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Lakeshore Chronicles #8
Marrying Daisy Bellamy
THERE ARE DAYS ON WILLOW LAKE ...
Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men --- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
WHEN THE WIND IS SO STILL AND THE WATER SO CALM ...
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR YOUR HEART BEAT ...
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face ...
Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men --- one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
WHEN THE WIND IS SO STILL AND THE WATER SO CALM ...
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR YOUR HEART BEAT ...
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face ...
428 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Susan Wiggs
169 books7,422 followersSusan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and she commutes to her writers' group in a 17-foot motorboat. She serves as author liaison for Field's End, a literary community on Bainbridge Island, Washington, bringing inspiration and instruction from the world's top authors to her seaside community. (See www.fieldsend.org) She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's "Talk of the Nation," and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.
According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." She is the recipient of three RITA (sm) awards and four starred reviews from Publishers Weekly for her books. The Winter Lodge and Passing Through Paradise have appeared on PW’s annual "Best Of" lists. Several of her books have been listed as top Booksense picks and optioned as feature films. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have made national bestseller lists, including the USA Today, Washington Post and New York Times lists.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. Readers can learn more on the web at www.susanwiggs.com and on her lively blog at www.susanwiggs.wordpress.com.
According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." She is the recipient of three RITA (sm) awards and four starred reviews from Publishers Weekly for her books. The Winter Lodge and Passing Through Paradise have appeared on PW’s annual "Best Of" lists. Several of her books have been listed as top Booksense picks and optioned as feature films. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have made national bestseller lists, including the USA Today, Washington Post and New York Times lists.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. Readers can learn more on the web at www.susanwiggs.com and on her lively blog at www.susanwiggs.wordpress.com.
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November 22, 2020
Last week I read Lakeshore Christmas and I liked the main story enough. The romance was fine. The story was fine. Everything was fine....But that novel had a B-plot about a young single mother who was "torn" between her baby daddy and the love of her life Julian. The entire time I was reading Lakeshore Christmas I wanted less of the A-plot and more of the B-plot.
Marrying Daisy Bellamy is about the "love triangle" from Lakeshore Christmas. I put "love triangle" in "quotes" because it ain't a love triangle at all. Daisy loves Julian and Julian loves Daisy and Logan is around. This didn't bother me because Susan Wiggs makes it very clear who Daisy should be with and I enjoyed the pain that Susan Wiggs was putting her characters through. I knew how this would end but I'm starting to realize that with Romance novels its about the journey to happily ever after more than it is about knowing how the book will end.
Am I now a member of the Susan Wiggs fan club????
The answer is yes!
I gotta hit a Little Library up so I can get some more Susan Wiggs novels.
Marrying Daisy Bellamy is about the "love triangle" from Lakeshore Christmas. I put "love triangle" in "quotes" because it ain't a love triangle at all. Daisy loves Julian and Julian loves Daisy and Logan is around. This didn't bother me because Susan Wiggs makes it very clear who Daisy should be with and I enjoyed the pain that Susan Wiggs was putting her characters through. I knew how this would end but I'm starting to realize that with Romance novels its about the journey to happily ever after more than it is about knowing how the book will end.
Am I now a member of the Susan Wiggs fan club????
The answer is yes!
I gotta hit a Little Library up so I can get some more Susan Wiggs novels.
February 6, 2011
2/5 (D)
I'm really not a fan of love triangles, especially not those where a party comes back from the dead ^_^; So to be honest, this probably affected my opinion of the book greatly. In truth, the only reason why I did pick up this book was because I've been looking forward to Daisy's story for a long time and even knowing I'd probably not enjoy it very much, I wanted to read it.
For me, this book was okay. I wished Ms Wiggs had not utilized this plot trope to resolve the love triangle. I mean, it was clear who Daisy loved, but I guess it needed to be more dramatic. I admired Daisy, because she wanted to keep her wedding vows. She married Logan and the three of them had finally become a family and it would be unfair for Logan if she went back to Julian. I also understood Logan's anxiety and at the same time, I pitied Julian. I felt the strongest about Julian, because he lost Daisy and couldn't do a thing to win her back. So you have three characters who are trying to continue life as it was, but the problem is that everything has changed. You cannot ignore Julian's return, nobody can... Perhaps if he'd return 5 years or 10 years later, yes... but his disappearance wasn't long enough for Daisy and Logan's relationship to really survive... especially when both are not passionate about each other. I mean, after Julian's disappearance, it's clear why Daisy accepted Logan's proposal. It was for their family to be together and yes, she loved him...but I don't think it was wildly as her husband, but more as the father of her son. She settled and under the circumstances, I'm not blaming her, but still, she settled.
So you have the love triangle again and in the end, it is once again resolved - same way as the first time. I liked the fact that Daisy and Logan were very civilized about it. I think to be fair with everyone, this was the logical choice. However, I did expect the whole thing - Julian's return, Daisy's confusion, Logan's anxieties - to be more angsty and it wasn't for me ^_^; and I think it has to do with the writing. Ms Wigg's writing style has changed over the course of this series or even before. It has become something between contemporary romance and women's fiction and her narrative style has become more passive. I don't think the strong emotions came across well in Marrying Daisy Bellamy. We all saw how each character coped and their mistakes and thoughts, but at the end, it didn't grip me. I didn't feel torn for Daisy.
I really wished I've enjoyed this book more and if it had reached me, if I had been emotionally involved, I'm sure I would have... but I wasn't. Perhaps it's the writing style or just my aversion to love triangles, I don't know. However, I'm sure that many don't have the same aversion as me and will enjoy this book.
I'm really not a fan of love triangles, especially not those where a party comes back from the dead ^_^; So to be honest, this probably affected my opinion of the book greatly. In truth, the only reason why I did pick up this book was because I've been looking forward to Daisy's story for a long time and even knowing I'd probably not enjoy it very much, I wanted to read it.
