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Edilean #8
Moonlight Masquerade
Jude Deveraux’s bestselling Moonlight trilogy set in Edilean—the small Virginia town where the surprising destinies of three college friends unfold—continues with this enchanting new novel. After being abruptly jilted, Sophie Kincaid flees to the place her friend Kim Aldredge calls heaven on earth. But Sophie’s first taste of Edilean is far from after her car breaks down on a country road, she is nearly run over by a speeding sports car. A small act of revenge brings some satisfaction, and word quickly spreads that a gorgeous newcomer gave the driver, the notoriously bitter Dr. Reede Aldredge, a dressing down! But it isn’t the first time the fiery artist has gone too far for payback; a secret possession she carries with her could shatter her ex-boyfriend’s future. Reede Aldredge has secrets, too, including a desire to get closer to the beauty who is turning his dark world upside down. Under the night skies, their masquerade is magic—but will it turn to dust by the light of day?
384 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 22, 2013
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About the author
Jude Deveraux
202 books7,082 followersJude 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.
She began writing in 1976, and published her first book, The Enchanted Land (1977) under the name Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of 31 New York Times bestsellers.
Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England; in them her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation.
Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts.
Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.
Jude married Claude White, who she later divorced in 1993. Around the same time she met Mohammed Montassir with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir, in 1997. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident.
Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and has an additional home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy.
She began writing in 1976, and published her first book, The Enchanted Land (1977) under the name Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of 31 New York Times bestsellers.
Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England; in them her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation.
Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts.
Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.
Jude married Claude White, who she later divorced in 1993. Around the same time she met Mohammed Montassir with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir, in 1997. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident.
Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and has an additional home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy.
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October 24, 2019
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Nada más puedo decir. Lo he leído perfectamente pese a ser el tercero, porque aunque todos comentan
de los anteriores protagonistas, ni aparecen.
Esta novela es un buen ejemplo de historias que gustan y a mí ni me entretienen.
Ha empezado bien, sí, me parecía interesante esa relación entre dos personas que no se han visto, novedosa e interesante. Hasta que se conocen y entonces a la autora se le acaban las ideas y a todos se les perdona sin mayor problema hayan hecho lo que hayan hecho
personajes totalmente irreales que ni me he creído y me han gustado.
Tenía mucho potencial pero no le he visto ningún detalle relevante que no sea que la autora escribe bien. Eso no se le puede negar
Nada más puedo decir. Lo he leído perfectamente pese a ser el tercero, porque aunque todos comentan
de los anteriores protagonistas, ni aparecen.
Esta novela es un buen ejemplo de historias que gustan y a mí ni me entretienen.
Ha empezado bien, sí, me parecía interesante esa relación entre dos personas que no se han visto, novedosa e interesante. Hasta que se conocen y entonces a la autora se le acaban las ideas y a todos se les perdona sin mayor problema hayan hecho lo que hayan hecho
personajes totalmente irreales que ni me he creído y me han gustado.
Tenía mucho potencial pero no le he visto ningún detalle relevante que no sea que la autora escribe bien. Eso no se le puede negar
September 15, 2016
Another Edilean story that warmed my heart and filled it with a hint of mystery and romance. It was a sweet story and it kept me involved and enjoying each page. Another wonderful story in an excellent series by Jude Deveraux.
February 5, 2013
I should preface this by saying that I have read all of Ms. Deveraux’s books, so yes I really do like her books. She’s been a prolific author for quite some time now but some of her newer books really pale in comparison to her older ones.
I thought this book fell a little bit flat and read too similarly to the previous two books in the series. There was no believable spark between the two characters, and no natural development whatsoever.
The whole masquerade bit was done with Tristan hiding in the dark in the other book so we’re just revisiting the same idea but for a different reason. With Reade continuously hiding his identity and Sophie never questioning the bizarre Zorro costume date, it just felt unrealistic. Would you sleep with a guy if you’ve never seen his face? Reeeeaaally?
