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Title: The Perfect Neighbor (The MacGregors, No 11) (Silhouette Special Edition No. 1232)
ISBN: 0373242328
Author:
Nora Roberts
Publicate Date: 1999-02-01
Publish: 1999-02-01
List Price: $4.25
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: The Perfect Neighbor
We (my mother and I) have thoroughaly enjoyed all of the MacGregory series....and have kept them - loaned them out but they are on our bookshelves for rereading at another time.
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2: Better than average
The heroine is young, beautiful, talented, successful and independent, just like most lead women in a Nora Roberts novel. The hero is young, handsome, talented, successful and independent--closely paralleling the heroine in most respects. Only in personality do they differ significantly. They live in a Manhattan Soho apartment house that is owned by "The MacGregor," patriarch of this series of novels.
The first third of the book is quite good. After that it tends to drift off into sex scenes and pointless arguments. But that first third has considerable charm, humor, intrigue. The heroine mistakes the hero for an unemployed jazz musician, whereas he is actually a very successful playwright, and she actually pays him $100 to go to dinner with her and $50 to kiss her. Read the book for the reasons.
"The MacGregor," once again, has arranged their being in apartments just across the hall from each other. His meddling gets a bit tiresome after a few books in the series, and apparently no one has the ability to tell him to buzz off and mean it.
The atmosphere is quite good, mostly South of Houston. The dialogue is fine. And, as mentioned, the first part of the novel is excellent, but then it becomes just another R-rated romance with glitzy people who tend to take their success in life for granted. It would be interesting to have some characters who struggle just a wee bit to make the rent and buy groceries. It would certainly be more human, more realistic.
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3: A GREAT BOOK
Another great book about the MacGregor family. Daniel just keeps pairing up each of his grandchildren. This time Cybril Campbell who's writes a comic strip and is curious about her new neighber McQuinn not knowing that he's there at Daniel's suggestion. I really liked the story.
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4: A light and sunny romance.
Cybil Campbell lives in apartment 3A, where she works magic by drawing the famous comic-strip "Friends and Neighbors". Nothing quiet about Cybil's life. She is bubbly, upbeat, loves to bake (and give it away so she will not eat it all), and thrives on background noise. Good thing too, since all her neighbors in the building are LOUD. Except, that is for the new resident in 3B, across the hall.
Everyone wonders who the new guy is. He is silent and seldom seen. Cybil finally gets the man to speak, thanks to her excellent and addictive cookies. She learns his last name is McQuinn, but that is about it. When a nosy, but good hearted, neighbor tries to set her up with one of her relatives (Frank) Cybil pays McQuinn to take her out. Cybil even buys him dinner. All just so the neighbor will see them and not be hurt. Cybil has come to the conclusion that McQuinn is a poor, out-of-work musician. He lets her think it too. But when Cybil finds out who he really is, her mind changes and she decides he is a narrow-minded, arrogant creep. Too bad she cannot seem to forget his kiss.
McQuinn's life is dark and barren, the way he likes it. He is rude to everyone so they will stay away and leave him alone. The last thing he wants is to be around his happy and sunny neighbor, Cybil. But while kissing her good night, strictly for their nosy neighbor of course, the block of ice around his heart begins to melt.
**** A light and sunny romance guaranteed to help sooth your nerves after a stressful day. No serious danger here. Just romance brewing between opposites. Very well done! ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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5: Daniel MacGregor - The Reincarnation of Venus?
The MacGregors were one of Nora Roberts' creations that surpassed excellence. These family members are fun, witty, strong natured, hardheaded, and a joy. I can't think of another fictional family that I've enjoyed more than the MacGregors and their extended family. These characters have made every book written about them fun to read!
In THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR, Cybil Campbell is extended family, after all the Campbells and MacGregors have a long history together. Her being extended family does not mean she's immune to Daniel MacGregor's matchmaking prowess. Daniel, the patriarch of the MacGregor clan is the best at what he does, be it business or making sure his family is all married, happy, and continuing the family line of MacGregors. He's an expert at harmonizing his family members with the perfect match, even if they don't think so in the beginning. Their blissful happiness usually changes their frustration at his interference.
Daniel places Preston McQuinn, a quiet loner, right in the path of Cybil, whose bubbly and outgoing personality could either overshadow or compliment McQuinn. That's the difference between Daniel and other do-gooders - Daniel just places the people in each other's paths and lets magic happen. And since Daniel owns an apartment complex, he can't be held responsible if two tenants would be perfect for each other and he just happens to place them in close proximity.
The magic begins when Cybil mistakes Preston as being unemployed and tries to hire him as her escort. For some reason, Preston agrees and Nora Roberts then takes the reader on a journey of fun and laughter, ok there is romance too!
Daniel MacGregor has a perfect matchmaking record and no one, Cybil and Preston included, can deny that he's the best in the world at pairing people. I'm wondering if this is a talent that's gotten better with time, or if Daniel MacGregor is the male reincarnation of Venus, the Goddess of Love?
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