For me, this book was okay. I wished Ms Wiggs had not utilized this plot trope to resolve the love triangle. I mean, it was clear who Daisy loved, but I guess it needed to be more dramatic. I admired Daisy, because she wanted to keep her wedding vows. She married Logan and the three of them had finally become a family and it would be unfair for Logan if she went back to Julian. I also understood Logan's anxiety and at the same time, I pitied Julian. I felt the strongest about Julian, because he lost Daisy and couldn't do a thing to win her back. So you have three characters who are trying to continue life as it was, but the problem is that everything has changed. You cannot ignore Julian's return, nobody can... Perhaps if he'd return 5 years or 10 years later, yes... but his disappearance wasn't long enough for Daisy and Logan's relationship to really survive... especially when both are not passionate about each other. I mean, after Julian's disappearance, it's clear why Daisy accepted Logan's proposal. It was for their family to be together and yes, she loved him...but I don't think it was wildly as her husband, but more as the father of her son. She settled and under the circumstances, I'm not blaming her, but still, she settled.
So you have the love triangle again and in the end, it is once again resolved - same way as the first time. I liked the fact that Daisy and Logan were very civilized about it. I think to be fair with everyone, this was the logical choice. However, I did expect the whole thing - Julian's return, Daisy's confusion, Logan's anxieties - to be more angsty and it wasn't for me ^_^; and I think it has to do with the writing. Ms Wigg's writing style has changed over the course of this series or even before. It has become something between contemporary romance and women's fiction and her narrative style has become more passive. I don't think the strong emotions came across well in Marrying Daisy Bellamy. We all saw how each character coped and their mistakes and thoughts, but at the end, it didn't grip me. I didn't feel torn for Daisy.
I really wished I've enjoyed this book more and if it had reached me, if I had been emotionally involved, I'm sure I would have... but I wasn't. Perhaps it's the writing style or just my aversion to love triangles, I don't know. However, I'm sure that many don't have the same aversion as me and will enjoy this book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 16, 2011
It started well, but after a point I was bored. Perhaps it's because it was more women's fiction than romance, but it was obvious from the start that those two were meant to be together and it was just reading through a list of obstacles thrown one after the other, that seemed to do little more than delay the inevitable. No character development in between (perhaps because both heroes featured in previous books in the series and the author felt we knew them already), no change in their feelings. Which made it plain boring for me. A big disappointment since I like Wiggs's historicals. Plus, the narrator though good in general, was very irritating when doing the heroine's and her son's voice. That voice grated my nerves quite a few times and obviously lessened my overall enjoyment of the book.
February 6, 2025
Marrying Daisy Bellamy #8 Lake Shore Chronicles
5✨
Read as a standalone
5✨
Read as a standalone
April 14, 2011
Daisy Bellamy finally gets her own story in Marrying Daisy Bellamy. I did not enjoy the story as much as the storytelling. In the end, I cannot help feeling that Daisy's journey has just begun. She has made her choice but yet that final choice is not developed and explored leaving much to be desired. Nonetheless a great start to Daisy's story where she gets the to opportunity to find her way in life.
Daisy is no longer the troubled teenager with a chip on her shoulder trying to deal with the changes to her family. She is no longer a scared pregnant teenager facing an uncertain future. Daisy has now matured into a young woman who is ready to fall in love, raise a family and pursue her career. She is not alone, surrounded by a large support group; her family, her friends and the community. When it comes to making the most important decisions of her life, she will have to do it alone and trust in her own heart. She will have to make her mistakes, perhaps endure heartbreak but she will do so learning from them.
Daisy comes as a package deal, herself and her young son Charlie, and their dog Blake too. In her life there is steady, secure Logan O'Donnell who is the father of her son. Then there is Julian Gastineaux, strong and wild, the man who makes her feel alive. Two different men who are vying for Daisy's heart.
She will have to find her way with one of these men, and what I did enjoy was seeing her personal growth, her realization of her needs and wants. She is less uncertain, yet still uncertain but she is finally making decisions that is giving her life experiences.
I'm not convinced Daisy made the right choice or if a choice needed to be made. Was she ready? Of those men, one she knows too well because he is a daily constant in her life and another she does not know as well but relies on her feelings. It's easy to find faults in the reality because as time goes on it becomes come clear. It's even easier to fantasize about non-reality and relive moments because the person is not there. Although, the story takes place over a span of years, only one relationship really develops; we see the beginning, the ups and downs, and the falling out. Another is not explored, and yet is presumed resolved but feels far from it.
It's not just her relationships that feel unresolved, there were several instances where a potential illness is alluded to. Occasionally, but frequently enough that it is mentioned she has headaches and discover unexplained rashes. I though this might be a potential issue for Daisy but it never gets addressed.
Alas, she is still a young woman, she still has a lot to learn, a lifetime to make memories, learn from experiences but she will do so surrounded by a large loving family. The same family and community that are familiar and welcoming members of the Lakeshore Chronicles. What she does gain from this story is a start to that life she deserves.
Daisy is no longer the troubled teenager with a chip on her shoulder trying to deal with the changes to her family. She is no longer a scared pregnant teenager facing an uncertain future. Daisy has now matured into a young woman who is ready to fall in love, raise a family and pursue her career. She is not alone, surrounded by a large support group; her family, her friends and the community. When it comes to making the most important decisions of her life, she will have to do it alone and trust in her own heart. She will have to make her mistakes, perhaps endure heartbreak but she will do so learning from them.
Daisy comes as a package deal, herself and her young son Charlie, and their dog Blake too. In her life there is steady, secure Logan O'Donnell who is the father of her son. Then there is Julian Gastineaux, strong and wild, the man who makes her feel alive. Two different men who are vying for Daisy's heart.
She will have to find her way with one of these men, and what I did enjoy was seeing her personal growth, her realization of her needs and wants. She is less uncertain, yet still uncertain but she is finally making decisions that is giving her life experiences.
I'm not convinced Daisy made the right choice or if a choice needed to be made. Was she ready? Of those men, one she knows too well because he is a daily constant in her life and another she does not know as well but relies on her feelings. It's easy to find faults in the reality because as time goes on it becomes come clear. It's even easier to fantasize about non-reality and relive moments because the person is not there. Although, the story takes place over a span of years, only one relationship really develops; we see the beginning, the ups and downs, and the falling out. Another is not explored, and yet is presumed resolved but feels far from it.