Then you throw in that whole criminal element that started and ended even more abruptly, and it’s a little bit much. Bombs, cross-dressing and jewels oh my!
While I know some complain about the perfection and wealth of Deveraux’s leading men, it usually doesn’t bother me because hey, I’d love for a rich husband to support my shopping! What does bother me is when there’s a rich benefactor tossed into the story without rhyme or reason. I’m sassy and have an art degree, where’s my rich (non-sleazy) old man to give me a job with the bonus of funding of my husband’s business? I have no clue why (sorry his name escapes me since he’s so unimportant) this man just wants Sophie to sculpt. Yes I know there are patrons for artists and etc but this felt too forced upon us.
What her newer books lack is a proper villan, someone to hate and someone to put a wrench in the couples’s lives. Everyone is nice and anything they do that isn’t, is with the best intentions. Carter could have been the villan in this but when he arrives in town, there’s a whole lot of nothing that happens. He even gets his own happily ever after with another random character that has just been introduced to us (much like Russell in the previous book). We all like happily ever after, but I don’t need everyone to be paired off.
I thought this book fell a little bit flat and read too similarly to the previous two books in the series. There was no believable spark between the two characters, and no natural development whatsoever.
The whole masquerade bit was done with Tristan hiding in the dark in the other book so we’re just revisiting the same idea but for a different reason. With Reade continuously hiding his identity and Sophie never questioning the bizarre Zorro costume date, it just felt unrealistic. Would you sleep with a guy if you’ve never seen his face? Reeeeaaally?
Then you throw in that whole criminal element that started and ended even more abruptly, and it’s a little bit much. Bombs, cross-dressing and jewels oh my!
While I know some complain about the perfection and wealth of Deveraux’s leading men, it usually doesn’t bother me because hey, I’d love for a rich husband to support my shopping! What does bother me is when there’s a rich benefactor tossed into the story without rhyme or reason. I’m sassy and have an art degree, where’s my rich (non-sleazy) old man to give me a job with the bonus of funding of my husband’s business? I have no clue why (sorry his name escapes me since he’s so unimportant) this man just wants Sophie to sculpt. Yes I know there are patrons for artists and etc but this felt too forced upon us.
What her newer books lack is a proper villan, someone to hate and someone to put a wrench in the couples’s lives. Everyone is nice and anything they do that isn’t, is with the best intentions. Carter could have been the villan in this but when he arrives in town, there’s a whole lot of nothing that happens. He even gets his own happily ever after with another random character that has just been introduced to us (much like Russell in the previous book). We all like happily ever after, but I don’t need everyone to be paired off.
February 18, 2013
Cute Sophie Kincaid who has given up on her dreams is finally able to start thinking about the future now that her sister is safely in college away from their lecherous Step-Father. The one give she thought she had, her boyfriend asking her to marry him, comes to a halt when he throws her out. In the heat of the moment she steals the family cookbook, which is the basis of her former boyfriends family frozen dinner empire. She takes off with the help of a friend to Edilean where she is almost run over by handsome Dr. Reede Aldredge, brother of her friend who's helping her and her new boss. She gets back at him and the entire town gets behind her, Dr. Reede is famous for his crankiness and it seems no one in town can stand his attitude. Will the town manage to get the two of them together? Will Sophie's theft be discovered and pursued? Will Sophie ever figure out what she wants from life? Will this book be even more ridiculous than I can handle?
I expect a certain amount of unbelievableness from romance novels. The world never quite throws up such huge barriers or has things fall so perfectly into place as a good one. This one had me cocking my eyebrow and saying, "Oh really! Are you serious!?!?" which is never a good thing when reading any book. When the ridiculousness shakes you out of the book so many times, your book is in deep, deep trouble. The Halloween party , carving animals out of potatoes for traumatized children, her magically presented business opportunity that she didn't even want and seemed slightly bitter about, her even MORE amazing magically presented business opportunity that, alas, is not for her, made me want to smack her. The urge to smack the main characters happened a lot during the last half of this book. They couldn't communicate with each other at all for months. How does this make a good relationship? It doesn't. If they had a fight or a discussion about what they really wanted out of life and from their relationship when it should have happened, the book would have about 200 pages shorter, and the better for it.
