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Title: The Falcon and the Flower
ISBN: 0440204291
Author:
Virginia Henley
Publicate Date: 1989-09-01
Publish: 1989-09-01
List Price: $7.50
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: On and On it Goes, Where it Ends, Nobody Knows
One of the most unlikeable female characters I've come across. The story is like a mind game, on and on with no depth or gravity, or perhaps better said, no soul. Not for my tastes.
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2: Think Twice!
Illegitimate Jasmine is THE FLOWER. Falcon de Burgh is THE FALCON. As the heroine, Jasmine spends most of the book changing her mind. She is childish, she hisses, she snaps, she hates Falcon, she marries Falcon, she vows distance, she fantasizes, she wants, she changes her mind, she hates! What can I say? "Jasmine is a difficult heroine to like!" What an understatement!
While the hero isn't much better - as heros go - at least Falcon de Burgh deserves some credit in dealing with the very annoying Jasmine! That is . . . until . . . he strikes her!
Unfortunately, this is my first Virginia Henley book. I only hope THE FALCON AND THE FLOWER is not the normal Henley standard!
MaryGrace Meloche.
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3: Not my Favorite Henley novel...
I agree with many other readers, the heroine Jasmine is very annoying. I was very irratated by the constant references to her being so "delicate" and "ethereal." She is small and petite, I think it is obvious. I thought the hero Falcon was ok. I did like how her gave her a run for her money by actually bedding someone else. You almost wish he ended up with her instead of Jasmine.
I was very disappointed because I loved "The Dragon and the Jewel" and "The Marriage Prize." I only read this book because I had read the other two and thought I was missing something. I don't even think it set a very good stage for the other novels.
I love Virginia Henley but, this one is just not on the same level as the others that she has written.
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4: Mmm...
I'm undecided.I don't like it and I don't hate it.Falcon was a pretty good hero up to the point where he hit Jasmine.Jasmine was totally unsuitable to be the wife of a great lord she had no knowledge of the duties of a chatelaine.Falcon had other suitable women to choose but he wanted no one else but Jasmine because he was strongly attracted to her.To give Jasmine some sympathy she did not want to marry him she was practically forced.She didn't like him and that transferred to when he tried to make love to her she froze him out.Normally hero and heroine can't keep their hands off each other once they make love for the first time.This a first for her where the heroine does not melt at the hero's touch.Falcon even got to the point where he was so desperate for a spark of desire or affection from that he went from wishing that she could love him to wishing that she desired then finally thinking that he would be happy if he could make her climax when he made love to her.I felt somewhat sympathetic towards him then.But my feelings for Jasmine remained ambivalent throughout the novel
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5: NOT GOOD!
OK, I usually enjoy reading Henley's books because of the strong-willed heroines. But, the heroine in this book is simply childish! Plus for 75% of the book it appears that she just REALLY DOESN'T LIKE HIM, for no reason too. For most of the book she never expresses any attraction to him, not even secretly in her own mind. Reading the book was really stressful because it was entirely evident that the heroine harbored no feelings for the hero until 3/4 of the way into the book she gets pregnant then all of a sudden she loves him. It really comes out of nowhere. Then on top of this, the King is a pervert and so is his 14 year-old Queen. The shenanigans that go on at Court are ridiculous and take up too much of the book along with shallow battles, which last only for a paragraph or 2, that are fought over land/castles. The other characteres have no depth. The hero is good enough, I suppose. But the heroine is just completely absurd. I could not beleive how childish she was. She even really thought he was the Devil for a while and then her silly magic...PLEASE! Not to mention, when she finally did make love with the hero, she would "withdraw her spirit and mind" from the act and actually not enjoy it! If you are looking for her to come around, you'll have to read at least 75% of the book.
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