It's not just her relationships that feel unresolved, there were several instances where a potential illness is alluded to. Occasionally, but frequently enough that it is mentioned she has headaches and discover unexplained rashes. I though this might be a potential issue for Daisy but it never gets addressed.
Alas, she is still a young woman, she still has a lot to learn, a lifetime to make memories, learn from experiences but she will do so surrounded by a large loving family. The same family and community that are familiar and welcoming members of the Lakeshore Chronicles. What she does gain from this story is a start to that life she deserves.
September 20, 2019
Daisy Bellamy terkejut mendapatkan kabar bhw Julian Gastineaux, pria yg dicintainya itu meninggal dunia dlm tugasnya di Kolombia. Dlm kesedihannya, Daisy akhirnya menerima lamaran Logan O'Donnell, yg kebetulan adalah ayah kandung dari putranya. Tetapi mengapa pernikahan mereka tidak bahagia?
Dan bahtera rumah tangga mereka dikejutkan oleh berita bhw Julian ternyata masih hidup. Bagaimana Daisy menghadapi dilema pelik ini?
Saya suka cerita novel ini yg mendeskripsikan kisah pertemuan Daisy & Julian sejak mereka masih remaja. Cinta mereka memang tidak terlalu menggebu-gebu tetapi jelas kehamilan Daisy dgn pria lain tidak menghalangi Julian utk tetap mencintai Daisy.
Yg unik lagi adalah sosok Logan O'Donnell, pria yg sudah berteman dgn Daisy sejak mereka masih pitik. Logan bukan antagonis di novel ini, dan tidak ada orang jahat dlm cinta segitiga ini (makanya saya suka). Logan adalah pria normal yg menyangka dirinya mencintai Daisy, tetapi yg sebenarnya Logan cintai adalah hidup Daisy. Logan mengira dgn menikahi Daisy, ibu dari anaknya, target dlm kehidupannya sudah terpenuhi. Ternyata menikah itu bukan seperti hukum matematika ataupun fisika. Cinta itu bukan sekedar memiliki fisiknya tetapi juga harus memahami jiwa pasangannya. Dan dlm hal ini Logan tidak memilikinya. Logan tidak mengerti passion Daisy, Logan hanya menolerirnya. Resep pernikahan atau perceraian yg baik adalah mengetahui sejak awal kapan kapal tsb ada kebocorannya. Untunglah sosok Logan dan Daisy sama-sama dewasa dan memahami bhw pernikahan mereka sudah tidak cocok dan jangan dipaksakan utk tetap bertahan. Bukan krn Julian mendadak hidup kembali. Pernikahan dgn dasar demi seorang anak juga ternyata salah besar, krn justru anaklah yg menderita pertama kali ketika mendeteksi kegoncangan rumah tangga tsb. Di novel ini contohnya sangat bagus dimana Charlie, anak mereka mengalami gangguan masalah di sekolahnya.
Novel ini bukan mencari pembenaran utk alasan/dalih perceraian. Ada kalanya awal pernikahan dgn dasar yg salah membuat bahtera rumah tangga dgn cepat karam, walaupun di muka umum tampil romantis dan rukun-rukun saja tidak menjamin stabilitasnya. Bukan krn kurangnya usaha Daisy maupun Logan utk mempertahankan pernikahan mereka, tetapi sudah dari awalnya keliru dan mereka gagal memahami satu sama lain. Logan menghindar dari masalah, Daisy selalu merasa "semua akan baik-baik saja", padahal inilah yg bikin lambung bahtera rumah tangga semakin koyak. Makanya saya salut dgn kesadaran dan kedewasaan mereka. Begitu pula dgn orang ketiga dlm novel ini, Julian, sbg veteran pahlawan yg cintanya pada Daisy tidak pernah padam, baik Julian dlm kondisi parah maupun sehat. Cinta yg dewasa bukan dgn menghancurkan pernikahan org yg kita cintai, justru membantu memahami permasalahannya, seperti saat Julian membantu Logan yg sedang mabuk berat. Cinta sejati tidak manipulatif maupun playing victim dan inilah yg tertera dlm novel ini.
Dan bahtera rumah tangga mereka dikejutkan oleh berita bhw Julian ternyata masih hidup. Bagaimana Daisy menghadapi dilema pelik ini?
Saya suka cerita novel ini yg mendeskripsikan kisah pertemuan Daisy & Julian sejak mereka masih remaja. Cinta mereka memang tidak terlalu menggebu-gebu tetapi jelas kehamilan Daisy dgn pria lain tidak menghalangi Julian utk tetap mencintai Daisy.
Yg unik lagi adalah sosok Logan O'Donnell, pria yg sudah berteman dgn Daisy sejak mereka masih pitik. Logan bukan antagonis di novel ini, dan tidak ada orang jahat dlm cinta segitiga ini (makanya saya suka). Logan adalah pria normal yg menyangka dirinya mencintai Daisy, tetapi yg sebenarnya Logan cintai adalah hidup Daisy. Logan mengira dgn menikahi Daisy, ibu dari anaknya, target dlm kehidupannya sudah terpenuhi. Ternyata menikah itu bukan seperti hukum matematika ataupun fisika. Cinta itu bukan sekedar memiliki fisiknya tetapi juga harus memahami jiwa pasangannya. Dan dlm hal ini Logan tidak memilikinya. Logan tidak mengerti passion Daisy, Logan hanya menolerirnya. Resep pernikahan atau perceraian yg baik adalah mengetahui sejak awal kapan kapal tsb ada kebocorannya. Untunglah sosok Logan dan Daisy sama-sama dewasa dan memahami bhw pernikahan mereka sudah tidak cocok dan jangan dipaksakan utk tetap bertahan. Bukan krn Julian mendadak hidup kembali. Pernikahan dgn dasar demi seorang anak juga ternyata salah besar, krn justru anaklah yg menderita pertama kali ketika mendeteksi kegoncangan rumah tangga tsb. Di novel ini contohnya sangat bagus dimana Charlie, anak mereka mengalami gangguan masalah di sekolahnya.
