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Title: A Prince of a Guy
ISBN: 0425180980
Author:
Sheila Rabe
Publicate Date: 2001-08-01
Publish: 2001-08-01
List Price: $6.99
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Paperback
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1: This author has done it SO much better
From the back cover:
Muscling in...
Psychologist Kate Stonewall's cup of happiness is just about full: she has two great kids, a successful career, and her own radio show. The only fly in her soup is her colleague Jeff Hardin--a sports show host who Kate wishes would just buzz off.
Elbow room...
Not only does she have to put up with his sports metaphors at work, Kate must also play nice in her own back yard--Jeff has just moved in next door. If it weren't for his gorgeous physique and his gentle manner with her adoring kids, Jeff would rank high on Kate's hit list.
Breathing space...
But the difference between "doc" and "jock" prove smaller than they seem. And in the wall standing between them, there soon appears a tiny crack--one that could bring the whole thing crumbling delightfully down...
And my review:
I first discovered Sheila Rabe when I read All I Want for Christmas, a book I highly recommend. I then read the equally enjoyable Be My Valentine (also highly recommended). So I put this author on my auto-buy list and expected a good read from A PRINCE OF A GUY.
I wish I'd read the reviews here first. The heroine was awful and totally not worthy of the hero. As others have stated, it does not make sense that a woman so blinded by stereotypes could be a successful psychologist. Okay, I can understand a strong dislike of the male obsession with sports. I don't like it either (I turned cartwheels when I found out my hubby wasn't a sports fan), but I'm not neurotic about it. Kate hated it so much that she turned into a caricature.
It was ridiculous. In her opinion, any man who likes sports is a complete and utter moron, a waste of space on the planet, and a self-centered jerk. Uhhh....no. Yes, there are some sports nuts who are all of these things, but there are also plenty of good, decent, hard-working, intelligent men who just enjoy watching a game once in a while. Enjoying sports does not make you worthless. Honestly, her obsession with how much she hated sports was every bit as unhealthy as a guy who's life revolves around them.
And another big downfall was that the second half of the book involved almost no interaction between Kate and Jeff. Instead, we get to see a budding relationship between Kate and someone she thinks is her dream man, while Jeff runs around trying to win her over. And honestly, though this new man was not Kate's Mr. Right, there was more chemistry between them than between her and Jeff. It was as if after the first half of her book (which was doing pretty well, apart from the heroine's over-the-top hatred of sports), the author had exhausted the antagonism and didn't know what else to do to fill up the pages. I was bored out of my mind. I never had that feeling from a Sheila Rabe novel before.
I wasn't even able to finish A PRINCE OF A GUY. I never knew what Jeff saw in Kate. I actually wanted him to forget about her and find a more balanced woman. In ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS and especially in BE MY VALENTINE, Sheila Rabe raised some real relationship issues and dealt with them wonderfully, with great characters and awesome chemistry. But this book never seemed to reach those same standards. Try the other two books I mentioned to see what this author is really capable of, but pass on A PRINCE OF A GUY.
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2: He's a prince - she's a frog
This is one of the worst "romance" books ever. Kate is rude and mean, not worth Jeff's affections. The author changes direction for the last half of the book and has Kate blowing off Jeff and falling in love with a con artist. The last three pages are dedicated to Kate getting over her bad love and realizing Jeff is for her. Jeff deserved better and so does the reader!!
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3: Funny, fresh and full of life
If you can't believe opposites not only attract, but turn out to be perfect for one another, then this book is not for you. If, however, you believe in love, in communication and in the shameless power of romance, you'll adore this heartfelt romantic comedy. And here's a bonus, it's rated PG, so you're safe lending it to your mom OR your daughter!
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4: Love this book.
I read this book last year and could not remember what it was called. I wanted to know because I loved the author and I loved the overall story line. It was adorably written. So, when I came to thinking about it I knew it had a frog on the cover and the lady's name was Dr. Kate. So I searched it and found the book again. I would not have gone through the trouble if I didn't know that this is an amazing book and that Rabe is an amazing author. I have remembered every little detail today and still want to read it again. It's amazing!
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5: Missing The Romantic Spark
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the story had a few interesting bits and pieces, but on the other, it never became a book that I couldn't put down. It never truly flowed well. The emotions of the characters were too superficial, and the introduction of a secondary love interest for the character Kate broke the flow of the main romance. I think the main problem was the character of Kate. There was nothing unique about her character - she was the stereotypical, self-important psychologist who had an almost pathological hatred of sports, which just never was believable. Her narrow-mindedness and gullibility became annoying after a while. While the character Jeff fell more and more in love with her, the source of the attraction eluded me. He actually seemed too good for her. The secondary characters never had much personality and really added very little to the story.Romantic tension was stated rather than created, giving the reader no emotional involvement in the story. Time seemed to just flow in the story without much of anything happening. There was a strange interlude where everyone went water skiing, which really made no sense, since it didn't seem as though the "sport experience" changed Kate's attitude at all. If you want a rather tame romance with no explicit scenes, and where the moral of the story is that true love doesn't necessarily have to conform to rigid rules, then this is the book for you.
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