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Almost Heaven
- Mass Market Paperback
- Author: Judith McNaught
- Publisher: Pocket
- Release Date: June 1991
- ISBN-10: 0671742558
- ISBN-13: 9780671742553
- List Price: $7.99
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryIn this classic novel of two willful lovers caught in a breathless adventure of deception and betrayal, #1 New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught has created a powerful and unforgettable masterpiece. ELIZABETH CAMERON IAN THORNTON Destined for each other, yet wary of each other's motives, Elizabeth and Ian engage in a dance of suspicion and passion that tests the very soul of their star-crossed love. As a twisting path of secrets takes them from London's drawing rooms to the mysterious Scottish Highlands, Elizabeth must learn the truth: is Ian merely a ruthless fortune hunter at heart? |
Customer Reviews
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Absolutely Loved This Book!
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This book is one of the best books I've ever read. The storyline is believable and I fell in love with the characters. This is a love story and a very sweet one at that. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
Two Stars and a half
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This is my first review and second McNaught. My first was Something Wonderful. While I love that book and found the characters to be very endearing, I am sorely disappointed by this continuation of the first. I will not go into detail on the plot of the novel since many reviewers before me has done so. I will name my reasons for not liking this.
First off, I find both the heroine and hero to be exasperatingly dumb. Their first encounter was lackluster. Despite of what he says, the hero was attracted to her beauty, not her no called wit since it disappears everytime he kisses her. She, in turn, was attracted to the hero because he was handsome, dark, and different from the rest. I just didn't see how they could fall in love so fast with just a few short encounters, or how she (a supposedly smart woman) could act so recklessly and dumbly for just a few smothering looks and kisses.
Their misunderstanding was laughable as well. I mean, for such a supposedly "genius" hero he should've figured out that she would be shunned by the ton because of their encounters. So when he was shocked that she was outcasted I didn't understand why he would be so. And for the nerve of him to be so horrid to her in Scotland. And for her to be so forgiving and insipid to fall for him at every sweet word he managed to throw her way when he's not busy brooding at her...it was beyond me.
The bargaining for their marriage was not much of a bargaining at all since she didn't put up much a fight. If a guy had caused me much pain and misery for two years I would've put up a better fight than Elizabeth did. On that note, while Elizabeth's love for bargaining is endearing to most, I find it superficial because I find her character to be shallow, non-developed, foolish (don't even get me starting when she left with her brother), and spineless. I find the hero to be vengeful, reckless (in a bad way), narrow-minded, and yes, two-dimensional.
I was 3/4 through the book when I had to put it down and debated whether I should waste more time on it. At the end I had to endure the whole book and the ending was so horrid to me. While I find myself frustrated with the h/h 3/4 of the book, I wanted to throw rocks at them after I was done. Could she be more dumb and spineless? And could he be more hateful and appalling?
This book was read right after finishing The Secret Pearl and I couldn't help by compare both the h/h in that book to this book. What I love about Adam in The Secret Pearl is that he is worthy of being call a smart, honorable, and passionate man. He doesn't jump to conclusion. He doesn't automatically think the heroine is a slut everytime another man touches her. He's smart enough to dig deeper based on the heroine's actions rather than her words. He's loves unconditionally. Ian, on the other hand, is none of those things. He always jumped to conclusions about Elizabeth. He thinks that she's a slut because if she let him seduced her and kissed her, hell, of course she'll let others do the same. For someone that supposedly "put themselves in others shoes" he sure has a lousily way to show it. He never bothers to look further to find out what's really bothering Elizabeth instead jumped to conclusions about her. And despite of what others may think, he doesn't love unconditionally. He loves with the condition that the other person has to love him back the way he wants to be loved.
Sigh...with all the good reviews about this book I was hoping for a book that would take my breath away and leave me in awe...like Something Wonderful did. Instead it leaves me mad and frustrated and having to vent it out in a review for all to read. If Whitney, My Love is anything like this I think I may have to skip it altogether. The heroine in that book, based on the plot, seems to be too much like Elizabeth (beautiful, silly, and spineless) that I don't think I can endure another disaster.
The half star is for featuring Alex and Jordan from Something Wonderful.
LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Judith McNaught is an extremely talented author. She has an amazing gift! I am drawn into her stories, her characters, and her vivid decriptions of emotion that she makes you feel with all your heart and soul. Throughout this book I caught myself laughing, crying, flushed, and wrought with emotion. My heart actually lept more than once and it was all I could do to remember to breathe. Almost Heaven is an absolutely amazing, wonderful love story filled with suspense and breath taking scenes. One of my favorite scenes is Ian & Elizabeth's first kiss and what Ian said after that kiss (I won't spoil it). My cheeks had flushed at that raw emotion. The whole book is exactly that...raw emotion, intimate in every way, and will leave your heart pounding!
Brilliantly Enchanting
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I am going to keep this short and simple. This book was simply enchanting and exceeded my expectations.
Simply Wonderful
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Interesting, wonderful chemistry, twists and turns, and pure bliss. I loved this book when I read it years ago and I reread it again recently just to go back over what it was that made me just SIGH....Loved it
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