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Liked It “I loved this book and was upset when it ended........a true page turner, great characters, splendid romance, sensual, sad and happy times, has it all that I loved.......... |
Didn’t Like It “The best scenes in this book involve the heroine and her sister, and yet something her sister does early on pissed me off so badly I had to stop reading the book for a week. The hero and heroine are good together, but they're not together for much of the story, and it's really old to once again...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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ac c wrote this review Sunday, August 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I expected this book to be just a mindless bit of fluff but surprisingly I liked it. Take out some language and tone down the sex scenes and it would be a good read for young girls with a lesson in forgiveness and following your dreams. ”
Annette G wrote this review Saturday, June 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I loved this book and was upset when it ended........a true page turner, great characters, splendid romance, sensual, sad and happy times, has it all that I loved..........
Joanne B wrote this review Wednesday, March 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
A true must read.......takes place 1998”
“Sunset Bay is a relationship story, one that I have not read the likes of in a long time. Let me say that my emotions ran the gamut when reading this book.We start out with an overview of Megan’s early years, with her over the top snotty little sister Leanne, who lives to make their hypochondriac mother despise Megan, the ugly duckling. During this time, Megan’s go to source is her father, who she fiercely loves.
Teri P wrote this review Friday, March 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Jump to modern day – Megan is happy, working as an accountant, and engaged to a doctor. Life takes a sudden turn for the worse, when she finds her fiancé cheating, and breaks off the wedding. In a matter of days, an attorney comes to her with a letter, and a check from her deceased father. OK, so who is the guy she has been calling Dad all these years? When Gary finds out he is not her biological father, he turns his back on Megan, and completely shuts her out of his life. Wacko mom goes off the deep end, while Leanne is struggling to hold her rocky relationship with Megan and her mom together. Oh, and let’s not forget the skanky co-worker, trying to get Megan fired from her job. In the midst of all this, high school love of her life Travis reappears while Megan and pals have a weekend in Vegas, trying to forget about the botched wedding. Megan and Travis struggle to overcome the odds, and realize thye still love each other. At times, it would appear that the chances of this happening are slim to none. The bad luck raining down on Megan is almost too much at times, but the situations are believeable enough.
I hated the man her dad became, while almost forgiving her fiancé Adam, since he really made an attempt to win Megan back. Her mom was too much, becoming a distraction to the story. A shrink would have a field day with this woman. The good parts of this book, and there were many, left you cheering Megan and Travis on, and wanting to beat others with a stick. Sign of a good author, who can you make you feel all these things.
3/5/2009 B+ rating ”“The best scenes in this book involve the heroine and her sister, and yet something her sister does early on pissed me off so badly I had to stop reading the book for a week. The hero and heroine are good together, but they're not together for much of the story, and it's really old to once again read the "I need to stay away from her for her own good" stuff. Finally, the heroine's mother is so one-dimensional it's hard to fathom, and we won't get into her father, who simply becomes a disappointment of a human being. My grade for this one is a straight D.”
Laurie Gold wrote this review Monday, March 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Megan Greene's life is going just the way she wants it. She has a successful accounting job at a prominent firm, and she is getting married in two weeks to a handsome cardiologist. Her mother is a self-centered hypochondriac, but that's okay because she has her father to make up for it. They have always had a very close relationship. Just as Megan thinks how perfect her life is, she gets an unexpected visit from a lawyer and receives the shock of her life. Right before her very eyes, all she holds dear is falling apart.
Jill D wrote this review Wednesday, February 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Megan had a short affair with bad boy Travis Hunter. He was her first love at eighteen. Things didn't work out for them. They were young and in love, but Megan was too young to see things through and it ended badly. Now ten years later, she is reevaluating everything she knows. Megan takes a good hard look at her life, maybe things could have been different.
Sunset Bay was a very griping emotional read. From the first few sentences I was entranced with Megan's story. Her mother is a total bitch. I'm talking Wicked Witch of the East here. The stuff fairy tales are made of. Her Mom is constantly beating her down emotionally. But Megan is a survivor. She has her father to lean on and get support from. I really connected to Megan early on in the story.
Sunset Bay is all about Megan working out her relationships with her fiance, Adam and her lost love Travis. It is about Megan dealing with her relationship with her father, mother and sister. It is a life affirming story of one woman's struggle to deal with what life has dished out for her and none of it is easy. Megan is a fighter and this is her journey. There is a reality to this story in the relationships Megan has with everyone. Her problems are those that anyone could have and probably has had to deal with.
There is an underlying theme about unconditional love throughout the book that really got me thinking. It was cleverly done by using Megan's relationship with her sister and parents and also Travis's relationship with his Mother and Father. It was interesting to see how Megan's and Travis's relationships with their parents strained their ability to work through their own problems. Megan and Travis stumbled around a bit before finally figuring out how to make it work.
I couldn't read this book fast enough. My one complaint would be at what asswipes Megan's parents are. They really made me angry at how selfish they acted. I guess that is a testament to how well Ms. Mallery wrote them, because my emotions were definitely engaged in the Megan's plight. There is a small secondary romance involving Megan's sister Leanne. I enjoyed this brief portion of the story, as well.
I would definitely recommend this story to fans of contemporary romance or women's fiction.”
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