I expect a certain amount of unbelievableness from romance novels. The world never quite throws up such huge barriers or has things fall so perfectly into place as a good one. This one had me cocking my eyebrow and saying, "Oh really! Are you serious!?!?" which is never a good thing when reading any book. When the ridiculousness shakes you out of the book so many times, your book is in deep, deep trouble. The Halloween party , carving animals out of potatoes for traumatized children, her magically presented business opportunity that she didn't even want and seemed slightly bitter about, her even MORE amazing magically presented business opportunity that, alas, is not for her, made me want to smack her. The urge to smack the main characters happened a lot during the last half of this book. They couldn't communicate with each other at all for months. How does this make a good relationship? It doesn't. If they had a fight or a discussion about what they really wanted out of life and from their relationship when it should have happened, the book would have about 200 pages shorter, and the better for it.
February 19, 2013
I have had an up and down relationship with the Edilean series, some books I've loved, some not so much. But for this book it was both! The first half to 2/3 was great and I was just chugging along, enjoying the story and the characters, when abruptly, things went bad. The author shot us two months into the future and then after about a paragraph or two of setting us up for Christmas went back and told us what happened after the end of the previous chapter. Very confusing. It sort of felt like one of those paper's or book reports that you have to do and are plugging along when you realize if you keep going in the vein you are, it'll take forever to finish. So you just start throwing out words and sentences in order to just get it over with and hope your teacher (reader) doesn't really notice. That, or it was kind of like listening to a story told by an 8 year old. Oh, and did I mention that after all that weird disjointed rambling, it ended very abruptly? Well it did, leaving me all kinds of unsatisfied.
May 22, 2017
3.5 estrelas
Que coisa mais fofa! Achei super divertido como aqueles edileanos são malandrecos e se intrometem nas vidas de Reede e Sophie.
Gostei muito do personagem Reede, podia ser - e era - rude, mas porque é um homem que tem muito para oferecer como médico a exercer em Edilean, a tratar de pequenas doenças, não é o desafio que o entusiasma.
Só achei que aqueles eventos finais se prolongaram por muitas páginas,
Só falta um livro para a série terminar.
Que coisa mais fofa! Achei super divertido como aqueles edileanos são malandrecos e se intrometem nas vidas de Reede e Sophie.
Gostei muito do personagem Reede, podia ser - e era - rude, mas porque é um homem que tem muito para oferecer como médico a exercer em Edilean, a tratar de pequenas doenças, não é o desafio que o entusiasma.
Só achei que aqueles eventos finais se prolongaram por muitas páginas,
Só falta um livro para a série terminar.
June 13, 2018
Jude Deveraux nunca decepciona. Estava ansiosa por ter um bocadinho de tempo para ler este livro. Já sabia que ia gostar bastante, embora não tenha dado as cinco estrelas.
Basicamente, quem ler a sinopse já fica com uma ideia do que se passa neste livro.
Sophie, uma amiga de Kim, que foi a protagonista do livro anterior, precisa de fugir da sua vida rotineira, onde foi abandonada pelo suposto amor da sua vida. Quando se apercebe de que a relação não era para ele, o que era para ela, Sophie resolve dar um safanão na sua vida. Aceita o conselho de Kim e parte para Edilean, em busca de ser feliz novamente e endireitar tanto a sua vida como o seu coração.
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Basicamente, quem ler a sinopse já fica com uma ideia do que se passa neste livro.
Sophie, uma amiga de Kim, que foi a protagonista do livro anterior, precisa de fugir da sua vida rotineira, onde foi abandonada pelo suposto amor da sua vida. Quando se apercebe de que a relação não era para ele, o que era para ela, Sophie resolve dar um safanão na sua vida. Aceita o conselho de Kim e parte para Edilean, em busca de ser feliz novamente e endireitar tanto a sua vida como o seu coração.