Novel ini bukan mencari pembenaran utk alasan/dalih perceraian. Ada kalanya awal pernikahan dgn dasar yg salah membuat bahtera rumah tangga dgn cepat karam, walaupun di muka umum tampil romantis dan rukun-rukun saja tidak menjamin stabilitasnya. Bukan krn kurangnya usaha Daisy maupun Logan utk mempertahankan pernikahan mereka, tetapi sudah dari awalnya keliru dan mereka gagal memahami satu sama lain. Logan menghindar dari masalah, Daisy selalu merasa "semua akan baik-baik saja", padahal inilah yg bikin lambung bahtera rumah tangga semakin koyak. Makanya saya salut dgn kesadaran dan kedewasaan mereka. Begitu pula dgn orang ketiga dlm novel ini, Julian, sbg veteran pahlawan yg cintanya pada Daisy tidak pernah padam, baik Julian dlm kondisi parah maupun sehat. Cinta yg dewasa bukan dgn menghancurkan pernikahan org yg kita cintai, justru membantu memahami permasalahannya, seperti saat Julian membantu Logan yg sedang mabuk berat. Cinta sejati tidak manipulatif maupun playing victim dan inilah yg tertera dlm novel ini.
June 29, 2011
Thanks to my Kindle, I breezed through most the Lakeshore Chronicles in the space of a few weeks, most of them on my vacation last week. I fell in love with Avalon, the people living there and the way Susan Wiggs portrayed them.
Marrying Daisy Bellamy was a difficult read for me, due to the subject matter. Because, like Daisy, the love of MY life is overseas right now, giving his all for the good of his country. In her struggles to find with Julian always at a distance, I was reminded of myself as a young college student fighting the insecurities which came from having a boyfriend (and later fiance) in the Navy. And when the tragic news came, I almost stopped reading, for the tears in my eyes weren't just for Daisy and Julian, at that point.
I guess that is a huge credit to Ms. Wiggs, because not only did she evoke that much emotion in me to begin with, her story was compelling enough for me to wipe away the tears and keep reading... and keep hoping for the happy ending.
Which, by the way, I knew in my heart was not with Logan O'Donnell. Though a good father, Logan always felt wrong for Daisy. He has felt too bossy, too opinionated, and too much focused on what *he* wanted out of life. I give him huge props for standing up as Charlie's father, but being someone's biological father does not give you the exclusive right to the mother. Logan wanted that exclusive right. He wanted Daisy to marry him and be a ready-made family, regardless of the fact that they had never really dated, barely knew each other, and didn't seem to have anything really in common. Throughout the course of this book, Logan did his best to put down everything Daisy wanted: a dog for Charlie, submitting her photos to the MoMa, etc. He didn't care about her opinions or her dreams.
Watching them get together, I was screaming inside because I knew it was all wrong for both of them. The only thing that kept me reading forward was the fact that it happened way to early in the book to be the ending. Something had to happen, I knew, something to save Daisy from being with the wrong man. I apologize to any Logan fans out there, but he really, really was the wrong man for her.
More importantly, reading the scenes with Julian and knowing that he was fighting to come home alive, for Daisy, made the stuff happening in Avalon all that much harder to read.
I really loved the fact that both Daisy and Logan were starting to realize the disaster that was their marriage before Julian's return. And while I would have loved for her to have fallen into his arms at first sight, I'm glad that she didn't. They both needed time... her to get her divorce and make life stable for Charlie and Julian to re-acclimate to life and deal with any traumas and stress he might have had. As a Navy wife, I know that too many our of service men suffer from PTS and too many of them don't get treatment. So many relationships and families are destroyed each year because of this very real problem and it felt good to see it being treated realistically in this book.
I really do wish Daisy and Julian the best in their (fictional) marriage and I hope that someday, Ms. Wiggs will let us visit with them again. I'd love to know how it all turned out for them.
Marrying Daisy Bellamy was a difficult read for me, due to the subject matter. Because, like Daisy, the love of MY life is overseas right now, giving his all for the good of his country. In her struggles to find with Julian always at a distance, I was reminded of myself as a young college student fighting the insecurities which came from having a boyfriend (and later fiance) in the Navy. And when the tragic news came, I almost stopped reading, for the tears in my eyes weren't just for Daisy and Julian, at that point.
I guess that is a huge credit to Ms. Wiggs, because not only did she evoke that much emotion in me to begin with, her story was compelling enough for me to wipe away the tears and keep reading... and keep hoping for the happy ending.
Which, by the way, I knew in my heart was not with Logan O'Donnell. Though a good father, Logan always felt wrong for Daisy. He has felt too bossy, too opinionated, and too much focused on what *he* wanted out of life. I give him huge props for standing up as Charlie's father, but being someone's biological father does not give you the exclusive right to the mother. Logan wanted that exclusive right. He wanted Daisy to marry him and be a ready-made family, regardless of the fact that they had never really dated, barely knew each other, and didn't seem to have anything really in common. Throughout the course of this book, Logan did his best to put down everything Daisy wanted: a dog for Charlie, submitting her photos to the MoMa, etc. He didn't care about her opinions or her dreams.
Watching them get together, I was screaming inside because I knew it was all wrong for both of them. The only thing that kept me reading forward was the fact that it happened way to early in the book to be the ending. Something had to happen, I knew, something to save Daisy from being with the wrong man. I apologize to any Logan fans out there, but he really, really was the wrong man for her.
More importantly, reading the scenes with Julian and knowing that he was fighting to come home alive, for Daisy, made the stuff happening in Avalon all that much harder to read.
I really loved the fact that both Daisy and Logan were starting to realize the disaster that was their marriage before Julian's return. And while I would have loved for her to have fallen into his arms at first sight, I'm glad that she didn't. They both needed time... her to get her divorce and make life stable for Charlie and Julian to re-acclimate to life and deal with any traumas and stress he might have had. As a Navy wife, I know that too many our of service men suffer from PTS and too many of them don't get treatment. So many relationships and families are destroyed each year because of this very real problem and it felt good to see it being treated realistically in this book.
I really do wish Daisy and Julian the best in their (fictional) marriage and I hope that someday, Ms. Wiggs will let us visit with them again. I'd love to know how it all turned out for them.
