finish reading the story. It's both overwhelming and a little bit depressing in m...more
I read this book in one day because it was so compelling to me. It's kind of 3 stories in one because it's about past lives and this woman going back to 2 of her past lives to try and find out what went wrong and try to fix it. I realized as I got to the end that I had read this book before and had forgotten and so I knew the end before I actually got there, but it was still a good read and one I would recommend to anyone looking for an easy, lazy day read. It's sad and funny and made me want to...more
I read this book quite a few years ago and I just re-read it again not too long ago. I cant say enough about this book. Its about love, time travel, and reincarnation,to name a few. So many good things in this story. The author made these characters come to life and I was able to really visualize them. You might even fall in love with the main male character. lol Everything came together well in the end. Usually I dont really read these types of romance novels but this one was really good and sh...more
I was in a struggle in the first few chapters. i felt as if it was scattered. There were moments I find myself re-reading the page to understand what was, & who was in the book. Only when i got to the main plot & story where everything became consistent, with the characters, with the story, did i fully understand what was transpiring.
The flaw, i guess, is in it's inconsistencies. It would be the fast change in narration from one character to another, the congestion of about one lifetime...more
The flaw, i guess, is in it's inconsistencies. It would be the fast change in narration from one character to another, the congestion of about one lifetime...more
One of my favorites. There are two pages that I will flip to and just cry buckets of tears, it is so sad and heart-breaking. Romeo and Juliette like!
The whole book is really strange and odd but for some reason I will always think of this book. I passed it to one of my friends and she read it while we were on vacation. I looked over to her and she had tears pouring down her face and I knew she was at that heart-breaking spot.
I do love it when I can recommend a book that brings about such emotio...more
The whole book is really strange and odd but for some reason I will always think of this book. I passed it to one of my friends and she read it while we were on vacation. I looked over to her and she had tears pouring down her face and I knew she was at that heart-breaking spot.
I do love it when I can recommend a book that brings about such emotio...more
Generally, I'm not a devotee of the "bodice-ripping, chest heaving" genre authors, but I love Jude Deveraux. Her inventive and imaginative plots usually leave me pondering, "What if...?" This book is no exception. I don't believe in past lives or reincarnation, and it still had me pondering the possibilities. Although I always have to skim through or skip a few sections of the above-mentioned B-R.C-H. and the beginning is a little slow, overall, it is an intriguing concept, and it proved to be...more
Wow, Jude Deveraux has quite the imagination. I get so caught up in her stories it is like I'm living it. I think this book could very well be her own story, for she has the same gift that Callie/Catherine/Hayden has. I couldn't get enough of this storyline and didn't want to put it down. The love is beautiful and makes you appreciate what you have in a relationship. I can't even find enough words to accurately describe how much I enjoyed this book. I can't wait til I read another book of hers.
I've never read a romance novel before as I expected all of them to be kind of weird trashy things full of walls of text about sexual encounters, at least that is how they are normally portrayed when I hear about them. That works for some people but book porn sounds kind of boring to me. Someone had recommended this one to me and I was pleasantly surprised. I think any reader who enjoys fantasy (knights, castles, etc) could get themselves into this book.
I would have given this three and a half stars if I could, because it was a maze of a book.
There were three separate stories here, and they were all intriguing. Jude Deveraux managed to pull them all together in the end, but the effect of so many heroes and heroines and plot lines was a little strange.
I wasn't particularly fond of the heroine either. I didn't find myself pulling for her to win her Prince Charming.
Good story, just differen.
There were three separate stories here, and they were all intriguing. Jude Deveraux managed to pull them all together in the end, but the effect of so many heroes and heroines and plot lines was a little strange.
I wasn't particularly fond of the heroine either. I didn't find myself pulling for her to win her Prince Charming.
Good story, just differen.
I don't even know what to say about this one. I'm giving it 4 stars because out of all its oddity, I couldn't put it down. It was weird but good. It rambled at times but kept me engrossed. There was a constant feeling of doom and much treachery and misunderstandings. I truly hated some of the characters. I kept waiting for the happy ending and in one regard there was one and in another, there wasn't. There was tragedy and, whoa, the ending was quite odd and sucked.
The premise of living past liv...more
The premise of living past liv...more
3.5-4.0
SO my only hang-up with this book(well one of them anyway)is that although I really liked it, it had way to short of an ending(if that makes sense.)I don't know if this is just Deveraux's style or what, since the only other book of hers that I've read is "Legend"- I loved that book as well, but lame and short ending! Definitely good ideas going on in her books, just underdevoped and followed through at the end.
SO my only hang-up with this book(well one of them anyway)is that although I really liked it, it had way to short of an ending(if that makes sense.)I don't know if this is just Deveraux's style or what, since the only other book of hers that I've read is "Legend"- I loved that book as well, but lame and short ending! Definitely good ideas going on in her books, just underdevoped and followed through at the end.
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Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.
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“You'd think the very thought of a romance writer would bring a smile to people's lips. Ah, how nice. Love. Making love. Laughter. Kissing.
But no, the world is upside down as far as I can see, and romances and their writers are ridiculed, hisses and generally spat upon.
For what reason? One of my favorites is that women who read them might get mixed up about reality and imagine a man is going to rescue them from Life. According to this theory, women are so stupid that they can't tell a story from reality. Is anyone worried that the MEN who read spy thrillers are going to go after their neighbors with an automatic weapon? No, I don't remember anyone thinking that. Nor do I remember anyone worrying about murder mysteries or science fiction. It just seems to be dumb ol' women who might think some gorgeous, thoughtful, giving hunk is going to rescue them.
Honey, if any woman thought a gorgeous hunk was going to rescue her, romance novels wouldn’t be forty percent of the publishing industry.”
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But no, the world is upside down as far as I can see, and romances and their writers are ridiculed, hisses and generally spat upon.
For what reason? One of my favorites is that women who read them might get mixed up about reality and imagine a man is going to rescue them from Life. According to this theory, women are so stupid that they can't tell a story from reality. Is anyone worried that the MEN who read spy thrillers are going to go after their neighbors with an automatic weapon? No, I don't remember anyone thinking that. Nor do I remember anyone worrying about murder mysteries or science fiction. It just seems to be dumb ol' women who might think some gorgeous, thoughtful, giving hunk is going to rescue them.
Honey, if any woman thought a gorgeous hunk was going to rescue her, romance novels wouldn’t be forty percent of the publishing industry.”
“I'm an American and I want instant gratification.”
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