Opinião Completa
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March 23, 2017
Gostei, só achei que queria saber mais, para além da decisão dela... :)
February 19, 2014
In the beginning, I was like.... okayyyy....
Then... hmmm... it's readable...
Then... Aahhhh finally they are together..
Then... hmmmm... why? what happen?
Then... *urghhhh*... just talk to each other okay!!
Then... Eh???? Is it really finished????
Then I was like... oooo ok... it is finished... Hmmmm...
The book is readable but too fairy tale for me as in Fairy Tale with all of its woodland creatures n at some point I felt like I'm reading the CHEERS story *where everybody knows your name*... Tristan's story is still my favorite....
Then... hmmm... it's readable...
Then... Aahhhh finally they are together..
Then... hmmmm... why? what happen?
Then... *urghhhh*... just talk to each other okay!!
Then... Eh???? Is it really finished????
Then I was like... oooo ok... it is finished... Hmmmm...
The book is readable but too fairy tale for me as in Fairy Tale with all of its woodland creatures n at some point I felt like I'm reading the CHEERS story *where everybody knows your name*... Tristan's story is still my favorite....
January 23, 2013
This wasn't my favorite book in the series, but I love Edilean and all the people who live there. it's like going home every time I read one. All the characters are related and just make me smile. Jude Deveraux is my favorite writer and I wish she wrote faster.
March 27, 2019
Nada de especial. Foi fraquinho.
October 2, 2019
3.5 - A very enjoyable series, and I am glad I re-read it after all these years. This last book, however, fizzled a bit towards the end.
April 28, 2020
Estória muito gira que aborda o melhor e o pior do ser humano que decorre a um ritmo alucinante e com muitas gargalhadas à mistura!Adorei!!!
February 28, 2013
Let me say I am a huge Deveraux fan. I read her first book, The Black Lyon, when I was fourteen...when it was first published...a really long time ago. She hooked me and I have read everything she has written since. Some I love, some not so much. This one, not even close. I don't mind completely unrealistic if the story is sweet, like "An Angel for Emily", but the town of Edilean is starting to freak me out! I don't mind that a small town that cares about the people in it, I think Susan Mallery does it well with the folks of Fools Gold. But these people...could they be more meddlesome and manipulative? I wasn't really sure why I should care about Sophie or Reede. Neither were very compelling characters for me, and I didn't believe their whirlwind romance. The whole Zorro thing, give me a freaking break! I'm still not completely clear if the robbery was real or a set up to manipulate Sophie further. Because you would think when there was no big explosion, the thieves would have known something was up and bailed at the party. But I guess that would all make sense. I thought Heartwishes was as bad as it would get, but it can and did get worse. Maybe after 30 years I have finally outgrown this author. I hope not, but this book was a disappointment. If you haven't read all of this authors books and want a good read try Holly or The Mulberry Tree or the others I have mentioned here. Ms. Deveraux is capable of beautiful, captivating stories...I hope she finds that magic again.
May 28, 2013
Disappointing end to a series I had such hopes for. Modern, contemporary women don't fair well in the Edileen series. When I got to the part where one male character states "she's like all other women and wants a home and kids"....wth, Sophie is just 26 and her bio-clock is suddenly beeping away? Hello, 21st century, or has the author decided because it is a small town that is all women can hope for? And the townies were just creepy, intrusive, manipulative liars. Don't tell poor little Sophie the bad jerk, who almost committed involuntary manslaughter with his car upon her person, is her boss. He is The One for her, so they must at all cost keep her in Edileen!!!! I would have been in DC sipping wine before nightfall.
I can suspend belief with the best, but sleeping with a masked man who I have just met....puuulleease. And where are the condoms, safe sex needs to be addressed in contemporary romance. Now I am all for hunky macho heros', Reese wasn't one of them. Grumpy, whiny, ill-mannered yes, oh but he is redeemed because he eats One meal Sophie cooks for him, talks to her on the phone and falls in love......riiiighty-o! It whined downhill from there.