January 27, 2011
Susan Wiggs delivers an emotionally packed tale full of wonder, disbelief and excitement. Fans of the Lakeshore Chronicles series will finally get the answers they have been waiting for in the latest installment.
First, I have to admit that this is the hardest review to write. Not only am I emotionally charged from reading this book but it is such a three way love story that I don’t want to give anything away. From the beginning I didn’t know I would be this invested in Daisy’s future. She started off in the series as a teenager visiting her family’s camp for the summer. It was there she met Julian Gastineaux, another teen from the “wrong side” of the tracks. A quick and swift friendship laced with romantic and sexual tensions develops between them. Shortly after this, teenage Daisy discovers she is pregnant by her childhood friend, Logan O’Donnell. One drunken and reckless night, changes her world forever.
I’m not a fan of children/teenagers in my romance. But somehow Daisy’s story became such intricate part of the series that I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen to her. For every book, a piece of her story was slowly revealed. After having a baby at such a young age, Daisy is forced to grow up. However, she still has to figure out which man she needs to be with.
The most difficult part of this book is that there are so many spoilers. I just can’t bring myself to mention anything that might give it away. I will admit that fans of either team (Logan/Julian) will not be upset. I think there are enough emotions for fans of any team.
The thing that I love the most about this book, and probably what would turn me off in other books, is that Daisy is such a mess of a character. She is emotionally all over the place. She makes horrible decisions, she is uncertain and afraid. She is characteristically flawed and that is what makes her the perfect heroine. By the end of the book she grows and learns to finally let go and let herself feel what she wants and stop being afraid.
This is such an emotionally written book. At times I cried for the characters. Other times, I had to set the book down, scared to read any further. Nervous that the team I’ve always rooted for was not going to make it. The men in this book both hold fabulous qualities. Julian is off in the air force and Logan is in town, trying to do the right thing. It is surprising that they both stuck around this long, waiting to see what her decision would be. I’m finally relieved that this love triangle is put to rest.
Fans will be delighted to see what happens to Daisy and I believe everyone will be satisfied with the decision that is made. I wonder whose story next in the series. Maybe Sonnet? Maybe Zach? Either way, I’ll be waiting and hoping that it is just as great of a book as this one.
January 27, 2011
Susan Wiggs has done it again. She has given us a well-written story of young people who make mistakes, suffer loss, and manage to end up hopeful in spite of it all.
Those who have been reading The Lakeshore Chronicles already know the backstory of these characters, but anyone who has not read the other books will find plenty of well-executed flashbacks to fill them in. Have a box of tissues ready, there is plenty in here that may have you crying. Wiggs is so skilled that none of it seems like emotional manipulation, just realism.
I liked that the action is allowed to unfold over the course of several years. It is a treat to see Daisy growing through her experiences. The tendency of many romance authors to be influenced by television and having the events compressed into a compact package happening over a few days or hours is deplorable. I prefer Wiggs' style.
It is truly hard to talk about the plot without spoilers, so I'll focus on the protagonists. Daisy Bellamy is a teen mother from an affluent family. I admire her spirit, the way she goes on in spite of having her life plans derailed more than once. I also like that she isn't perfect. Logan, the father of her son Charlie, is a recovering alcoholic from an affluent family who turned his life around in order to be a good father. Wiggs doesn't give us a whole lot from his point of view, but his actions have a major influence on the plot. Julian is the impoverished young man she fell in love with before messing up her life so badly. We see how he copes with hopelessness, we see him triumph, we see him suffer. I found the happy ending a bit unrealistic, I felt that in real life these characters would have drifted apart into separate life paths after the trails they endured, rather than coming back together.
One of the themes of this tale is that one should ignore the "shoulds" or "ought to's" of others' expectations and one's own, and focus on the heart. Another theme is survival, learning how to live again after the unthinkable happens. Another is the importance of family, in both positive and negative ways.
A subplot involves the feelings Zach has for Sonnet; I hope they are featured in the next book.
All in all, this is one of the best romances out there.
Those who have been reading The Lakeshore Chronicles already know the backstory of these characters, but anyone who has not read the other books will find plenty of well-executed flashbacks to fill them in. Have a box of tissues ready, there is plenty in here that may have you crying. Wiggs is so skilled that none of it seems like emotional manipulation, just realism.
I liked that the action is allowed to unfold over the course of several years. It is a treat to see Daisy growing through her experiences. The tendency of many romance authors to be influenced by television and having the events compressed into a compact package happening over a few days or hours is deplorable. I prefer Wiggs' style.
It is truly hard to talk about the plot without spoilers, so I'll focus on the protagonists. Daisy Bellamy is a teen mother from an affluent family. I admire her spirit, the way she goes on in spite of having her life plans derailed more than once. I also like that she isn't perfect. Logan, the father of her son Charlie, is a recovering alcoholic from an affluent family who turned his life around in order to be a good father. Wiggs doesn't give us a whole lot from his point of view, but his actions have a major influence on the plot. Julian is the impoverished young man she fell in love with before messing up her life so badly. We see how he copes with hopelessness, we see him triumph, we see him suffer. I found the happy ending a bit unrealistic, I felt that in real life these characters would have drifted apart into separate life paths after the trails they endured, rather than coming back together.
One of the themes of this tale is that one should ignore the "shoulds" or "ought to's" of others' expectations and one's own, and focus on the heart. Another theme is survival, learning how to live again after the unthinkable happens. Another is the importance of family, in both positive and negative ways.
A subplot involves the feelings Zach has for Sonnet; I hope they are featured in the next book.
All in all, this is one of the best romances out there.
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October 21, 2013I was so looking forward to this book because I have been a fan of Daisy's since she first appeared. The back blurb doesn't really give an indication of whom she'll end up with, but it soon became apparent that is in the military and he is tossed from a helicopter about a quarter of the way through the book. I had to flip to the end to find out what happened because my heart was in my throat. I have a difficult time reading military romances due to the current state of the world. I had to stop reading Suzanne Brockmann because I was getting too emotional. Marrying Daisy sorta has a happy ending, but it's a realistic ending where you're not entirely sure. Many of Wiggs's former couples are in this book and, while there are flashbacks, it is definitely important that you read at least Summer at Willow Lake before this one. I think Wiggs did an excellent job of showing Daisy with both men and proved why one was better than the other. Highly rec'd.
