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Virgin River (Virgin River, #1)
by Robyn Carr
by Robyn Carr
Jane Stewart's review
bookshelves: relationships-fict-contempry-romanc
Sep 25, 10
bookshelves: relationships-fict-contempry-romanc
Read in October, 2008
Pleasant storytelling. I liked various parts, but it didn’t have enough of the emotions I like.
My preferred emotions include excitement, passion, surprise, and humor. The emotions this book elicits are grief, sadness, comfort, warmth, pleasant romantic feelings, friendship feelings, and some oohs and aahs when babies are born. It feels more like a human relationships story than a romance novel, but there is a strong romance. There is a lot of time spent on various characters in the community which is interesting. The two main characters are grieving for people who died in the past. Jack grieves for fellow marines who died in battle. Mel grieves for her husband who was murdered in a convenience store robbery. Much of the story is about Mel’s grief. She finally is able to move beyond it and love someone else by the end of the book. Reading this is like spending some pleasant time in a community. I’m sure there are many readers who would enjoy this stroll, but it is not my preferred kind of book.
Story Brief:
Mel is a nurse/midwife, whose husband was killed a year earlier. She wants a change from Los Angeles violence. She sells everything and travels to a remote small town (600 people) in the California mountains. Jack retired from the marines and runs the only restaurant/bar in town.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Jack is 40 and has never wanted to marry. When he sees Mel, he is immediately attracted to her. She plans to stay only a few days to watch over an abandoned baby. While she is there and without her knowledge, Jack spends time, energy and money to fix up a cabin for her to live in. It was one way to tempt her to stay. I liked that part of the story.
I enjoyed Jack’s patience and attempts to win her love throughout the story. I also enjoyed the scene near the end with someone holding a knife to Mel’s throat, and Jack coming to the rescue.
Story length: 378 pages. Sexual language: none/mild. Number of sex scenes: 4. Total number of sex scene pages: 12. Setting: current day Virgin River a small town in the California mountains. Copyright: 2007. Genre: relationships fiction and contemporary romance.
My preferred emotions include excitement, passion, surprise, and humor. The emotions this book elicits are grief, sadness, comfort, warmth, pleasant romantic feelings, friendship feelings, and some oohs and aahs when babies are born. It feels more like a human relationships story than a romance novel, but there is a strong romance. There is a lot of time spent on various characters in the community which is interesting. The two main characters are grieving for people who died in the past. Jack grieves for fellow marines who died in battle. Mel grieves for her husband who was murdered in a convenience store robbery. Much of the story is about Mel’s grief. She finally is able to move beyond it and love someone else by the end of the book. Reading this is like spending some pleasant time in a community. I’m sure there are many readers who would enjoy this stroll, but it is not my preferred kind of book.
Story Brief:
Mel is a nurse/midwife, whose husband was killed a year earlier. She wants a change from Los Angeles violence. She sells everything and travels to a remote small town (600 people) in the California mountains. Jack retired from the marines and runs the only restaurant/bar in town.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Jack is 40 and has never wanted to marry. When he sees Mel, he is immediately attracted to her. She plans to stay only a few days to watch over an abandoned baby. While she is there and without her knowledge, Jack spends time, energy and money to fix up a cabin for her to live in. It was one way to tempt her to stay. I liked that part of the story.
I enjoyed Jack’s patience and attempts to win her love throughout the story. I also enjoyed the scene near the end with someone holding a knife to Mel’s throat, and Jack coming to the rescue.
Story length: 378 pages. Sexual language: none/mild. Number of sex scenes: 4. Total number of sex scene pages: 12. Setting: current day Virgin River a small town in the California mountains. Copyright: 2007. Genre: relationships fiction and contemporary romance.
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