I can suspend belief with the best, but sleeping with a masked man who I have just met....puuulleease. And where are the condoms, safe sex needs to be addressed in contemporary romance. Now I am all for hunky macho heros', Reese wasn't one of them. Grumpy, whiny, ill-mannered yes, oh but he is redeemed because he eats One meal Sophie cooks for him, talks to her on the phone and falls in love......riiiighty-o! It whined downhill from there.
July 25, 2016
The basic story is cute and i do like both Reede and Sophie, however I didn't think the book flowed very well. The author spent so much time on Sophie's stealing the Treeborne cookbook, for Reede to having made a copy of it and having a friend work on decoding it, and for Sophie to be paranoid of being caught by Carter, that the end result of it was left flat.
Carter's father was made to be a huge tyrant, however, according to Carter he wasn't afraid of his father, yet when his dad finally caught up to him in Edilean he was behaving like he was afraid of him still.
For me, the transitions in Sophie's life (from the point of her discovering Reede's identity, to Al helping her open a soup/sandwich shop (not even a dream or thought of hers), to helping Reede at his emergency while she calmed down kids with sculpting things out of potaotes, to Henry and his sculpting needs) (and the list goes on)...was all very forced and left me frustrated.
I hope others found this book to be far more enjoyable than I did. :)
Carter's father was made to be a huge tyrant, however, according to Carter he wasn't afraid of his father, yet when his dad finally caught up to him in Edilean he was behaving like he was afraid of him still.
For me, the transitions in Sophie's life (from the point of her discovering Reede's identity, to Al helping her open a soup/sandwich shop (not even a dream or thought of hers), to helping Reede at his emergency while she calmed down kids with sculpting things out of potaotes, to Henry and his sculpting needs) (and the list goes on)...was all very forced and left me frustrated.
I hope others found this book to be far more enjoyable than I did. :)
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September 18, 2016
Llegamos a la historia de Sophie, la otra mejor amiga de Jecca y de Kim, la única con un pasado que la hizo madurar muy rápido y tomar decisiones que iban a decidir su futuro, al menos durante un tiempo. De todos los personajes me ha parecido el más real porque es el único que tenía todo en contra, hasta que decide pensar en ella y no en los demás, revelarse y luchar por su vida. Por una serie de circunstancias va a parar Edilean como ayudante del Doctor Reede Aldredge, un hombre de esos "tíos buenos" (como todos los de esta mini saga, para qué vamos a engañarnos) pero cuyo atractivo se ve superado por su estatus amargado, arisco, antisocial, borde ... desde que una mujer le rompió el corazón ... pero aparece Sophie.
Así en general esta minisaga de Jude Deveraux, o continuación de una macrosaga, está muy entretenida con historias bonitas que en ocasiones te hacen reír, personajes de esos que gustan como Kim, Tristan o Travis, personajes que odias, al menos al principio, como Reede. Lo mejor de todo es que Jude Deveraux casi nunca defrauda, al menos a mí.
Así en general esta minisaga de Jude Deveraux, o continuación de una macrosaga, está muy entretenida con historias bonitas que en ocasiones te hacen reír, personajes de esos que gustan como Kim, Tristan o Travis, personajes que odias, al menos al principio, como Reede. Lo mejor de todo es que Jude Deveraux casi nunca defrauda, al menos a mí.
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December 1, 2018
Although Sophie was mentioned in several books before this one, we do not actually meet her until now. She is an interesting character who has difficult times until she realizes she defines herself in relationship to one man or another. Reede is a grumpy young man who cannot seem to escape the expectations of Edilean. Back to take Tristan's place in his medical practice for the three years Tristan needs to be gone, he does not settle in well. There are complications, of course, but through a rocky situation they and four other characters manage to steer a course to each other. I was a bit put off in this series of three books by the conspicuous wealth and free-handed spending that kept cropping up. I'm sorry to say that it offended my Scottish soul because so much of it was wasteful and without thought, regardless of what it was meant to accomplish.
