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yesididbringabook's review
4.0
Listen, I really enjoyed some parts of this, but others....probably work a lot better if you were actually alive in 1991.
That being said, I couldn't put it down.
That being said, I couldn't put it down.
kreshishta's review
4.0
I've read this book numerous times over the years. The main characters pull me in each reading session and I enjoy the journey that they take, each time.
ab18's review
4.0
The author continues the story smoothly from Texas! Lucky. Chase’s pain over his loss is realistic without him being an absolute monster about it. He quickly apologizes anytime his grief gets the best of him and causes him to lash out at the heroine. He’s pretty much always aware when he crosses a line.
I appreciate that Marcie gave him direction out of his misery without actually doing all the saving.
Marcie was a great heroine. She’s so cooly confident while still retaining a very human vulnerability. She doesn’t give in to histrionics or self doubt, she just marches on. I don’t see her behavior as stalkerish. Chase was her vision of an ideal male all throughout hs and college. She moved on to other relationships after that but wouldn’t allow herself to settle for someone she didn’t fully care for. She only became reacquainted with Chase right before he suffered his loss. She waited a long time for Chase to make use of the house his wife always wanted and when he never moved in, she got her hands on it and turned it into what she hoped would be his sanctuary. There’s no mention of her knowing his favorite food or music as one reviewer suggests, and how would she begin to know his preferred design style when Chase doesn’t seem like someone who ever thought about it himself?
I truly don’t believe she ever thought she would marry him until much later on. Nothing in her behavior indicated that she thought they’d end up together. She hadn’t even seen him for ages since the accident. I wish Brown had given us more chapters from her p.o.v but we do know she clearly had a successful career and social life without Chase.
I also liked that she was an older heroine.
Again, like with Lucky’s story, I feel like more was added to the plot than was needed but it was a sweet story.
Side note:The pre 2000s were quite a time. I couldn’t understand why so many characters were driving after downing alcohol until I looked it up and realized legal limits are a pretty recent thing. Who knew?
I appreciate that Marcie gave him direction out of his misery without actually doing all the saving.
Marcie was a great heroine. She’s so cooly confident while still retaining a very human vulnerability. She doesn’t give in to histrionics or self doubt, she just marches on. I don’t see her behavior as stalkerish. Chase was her vision of an ideal male all throughout hs and college. She moved on to other relationships after that but wouldn’t allow herself to settle for someone she didn’t fully care for. She only became reacquainted with Chase right before he suffered his loss. She waited a long time for Chase to make use of the house his wife always wanted and when he never moved in, she got her hands on it and turned it into what she hoped would be his sanctuary. There’s no mention of her knowing his favorite food or music as one reviewer suggests, and how would she begin to know his preferred design style when Chase doesn’t seem like someone who ever thought about it himself?
I truly don’t believe she ever thought she would marry him until much later on. Nothing in her behavior indicated that she thought they’d end up together. She hadn’t even seen him for ages since the accident. I wish Brown had given us more chapters from her p.o.v but we do know she clearly had a successful career and social life without Chase.
I also liked that she was an older heroine.
Again, like with Lucky’s story, I feel like more was added to the plot than was needed but it was a sweet story.
Side note:The pre 2000s were quite a time. I couldn’t understand why so many characters were driving after downing alcohol until I looked it up and realized legal limits are a pretty recent thing. Who knew?
melimooreads109's review
4.0
Ok so I have some thoughts about this one especially after reading some of the other reviews. There's a feminist rant at the end of this, so if that's not your jam you'll probably want to move on.
Marcie is in love with Chase, has been since they were children, and she randomly reconnects with him at the rodeo after not having seen him for some time. After the death of his wife he's drinking himself stupid and hooking up with all the fast women and riding rodeo even though he's really to old for it. He gets on a bull drunk, gets seriously injured and Marcie nurses him back to health.
Throw in a marriage of convenience and the fact that she bought his dead wife's dream home and there should be some angst but Chase is really just a massive buttmunch who treats her like trash and thankfully she really doesn't tolerate it.
The thing that bothers me about this story is that a lot of reviewers are calling her a stalker, and calling her unrequited love creepy. There are so many stories out there with almost this exact plot, where a male lead does big gestures for the female lead ( marries her so she can use his money, buys her a house, hides big information about their relationship from her, etc.) and the overall attitude towards the characters and story is very different. I didn't get stalker vibes from Marcie. I got a woman who was in love with a man, wanted him to be happy, and found ways to manipulate the situation to get what she wanted just like so many males in marriage of convenience stories do. It's been bugging me so much (clearly) that there is an obvious double standard when this was hardly a bunny boiler situation. I can't help but feel if the roles were reversed no one would blink an eye.
Overall the story is fine, the side characters don't suck, and Chase kind of stops being a total turd so do with that what you will. The actual suspense element that is part of the story is interesting and terrifying when you really think about it. The story is definitely worth the read.
Marcie is in love with Chase, has been since they were children, and she randomly reconnects with him at the rodeo after not having seen him for some time. After the death of his wife he's drinking himself stupid and hooking up with all the fast women and riding rodeo even though he's really to old for it. He gets on a bull drunk, gets seriously injured and Marcie nurses him back to health.
Throw in a marriage of convenience and the fact that she bought his dead wife's dream home and there should be some angst but Chase is really just a massive buttmunch who treats her like trash and thankfully she really doesn't tolerate it.
The thing that bothers me about this story is that a lot of reviewers are calling her a stalker, and calling her unrequited love creepy. There are so many stories out there with almost this exact plot, where a male lead does big gestures for the female lead ( marries her so she can use his money, buys her a house, hides big information about their relationship from her, etc.) and the overall attitude towards the characters and story is very different. I didn't get stalker vibes from Marcie. I got a woman who was in love with a man, wanted him to be happy, and found ways to manipulate the situation to get what she wanted just like so many males in marriage of convenience stories do. It's been bugging me so much (clearly) that there is an obvious double standard when this was hardly a bunny boiler situation. I can't help but feel if the roles were reversed no one would blink an eye.
Overall the story is fine, the side characters don't suck, and Chase kind of stops being a total turd so do with that what you will. The actual suspense element that is part of the story is interesting and terrifying when you really think about it. The story is definitely worth the read.
sblyon's review
3.0
3⭐️ Losing someone you love is hard, but especially when it is sudden and unexpected. Chase lost his wife and has been wallowing in misery for nearly 2 years. Marcie, his longtime childhood friend, tries to help him and their story takes some mighty intense twists and turns.
joylene45's review
1.0
The original release date was 1989, but I would have sworn it was at least 10 years before that. The societal ideas in this book are extremely antiquated if you're reading this in 2021. The lead female is one of the most pathetic characters I've encountered in my entire life. Reading this feels a little like watching an episode of Dynasty.
ccgwalt's review
3.0
I'm not sure why, but I've really enjoyed the first two of the three Texas! books by Sandra Brown.