December 30, 2019
3.5 stars. Marrying Daisy Bellamy marked my final book for 2019 as well as my 40th book read this year! This is the eighth book in the Lakeshore Chronicles series, and as much as I love returning to the cozy town of Avalon, I found this story to be on the predictable side. This story follows Daisy Bellamy ( who we met a few books back), and her struggle to choose between two men...while her choices and decisions are at times frustrating, this was still a decent book.
August 10, 2012
Daisy Bellamy first met Julian Gastineaux as a teen at a summer camp in Willow Lake. Though there was an undeniable attraction between them, they remained only close friends, sometimes from afar, through adulthood. But now Julian is taking the leap, and Daisy can't help but jump too. But when Julian is killed in action in Columbia, a devastated Daisy does the only thing she can-- she settles for Logan O'Donnell, the father of her son and one night mistake five years ago. Then Julian returns, and Daisy is forced to choose between the life she has, and the life she always dreamed about.
I'm, once again, really disappointed with the back cover blurb on this book. Like previous books, it gives away the entire plot. My take is in the blurb above, and you can see what I mean. In saying that, I've been a long-time fan of Wiggs for years, and this didn't disappoint. In fact, I found this one more gut-wrenching and heartbreaking than most. As typical Wiggs style, she creates a vivid picture of setting and characters that forces you to turn the page. Some may remember Daisy from previous books in the Lakeshore Chronicles, and those of you who do won't be let down.
I'm, once again, really disappointed with the back cover blurb on this book. Like previous books, it gives away the entire plot. My take is in the blurb above, and you can see what I mean. In saying that, I've been a long-time fan of Wiggs for years, and this didn't disappoint. In fact, I found this one more gut-wrenching and heartbreaking than most. As typical Wiggs style, she creates a vivid picture of setting and characters that forces you to turn the page. Some may remember Daisy from previous books in the Lakeshore Chronicles, and those of you who do won't be let down.
February 3, 2011
"There are days on Willow Lake...
Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose betweet two men - one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
When the wind is so still and the water so calm...
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
You can almost hear your heart beat...
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face..."
Enjoyable read - some of the others in the series were better, for me, but this story of 2 mismatched people whose hearts belong together is well written. Following them thru their struggles and wanting them to achieve their goals was worh reading. I wanted more of a sense of the interactions instead of just the thoughts. But we can't get everything we want and the story line and plot were good.
Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose betweet two men - one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
When the wind is so still and the water so calm...
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
You can almost hear your heart beat...
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face..."
Enjoyable read - some of the others in the series were better, for me, but this story of 2 mismatched people whose hearts belong together is well written. Following them thru their struggles and wanting them to achieve their goals was worh reading. I wanted more of a sense of the interactions instead of just the thoughts. But we can't get everything we want and the story line and plot were good.
March 15, 2011
Ok, so I read this book because I've read the entire rest of the series, and maybe I was just grumpy the day I read it, but I just thought it was ok. I usually really enjoy reading this series, but I didn't love this book. Maybe the series has simply run its course for me. I don't know. I'm not going to go into particular gripes, it would reveal the plot, I'll just say that I was glad to finish it and I wish I had borrowed it from the library instead of purchasing it.
November 25, 2013
Skimming. Disappointed.
I am tired of the world's social issues being a part of the books I read. In the last two books of Wigg's I have read there was breast cancer, PTSD, torture, Colombian drug lords, and divorce and it's effects on children through generations. I read to escape. I will choose her books much more carefully from now on. I read these issues, hear about these issues every day, in the news, on the radio, and all over the internet. Don't want it in my escape.
I am tired of the world's social issues being a part of the books I read. In the last two books of Wigg's I have read there was breast cancer, PTSD, torture, Colombian drug lords, and divorce and it's effects on children through generations. I read to escape. I will choose her books much more carefully from now on. I read these issues, hear about these issues every day, in the news, on the radio, and all over the internet. Don't want it in my escape.
October 27, 2011
Wiggs is a favourite author of mine.
I would encourage anyone whoenjoys herbooks to pick up and read any of them. Except this one and Lakeshore Christmas.
I would encourage anyone whoenjoys herbooks to pick up and read any of them. Except this one and Lakeshore Christmas.
April 11, 2021
Een heel mooi, vlot, ontspannend boek om te lezen.
July 15, 2022
4.5⭐️ The plot and ending were predictable based on the book’s summary but I rounded up because I couldn’t wait to get to this book in the series!
August 20, 2018
Another light and enjoyable summer read! I have been enjoying this series by Susan Wiggs.
September 30, 2024
I read this book in a week, hooked from the beginning, though the middle was torturous. It honestly feels like the whole series was building up to Daisy’s story, I’d been looking forward to it for so long.
Now that I’ve finished it I still have so many follow up questions. 🤔
Now that I’ve finished it I still have so many follow up questions. 🤔
October 19, 2014
I don't often write a review that will give away big points of a book, but with this one I feel the need as I have been waiting for Daisy's book since she was introduced, then turned up a pregnant teen. Her life has definitely not been what she thought.
I will also say that from day 1, I have been a fan of Julian and have been wanting them to get together. With the ending of the last book with Daisy, Julian, and Logan on the train platform and a ring on the ground I wasn't sure where this book would open up.
I was glad that she turned down Logan and took off to figure out things for herself. I think her break for both guys was a good way to get to know herself better. So when Julian was back in the picture in a real way, with his own ring I couldn't have been happier.
With their future insight and Julian going off on a mission I knew it was too good to be true, with every page I turned I just waited for the other shoe to drop. So when the sh*t finally did hit the fan, I was crying with Daisy.
At this point I totally knew what would happen. Logan would swoop in, maybe pressure Daisy, and she would go along with it. And sure enough that is just what happened and it made me hate Logan all the more. I also knew that there was no way Julian was dead. So when we learned just what he was going through I had to grab my kleenex again.