November 2, 2015
Es un libro de romance contemporáneo bastante entretenido y sirve para pasar el rato. El principio me gustó mucho y me hizo reír como loca! pero luego sentí que fue decayendo. Para empezar tuvo un insta-love, después hubo un drama innecesario y luego se resolvió todo como si nada. Si hubiera sido más corto y el romance se hubiera manejado de otra forma lo hubiera disfrutado más. La escritura de la autora me gustó y algunos personajes secundarios fueron interesantes. Tal vez le de una oportunidad a algún otro libro de la saga.
January 23, 2013
I've read several of this authors books before, but this one doesn't compare to any of them. The story was cheesy, boring, and filled with unrealistic scenarios. I found myself skipping a ton of pages hoping to find some sort of decent storyline in there somewhere, but I had no such luck. Definitely a huge disappointment. It actually started off okay but towards the middle the book took a huge nosedive and seemed to only get worse.
June 6, 2014
This is another in a series and is ok. I don’t think the people have the pizzazz that her earlier book characters had and these characters are predictable and boring. It is just the same formula in the same location, same people, only a few of the names change when she adds a new character. Deveraux used to be a favorite author; but now I don't reserve her upcoming new book releases and wait to see them on the shelf after everyone has read it.
January 23, 2013
I love the men of Edilean!!! I didn't think I was going to like this story just because of the way Sophie was portrayed in the previous books, she seemed a little flakey and materialistic. Man was I wrong her and Reedes story was pure romance!!
August 11, 2013
Not much compared to the first ones, lately i've been noticing that the start is really good but it can't keep up til the ending.
What happened to the manuscript that was sent to be cracked? Was it just forgotten just because they got together?
And the way it ends ia not really realiastic
What happened to the manuscript that was sent to be cracked? Was it just forgotten just because they got together?
And the way it ends ia not really realiastic
January 30, 2018
Heartwarming
I chose 5 stars because it's well written and I've been following the "Edilean Series". I want to read "Promises", but I can't find it by itself. I have "Change of Heart" already so I guess I'll read that. Jude Deveraux, is one of my favorite authors. Excellent writing, stories, humor, light drama and love. I really like that all on her series books intermix the characters. Everyone should like the books because they can be read separately. I've followed Judi from the time she began publishing.
I chose 5 stars because it's well written and I've been following the "Edilean Series". I want to read "Promises", but I can't find it by itself. I have "Change of Heart" already so I guess I'll read that. Jude Deveraux, is one of my favorite authors. Excellent writing, stories, humor, light drama and love. I really like that all on her series books intermix the characters. Everyone should like the books because they can be read separately. I've followed Judi from the time she began publishing.
June 19, 2022
Takildigim iki ana konu disinda genel olarak hikayeyi sevdim.
1- Tercihen okudugum romanlarin ilahi bir goz degil birinci kisiler tarafindan aktarilmasini severim. Ozellikle boyle kalabalik karakterlerin oldugu romanlarda kim neyi anlatiyor bir yerden sonra karistirmaya basliyorum.
2- Son bolumde hersey cok hizli ve toparlandi ve bize son bir bakis bile sunulmadi bana gore epilogun olmamasi buyuk ayip.
1- Tercihen okudugum romanlarin ilahi bir goz degil birinci kisiler tarafindan aktarilmasini severim. Ozellikle boyle kalabalik karakterlerin oldugu romanlarda kim neyi anlatiyor bir yerden sonra karistirmaya basliyorum.
2- Son bolumde hersey cok hizli ve toparlandi ve bize son bir bakis bile sunulmadi bana gore epilogun olmamasi buyuk ayip.
