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Title: The Accidental Bride
ISBN: 0553578960
Author:
Jane Feather
Publicate Date: 1999-07-06
Publish: 1999-07-06
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: The Accidental Bride by Jane Feather
I loved this book, it is the third book of a Bride series. Hostage Bride is the first book, The Accidental Bride is the second book and this book is the final in the series. It is about three friends who make a pact to always be there for one another; then, they do when the need arises.
I have come to love Jane Feather's books. They are very descriptive allowing you to envision the time period of the story, her characters are very realistic and her male heroes are, of course, so handsome and sexy. I love reading about strong women and the men who come to appreciate their individuality; this is not a sappy love story. I just discovered her this year when I read her recently released paperbacks on vacation.
I guarantee that you will love this series and come back for more books from Jane Feather as I have. I have purchased six other books already and plan to purchase more.
Thanks Amazon for having Jane Feather's older books that may not be readily available in book stores. Enjoy!! Marge
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2: Terrible
The first book I read by this author was Venus, and since it showed so much promise, and I thought this had a cool plot I decided to try it. I was terribly dissapointed. This was far worse then the other one. The only reason it didn't get a one star is that it ends up being mostly redeemable by the end. I didn't feel that there was a great deal of chemisty between the characters and I also didn't feel they treated each other very well at all. I probably wont read anything else by her but since I spent the money (and I am somewhat of a book hoarder) I wont throw it out. But again I would not recommend this book.
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3: Here, age did matter.
I wanted to like this book because Phoebe was not the physically perfect woman as is the case in so many romance novels. But the age difference really got in the way. Other reviewers say that Phoebe was 17 (and Cato was 37 and she was his fourth wife!!) but very far into the book Cato says she is 19 (probably just over 18 according to the dates given). Almost as if the author has realized that there is a problem and tries rather half heartedly to fix it. Why didn't Ms. Feather just start all three girls off a little older? Just a few years would have made a big difference. She could have even left Olivia at her original age and not caused any problems for Portia or Phoebe. As it was, I was very uncomfortable with Phoebe and Olivia being such close friends when one was the daughter and one the wife of the same man. And please, could Ms Feather not have at least given names to the two poor girls Cato produced with Diana? If that information was there then I missed it because it must have been given only once.
I very quickly lost patience with Phoebe always looking like a rag bag, always having rats nest hair, always having dirt on her face, always being defiant, always, always, always. As another reviewer said, why couldn't she get a little back bone and stop her relentless pursuit of Cato. Did she only feel humiliation for mere seconds? Any normal woman wouldn't have spoken to him (or allowed him to touch her) for a week.
Cato did change. But, wow, did he ever inflict verbal punishment every chance he had. It took so long for his attitude to change toward Phoebe that I had almost given up hope. And then he changed completely. Almost too much too late. At least for me.
I would not recommend this book to a friend. If you decide to read it, you will do so with lots of information given through the review system and know what you are letting yourself in for. I will NOT be reading the other two books!!!
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4: Probably the best of the three!
I read the three books in about a span of two weeks, all in order (this one being book two). This one was the best of the bunch.
I think Phoebe is an easy character to relate to. She doesn't have the perfect body, elegant grace, or ability to come up with smart dialogue. She's average. My difficulties with Phoebe are that she constantly throwing herself (physically and emotionally) at Cato and he continually dismisses her. He enjoys the sex they have, but doesn't seem to see her for much more, until the near end of the book. I think I would have much preferred a little more cat and mouse. After Phoebe's failed attempts to earn her husband's respect, I would have hoped she would had a little pride and backed off. I would have liked to have seen Cato try as hard as Phoebe to make the relationship work.
Cato is my favorite hero of the three books. He is honest and all around good. He is very detached, but has possibilities to become something greater, if given the right motivation. I don't feel that this character was developed enough to really see why in the end he decided to love Phoebe. It didn't look into the depths of his realization enough -- just on the surface, and it seemed shallow at best.
This book, I would consider, is an average read. Nothing great, but good enough if you are bored and can't find anything else better. It has moments that will make you smile, but it just needed a little more emotional connection.
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5: No desire to read the others in the trilogy
This book was...typical. Phoebe always lived in the shadow of her older sister, Diana, who was beautiful, graceful, refined and everything that Phoebe isn't.
Then, Diana dies and Phoebe is made to marry Cato, Diana's widower. This whole situation is weird because Phoebe is seventeen years old and bestfriends with Cato's daughter.
But, apparently, no one in the book found the marriage all that strange.
Cato, though, is uptight, rigid and completely by-the-book. Understandably, he's more than a little put out to suddenly be saddled with a wife like Phoebe who's unkempt, clumsy and not well-versed in the social graces--in short, she does what she wants, when she wants.
For some reason, free-spirited Phoebe is in love with stuffy Cato and decides to make him fall in love with her, too--so she starts by making love to him when he'd been seeing their bedsport as simply an obligation to secure an heir (because he thought women, and Phoebe, were bred not to enjoy sex).
Througout the book, Phoebe angers Cato at every turn but he starts to fall for her anyway...mostly during the sex scenes, really.
And, even while it was nice to see Cato loosen up a bit (while family intrigue threatened to destroy Cato and the marriage), I don't know why or how this relationship works.
I guess it's study in opposites attracting, but in reality, it really only works because Feather makes it.
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