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rebelbelle13's review against another edition
4.0
I almost forgot how much I love a good Danielle Steel novel. I haven't read anything of hers in a year or two- so I decided to come back and read another one of hers. I wasn't disappointed. It started off a little slow, but picked up steam about halfway through. I finished the last half in two days. I love the characters Steel creates- independent Mel and her beautiful twin daughters, intelligent and heartfelt Peter the heart surgeon, and his headstrong daughter and loving sons. Between the locations the characters kept jet-setting to, and the heavy descriptions of both Mel and Peter's jobs, the story flew by along with the pages. I actually had trouble putting it down. Looks like I'll be reading another Steel very soon!
novelesque_life's review against another edition
1.0
1 STARS
"Top TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams had given up on love after a failed marriage and an unhappy affair. With her two teenage children and her television news career, she had no room in her life for a man. Then she met famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam, a widower with three children of his own. Suddenly Melanie was experiencing feelings she thought were gone forever. But two families (one in New York and one in Los Angeles), two exciting careers, and two strong-willed people were too much to handle. And Melanie faced a painful choice between her glamorous life in the public eye, her private life, the needs of her family, and the new family she took on. Changes lead each of them to new places, new problems, new people, and the new life they begin." (From Amazon)
Originally when I read Danielle Steel novels I would have rated them 3-4 STARS, but now I would classify them as 1-2 STARS. These are great for those who like mild sex, unrealistic dramatic romances and grand plots.
"Top TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams had given up on love after a failed marriage and an unhappy affair. With her two teenage children and her television news career, she had no room in her life for a man. Then she met famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam, a widower with three children of his own. Suddenly Melanie was experiencing feelings she thought were gone forever. But two families (one in New York and one in Los Angeles), two exciting careers, and two strong-willed people were too much to handle. And Melanie faced a painful choice between her glamorous life in the public eye, her private life, the needs of her family, and the new family she took on. Changes lead each of them to new places, new problems, new people, and the new life they begin." (From Amazon)
Originally when I read Danielle Steel novels I would have rated them 3-4 STARS, but now I would classify them as 1-2 STARS. These are great for those who like mild sex, unrealistic dramatic romances and grand plots.
taraddonai's review against another edition
4.0
The book was ok.. I seem to remember reading another book by Steel kind of along the same premise, woman and man fall in love and get married, blend their families but in the long run it's not happily ever after. They split up. This one ends up happily ever after though
ravensandlace's review against another edition
4.0
Title: Changes
Author: Danielle Steel
Genre: Romance
Format: own paperback book
Series: NA
Star Rating: 4 stars
Please note that this is a review from 2016. At that time, I did not keep track of trigger warnings so my apologies. Young Lacy did not know what she was doing back then.
I found this book while going through all my books. I had thought that I hadn't read it and was excited to find a Danielle Steel book that I hadn't read. I’ve read quite a bit of her older stuff so it was a surprise to me to find out I might not have read this book. But as I progressed through the book, I discovered that I had read it. But that’s okay too. I still enjoyed this book very much. Plus, I needed to write a review on it for Goodreads.
This is the typical Danielle Steel fluff that her readers have come to know and love. It's the story of Mel, who is a big time news anchor in New York with twin girls, and Peter, a heart surgeon in LA who is considered one of the best with three kids and a wife who recently died.
Mel is given the story of a very sick little girl who needs a new heart like yesterday. She is to convince a heart surgeon to do it for free so Mel can get an awesome story about it. Peter is willing to do it. One thing leads to another and I'm sure you can guess what happened if you know anything about Danielle Steel. Her books follow a pretty specific formula and this one was no exception.
One of the big things that I like about this book is it documents the struggles of blending two families together. Mel's twins are 16. Peter's kids are 6, 14, and 18. So I bet you can already imagine the issues and problems that would arise from blending families at such a trying age. It is pretty difficult to capture the tension and awkwardness of blending families but I think Steel does it perfectly. It didn't consume the book but it definitely had a major part in it.
Okay, now don't get me wrong but I'm going to be a Debby downer for a minute. I am an avid Danielle Steel reader. I will read all of her books, no matter what they are about. But she seems to do instalove constantly. I've grown to get quite annoyed with it. Love comes from months of being with the person. Learning about their quirks and all the other things that make them tick. Not spending a couple of days with them. But that is how Danielle Steel works and I shouldn’t expect anything less of her. But something about Danielle Steel just makes me keep coming back to her.
Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I certainly had some problems with the instalove stuff, but that happens a lot with Danielle Steel and her novels. I enjoyed the way that she captured what it’s like to have blended families and try to make them work. This is certainly one of her better books.
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