At this point I was waiting for Julian to get free, and to see just how the passage of time in the real world would effect him. Even as a kid Julian always took the high road and those first awkward meetings between him and Daisy broke my heart.
It was also at this time that Logan realized just what was wrong with his and Daisy's marriage. This made me like him a little bit better and when the 2 of them finally had the honest talk I think he summed up their relationship perfectly.
I was also glad that Daisy and Julian didn't just jump back into a relationship, that they took time to get to know each other as they were now and not depend on the connections of the past.
I have to say my favorite part of the whole book was when finally the three of them, Daisy, Charlie, and Julian made that jump, secretly symbolizing their choice to be a family.
This book was definitely a roller coaster, but one I was glad to have ridden on!
I will also say that from day 1, I have been a fan of Julian and have been wanting them to get together. With the ending of the last book with Daisy, Julian, and Logan on the train platform and a ring on the ground I wasn't sure where this book would open up.
I was glad that she turned down Logan and took off to figure out things for herself. I think her break for both guys was a good way to get to know herself better. So when Julian was back in the picture in a real way, with his own ring I couldn't have been happier.
With their future insight and Julian going off on a mission I knew it was too good to be true, with every page I turned I just waited for the other shoe to drop. So when the sh*t finally did hit the fan, I was crying with Daisy.
At this point I totally knew what would happen. Logan would swoop in, maybe pressure Daisy, and she would go along with it. And sure enough that is just what happened and it made me hate Logan all the more. I also knew that there was no way Julian was dead. So when we learned just what he was going through I had to grab my kleenex again.
At this point I was waiting for Julian to get free, and to see just how the passage of time in the real world would effect him. Even as a kid Julian always took the high road and those first awkward meetings between him and Daisy broke my heart.
It was also at this time that Logan realized just what was wrong with his and Daisy's marriage. This made me like him a little bit better and when the 2 of them finally had the honest talk I think he summed up their relationship perfectly.
I was also glad that Daisy and Julian didn't just jump back into a relationship, that they took time to get to know each other as they were now and not depend on the connections of the past.
I have to say my favorite part of the whole book was when finally the three of them, Daisy, Charlie, and Julian made that jump, secretly symbolizing their choice to be a family.
This book was definitely a roller coaster, but one I was glad to have ridden on!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 18, 2011
Marrying Daisy Bellamy is the latest in Susan Wiggs's Lakeshore Chronicles series, but you don't have to have read the whole series to enjoy this book. (It's my first, and Wiggs does an excellent job of telling you who everyone is and what you need to know about them.) It is a sweet story of love found, lost, and then found again, with a few unexpected detours along the way. Having some personal experience with some of the things that Daisy goes through in the book, I found her reactions to many situations to be spot on; however, I did not give this book a five-star rating because...well, most people just don't come back from the dead. It seemed just a little too neat that we find out Julian wasn't dead after all (which, honestly, you knew was going to be the case) at about the same time that Daisy and Logan realized that their marriage wasn't going to work out. Though I do love the idea of a "perfect love" out there for everyone, it's a fact that people die. Is there really just the one out there? Although it would have made Daisy's choice that much more difficult and heart-rendering, why couldn't she have also had a strong love and good relationship with her husband? No, the relationship wouldn't be the same as she had had with Julian, but then, they're different people. It just all seemed too pat to me, not to mention slightly discouraging for those of us whose spouses actually have passed on, with no chance of miraculous resurrection. (Was that it, then? No point in looking further? I'd like to think not...) All in all, though, it was a well-written and engaging story with likeable characters. Most people who don't share my particular issues should enjoy it thoroughly.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 17, 2011
About the Book: Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men—one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face….
Spoiler below
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand it was a great read with very human characters who readers really got to know in a lot of ways. They are characters who made mistakes in life but still managed to find their way. It is a romance novel but there is more to the plot than there is to the average romance novel.
Spoiler: What I didn't like about the book was a divorce that happened not because two people hated each other, not because one had done something unforgeable, not because family was pulling them apart, not even because an old flame returned to her life; no a divorce happened to the parents of a young child because they just lacked that spark they thought they should feel. Maybe I'm lucky, having such a wonderful husband and all that, but I think one thing wrong with our society today is that too many people are chasing the greater happiness they think they could have if they would only.....and not making themselves and their families happy where they are.
If such things are important to you, it is noted a couple of times that characters had sex, but it wasn't graphic.
Grade: B-
Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.
Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face….
Spoiler below
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand it was a great read with very human characters who readers really got to know in a lot of ways. They are characters who made mistakes in life but still managed to find their way. It is a romance novel but there is more to the plot than there is to the average romance novel.
Spoiler: What I didn't like about the book was a divorce that happened not because two people hated each other, not because one had done something unforgeable, not because family was pulling them apart, not even because an old flame returned to her life; no a divorce happened to the parents of a young child because they just lacked that spark they thought they should feel. Maybe I'm lucky, having such a wonderful husband and all that, but I think one thing wrong with our society today is that too many people are chasing the greater happiness they think they could have if they would only.....and not making themselves and their families happy where they are.
If such things are important to you, it is noted a couple of times that characters had sex, but it wasn't graphic.
Grade: B-
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 15, 2014
This is my first book from Susan Wiggs, so it is basically a standalone novel for me. I liked the character of Daisy - she is smart, she longs for a stable life and she makes stupid mistake. She is like the kind of people we know, which is why it made this book so readable. Yet, I wished for more stories on Julian. I feel that the book rushed through her relationship with Julian, and same goes for Logan. There was just so much I wished the story could explore - on Daisy's love for Julian and her relationship with Logan, yet every time when I thought the story would continue, it ended abruptly.
But one thing I do like about the story is Charlie. He is just so adorable!!! His relationship with Logan, Julian and Daisy is the one thing that made me continue reading the book (and of course, to know who will marry Daisy at the end).
But well, overall this is quite a nice book. Believable characters, real life situations, cute guy (Julian) and very adorable kid! I am just not sure if I am up for another book by Suan Wiggs just yet.