December 15, 2018
não foi mau, mas havia espaço para melhor
November 13, 2017
Outro livro da série Edilean, com personagens secundárias que já apareceram antes. É levezinho, tem erros de edição que fazem ranger os dentes (porque não deviam aparecer...) e acontece tudo conforme o previsto. Claro que o casal central é formado através do exagero e não me parece que seja nada realista.
July 17, 2014
I'm going to be overly critical, but here goes:
The plot was all over the place but the resolutions to the problems were bland and fizzled. The pace of the book started fast and then quickly went boring because the main plot points were resolved. So we had to read about a fake problem instead.
And Sophie went from a strong female to one who only wanted to be with her man and be married and have babies and screw doing what she loves - she just has to be with him. Blech.
It just didn't do it for me.
The plot was all over the place but the resolutions to the problems were bland and fizzled. The pace of the book started fast and then quickly went boring because the main plot points were resolved. So we had to read about a fake problem instead.
And Sophie went from a strong female to one who only wanted to be with her man and be married and have babies and screw doing what she loves - she just has to be with him. Blech.
It just didn't do it for me.
April 4, 2019
Now we have taken care of Reede with Sophie along with Carter & Kelli and we will see Danni and Roan, yes Roan.
January 29, 2013
DNF
I picked up Moonlight Masquerade because the blurb sounded cute. It's been years since I've read a Jude Deveraux book and I thought I'd give it another try, since these books seemed to be more romantic than what she's been writing when I stopped reading her.
Anyway, almost immediately, everything about the book got on my nerve or rubbed me wrong. The whole "summer romance" and the heroine not being the type of woman someone married - what a load of BS. I totally understand why she is pissed, but afterwards, to steal a heirloom?!? That was ridiculous and very dumb, especially considering that almost immediately, she gets scared and keep looking over her shoulder. Then, needing a place to hide and a job. If you get a job, don't you need to feel paperwork in which case, you're so easy to be located?!? Then, the almost getting run over by the hero. Okay, the hero was at fault because apparently, he was checking out a caseload while driving... but the heroine wasn't totally innocent either. It's dangerous to walk on the side of the road, especially a curve!!
So yes, I wasn't liking the heroine much. I did like the internal conflict of the hero... the fact that he was constantly being compared to his cousin, that he was miserable in his job and so on. But I stopped reading the book when he rushed to the dealership to exchange his car so it wouldn't remind the heroine who is his new personal assistant that he almost ran her over because he enjoyed the food she cooked him. Ugh. Once again, can I say, ridiculous?!?
I tried reading the last couple of chapters to see if the book got better, but nope, it didn't seem to be. And that's mean it's the end of this book for me.
I picked up Moonlight Masquerade because the blurb sounded cute. It's been years since I've read a Jude Deveraux book and I thought I'd give it another try, since these books seemed to be more romantic than what she's been writing when I stopped reading her.
Anyway, almost immediately, everything about the book got on my nerve or rubbed me wrong. The whole "summer romance" and the heroine not being the type of woman someone married - what a load of BS. I totally understand why she is pissed, but afterwards, to steal a heirloom?!? That was ridiculous and very dumb, especially considering that almost immediately, she gets scared and keep looking over her shoulder. Then, needing a place to hide and a job. If you get a job, don't you need to feel paperwork in which case, you're so easy to be located?!? Then, the almost getting run over by the hero. Okay, the hero was at fault because apparently, he was checking out a caseload while driving... but the heroine wasn't totally innocent either. It's dangerous to walk on the side of the road, especially a curve!!
So yes, I wasn't liking the heroine much. I did like the internal conflict of the hero... the fact that he was constantly being compared to his cousin, that he was miserable in his job and so on. But I stopped reading the book when he rushed to the dealership to exchange his car so it wouldn't remind the heroine who is his new personal assistant that he almost ran her over because he enjoyed the food she cooked him. Ugh. Once again, can I say, ridiculous?!?
I tried reading the last couple of chapters to see if the book got better, but nope, it didn't seem to be. And that's mean it's the end of this book for me.
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