Charity L. (kingsdaughter1611) -
Julie Lessman is an author I enjoy reading. I guess you could say I follow her. Okay, maybe I love her books? Any way you put it, I have read them all and thoroughly enjoyed myself. This book is the start to a new series so I was kind of unsure about it. You know how it is with a series as long as her last one that you fall in love with the characters and you feel like you are leaving behind friends. So I was kind of bummed over that. But I was also happy to meet new friends and hopefully fall in love with them as much as I loved the O'Conner's. Because I am hopelessly in love with them:)
This new series takes you clear across the states to California. The opening pages are quite funny and it just keeps going from there. I had to laugh over the whole "sweet tea" exclamations and the nun going to a convent in cowgirl boots and carrying a lasso! You will meet a whole new clan that still reminds me much of the O'Conner's. And you gotta love the irish slant. Cass is a girl that has been jilted before and she knows better than to fall for a pretty boy. But she finds herself falling for Jamie, a friend of the family. What she doesn't know is that he loves her but won't marry her if she no longer has money. And he doesn't know that her family no longer has the money. So they find themselves at a crossroads. Will he chose the girl he loves? Or go with someone who can give him the money he wants? And will she learn to follow her heart and yet follow the Lord as well?
I have to admit, Jamie made me want to slap him a couple times. He is one of those handsome and he knows it types. But believe me, before I was in 50 pages I liked him a little. Okay, make that a lot:) There was one thing that bothered me and I guess it is nothing major, but I wanted to bring it up just in case someone else would have a problem with it. All throughout the book Cassidy is warned about not giving in to Jamie, especially with him not being a christian. Then she allows him to kiss her a couple times along with holding her, etc. Again, this is nothing major, but I felt it was a little odd. She feels strongly enough about it that she lays down rules that they don't kiss but then he sweet talks her and corners her so she gives in. Just not what you expect from her being so strong. I totally fell in love with Caitlyn. She is the more mature woman who gives out wisdom while learning the lessons herself. I have a feeling we will be seeing more of her and Logan. At least I hope so, hint hint:)
Overall a book I really enjoyed. Excellent dialogue that makes you laugh and yet makes you cry, characters that pull you into their lives and leave you feeling like you made a friend, and a plot that throws you for a loop while dragging you along. Loved it!!
Available April 15, 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
This new series takes you clear across the states to California. The opening pages are quite funny and it just keeps going from there. I had to laugh over the whole "sweet tea" exclamations and the nun going to a convent in cowgirl boots and carrying a lasso! You will meet a whole new clan that still reminds me much of the O'Conner's. And you gotta love the irish slant. Cass is a girl that has been jilted before and she knows better than to fall for a pretty boy. But she finds herself falling for Jamie, a friend of the family. What she doesn't know is that he loves her but won't marry her if she no longer has money. And he doesn't know that her family no longer has the money. So they find themselves at a crossroads. Will he chose the girl he loves? Or go with someone who can give him the money he wants? And will she learn to follow her heart and yet follow the Lord as well?
I have to admit, Jamie made me want to slap him a couple times. He is one of those handsome and he knows it types. But believe me, before I was in 50 pages I liked him a little. Okay, make that a lot:) There was one thing that bothered me and I guess it is nothing major, but I wanted to bring it up just in case someone else would have a problem with it. All throughout the book Cassidy is warned about not giving in to Jamie, especially with him not being a christian. Then she allows him to kiss her a couple times along with holding her, etc. Again, this is nothing major, but I felt it was a little odd. She feels strongly enough about it that she lays down rules that they don't kiss but then he sweet talks her and corners her so she gives in. Just not what you expect from her being so strong. I totally fell in love with Caitlyn. She is the more mature woman who gives out wisdom while learning the lessons herself. I have a feeling we will be seeing more of her and Logan. At least I hope so, hint hint:)
Overall a book I really enjoyed. Excellent dialogue that makes you laugh and yet makes you cry, characters that pull you into their lives and leave you feeling like you made a friend, and a plot that throws you for a loop while dragging you along. Loved it!!
Available April 15, 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
Debbie H. (bookworm-too) reviewed Love at Any Cost (Heart of San Francisco, Bk 1) on + 10 more book reviews
Well, here we go again! Another wonderful read to start off a new series by Julie Lessman. As in her other works, Julie presents such an enjoyable story with very compelling characters that touch your heart. Glad there are 2 more books in this series and I have them lined up on my kindle to read next.
If there were a new literary BFF I would want to make, it would Cassidy McClare. The girl not only personifies spunk, but tells down our cocky and almost bad-boy hero, Jamie, with wit and sass. Plus the girl knows how to twirl a lasso and wrangle a steer which takes her up another notch.
Its a new series, a new setting, a new family of characters and I have to say Im eager for more books about these spunky and vivacious clan of McClares. Romantic sparks and plenty of sassy dialogue fills the pages with more pig-headed descriptions of Jamie McKenna than I knew could be invented in one novel.
I love that we really get deep into the characters in Love at Any Cost. Its not just a surface knowledge of these characters and sure there are plenty of romantic sparks, but the reader knows what makes them tick. What motivates their decisions. And really, for all intents and purposes, Jamie McKenna should not be a likeable character, and yet I thoroughly every scene he was in and watching him grow and change.
There is a lovely subplot between Cait and Logan and talk about a TWIST in those last hundred pages. This is the second time Ive read the book and it still takes me by surprise. I honestly dont think readers will see this one coming.
Another one for the keeper shelves!
Its a new series, a new setting, a new family of characters and I have to say Im eager for more books about these spunky and vivacious clan of McClares. Romantic sparks and plenty of sassy dialogue fills the pages with more pig-headed descriptions of Jamie McKenna than I knew could be invented in one novel.
I love that we really get deep into the characters in Love at Any Cost. Its not just a surface knowledge of these characters and sure there are plenty of romantic sparks, but the reader knows what makes them tick. What motivates their decisions. And really, for all intents and purposes, Jamie McKenna should not be a likeable character, and yet I thoroughly every scene he was in and watching him grow and change.
There is a lovely subplot between Cait and Logan and talk about a TWIST in those last hundred pages. This is the second time Ive read the book and it still takes me by surprise. I honestly dont think readers will see this one coming.
Another one for the keeper shelves!
Mary N. (maggysue) reviewed Love at Any Cost (Heart of San Francisco, Bk 1) on + 811 more book reviews
So good! Started of interesting and kept getting better. I loved the twist at the end. Highly recommended!!