But one thing I do like about the story is Charlie. He is just so adorable!!! His relationship with Logan, Julian and Daisy is the one thing that made me continue reading the book (and of course, to know who will marry Daisy at the end).
But well, overall this is quite a nice book. Believable characters, real life situations, cute guy (Julian) and very adorable kid! I am just not sure if I am up for another book by Suan Wiggs just yet.
March 17, 2011
This is a hard book to review. I loved it and yet there were aspects of it that I hated. I've learned that I'm not a fan of a character having to choose between two people. I don't mind waiting for the happy ever after, but I want to at least know WHO is involved. There was such a struggle for Daisy – she and Julian and Logan had to go through SO much in this book, and there were so many times that you knew what was going to happen and you didn't want it to but all you could do was watch. I really felt for Daisy and felt she did the best she could in each circumstance. I tried hard to like Logan because I figured that's who Daisy was going to end up with, all the while hoping that somehow she & Julian would work it out. I do have to confess that I skipped to the end to find out, and then forced myself to go back & read the book cover to cover. It was a wonderful story, but so heart-wrenching and sad at times.
January 28, 2011
This series, the Lakeshore Chronicles makes the many family members seem like part of your own family. Daisy's character was one who wouldn't stay in the background. Her story took over, and when the Lakeshore Christmas was over, we were all left frustrated. Who would Daisy end up with- Julian, or Logan, the father of her child? Without giving away spoilers, you will not be disappointed to see how it all turns out. I'm one of those who reads the end of a book before I actually finish it, in this case, the whole story was not revealed by the ending. The middle was the best part with the twists and turns. What's the worst thing that could happen? It did and made for a most rewarding story. Highly recommended. Enough backstory is given so if you've not read the others in the series, you still understand Daisy's past and how she arrived at this point in her life.
February 24, 2011
This book got off to a fairly slow start. I wasn't expecting Daisy, Logan, and Julian to still be so young. And then Daisy took a wrong turn after about a third of the book. I couldn't understand why everyone was encouraging her to get on with her life. Conventional wisdom is that it takes a full year to get over a relationship in which you are fully invested, no matter what caused it to end - divorce, death, break-up, whatever, and it COULD take up to three years. Otherwise you risk making a decision on the rebound and that kind of decision is rarely a good one. Fortunately, about half way through the book, when Daisy was a few years older, things began to perk up and I really enjoyed the last half of the book. Ms. Wiggs dealt well with the three way relationship, so that you did not feel sorry for the guy who lost Daisy in the end.
November 16, 2011
Marrying Daisy Bellamy was a touching read. It is Susan Wiggs at her finest.
Blond, sweet-natured Daisy met brown, dreadlocked Julian when they were mere adolescents. Then in adulthood, both people realize they’ve cared for each other ever since that long ago summer at Camp Kioga.
Although they would love to be together, they find that life and responsibilities keep pulling them apart. When finally this interracial couple decide they will make a go of it, the unexpected happens...
The author, Susan Wiggs, then deals with an emotionally-charged situation with the utmost delicacy. As I read this story, I found myself getting misty-eyed. I found myself wondering what could possibly happen next.
This story is multi-layered and exquisite in that it captures the subtle nuances of a seemingly impossible relationship. Kudos to the author! Five stars.
Blond, sweet-natured Daisy met brown, dreadlocked Julian when they were mere adolescents. Then in adulthood, both people realize they’ve cared for each other ever since that long ago summer at Camp Kioga.
Although they would love to be together, they find that life and responsibilities keep pulling them apart. When finally this interracial couple decide they will make a go of it, the unexpected happens...
The author, Susan Wiggs, then deals with an emotionally-charged situation with the utmost delicacy. As I read this story, I found myself getting misty-eyed. I found myself wondering what could possibly happen next.
This story is multi-layered and exquisite in that it captures the subtle nuances of a seemingly impossible relationship. Kudos to the author! Five stars.
February 24, 2016
Estava com grandes expectativas para este livro e não saíram defraudadas, este livro é o verdadeiro turbilhão de emoções, conhecemos uma Daisy mais madura mas ao mesmo tempo que passa por escolhas tremendamente difíceis no que toca ao grande amor da vida dela Julian bem como ao pai do filho, Charlie!
Numa primeira parte assistimos ao desenrolar do verdadeiro conto de fadas entre Daisy e Julian mas quando tudo se encaminha para o final feliz após tantos anos de hesitação eis que um acontecimento vai mudar o rumo destes dois e acho que foi mesmo a parte mais emocionante do livro para mim, comecei logo o livro com lágrimas e depois disso tudo muda e acaba por ser uma montanha russa de mudanças para o bom e para o mau!
Estava dificil aqueles dois entenderem-se tantos anos depois dos primeiros encontros! Adorei o final!
Numa primeira parte assistimos ao desenrolar do verdadeiro conto de fadas entre Daisy e Julian mas quando tudo se encaminha para o final feliz após tantos anos de hesitação eis que um acontecimento vai mudar o rumo destes dois e acho que foi mesmo a parte mais emocionante do livro para mim, comecei logo o livro com lágrimas e depois disso tudo muda e acaba por ser uma montanha russa de mudanças para o bom e para o mau!
Estava dificil aqueles dois entenderem-se tantos anos depois dos primeiros encontros! Adorei o final!
February 11, 2011
I really struggled with how to rate this book. I waffled between and 3 and a 4. Ultimately though I rated it lower because I don't think this book works effectively as a romance novel. The hero and the romance get short shrift, imo. Don't get me wrong, the book is romantic because the H/h and stupid in love with each other and they struggle to get to one another. But the journey to their HEA is ultimately unsatisfying.
Otoh, if I were reading this book as Women's Fiction then I'd probably have given it the higher grade because really it reads more like WF than romance.
I am gratified that Daisy does really fall in love with and ends up with the guy I had been rooting for the whole series. But I disliked that they spent about 70% of the book apart from each other.
Otoh, if I were reading this book as Women's Fiction then I'd probably have given it the higher grade because really it reads more like WF than romance.
I am gratified that Daisy does really fall in love with and ends up with the guy I had been rooting for the whole series. But I disliked that they spent about 70% of the book apart from each other.
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