Book Review: MacGregor Brides
Well, I finish Nora Roberts MacGregor Brides recently and I thought I should write a review of it for those interested.
Now, anyone who knows me that Nora Roberts is my favourite author other than Jane Austen. Nora is the tops in the romance world for me and you cannot beat her writing style, though I do love other romantic authors like Linda Howard, Julie Garwood, Elizabeth Lowell and more. With Nora though, it's never hit and miss for me. Sometimes with the other authors I've mentioned, you can pick up one of their novels and feel that it wasn't their best work. It's never this way with Nora, at least for me.
This novel is broken into three separate, but linking parts. The main characters Laura, Gwen and Julia are all modern day career women focused on their individual lives. They are cousins living in the same house together and share the same meddling grandfather who thinks they should get married and have babies to perpetuate the MacGregor line. While I think it's sweet that the grandfather, Daniel, cares about his granddauthers, I also found it a bit sexist of him to think that they should get married young and have kids soon after. This did not hamper my enjoyment of the book, though.
The first story focuses on Laura, the second on Gwen and the third on Julia. I liked that the stories were connected since the women were all related so that I could see what happened with the past characters while still enjoying the new. Roberts keeps all the characters around and I love that. She follows the same path with her trilogy books. I felt that the romances were a bit quick, but that is to be expected since there were 3 in one book. The only downside to that is that we don't get as much character development as we would in a three part trilogy, but then again, this was a Silhoutte imprint originally and they don't usually do trilogies.
So, overall, very good book and a quick read. I can't ever give Nora a thumbs down :)
Grade: A
Up next: Janice Harrell's The Secret Diaries trilogy. It's young adult fiction I have had since I was 14ish, but it's still enjoyable. Who says you can't read these books later in life?
Comments
I never read anything from Nora roberts. what do you think it's her best novel?
Are you looking forward to her new trilogy coming out at the end of the month?
I really like the MacGregors. Have you read Caine and Diana's story? I think that's my fave for some reason. I also like the one set in Las Vegas, can't remember the name, but it features a grandson of the MacGregor.
Hey Ceci, I'd say my fave Nora Roberts is either The Three Fates, Sweet Revenge or Homeport. All of her books are great though :)
Hey Sarah, I'm so looking forward to her new trilogy! I haven't gotten her new book Angels Fall yet because it's only in hardcover and that's like $40 here :S
The MacGregors were good, I'm not sure I've read Caine and Diana's story. I'll have to search around for it, what's the title?Um... I think it's called Tempting Fate but it was republished in a two in one book called The MacGregors: Serena ~ Caine
In fact, here's a URL for all her MacGregor books: (I love this family!)
http://noraroberts.com/macg.htm
thanks for the info!!!!
Thanks for the info, Sarah :) I'm going to see if I can get the rest of the MacGregor series. The Nora love never ends!
Also - I've never read Nora Roberts, I'll have to check her out. I too love Jane Austen, and am actually writing my thesis on her narrative style in Northanger Abbey and her Juvenilia right now!
Best of luck.
I just finished my MLIS program and I really enjoyed it. It's a lot of work with assignments every week, but it was worth it. I'm currently looking for work in my area, but there are a lot of jobs throughout Canada and the US if you are willing to move. I don't want to move away from my family though so it will take me a little longer to find something I think.
I would highly recommend the MLIS program. You obviously can handle the workload since you are in an MA program already and with your MA you could possibly get a job at a university as their English subject librarians :)
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