Convoluted mess . . . This was my first Katherine Stone book and it will be my last. These are my reasons: Some readers praise her "beautiful" writing, but the attempts at lyricism are overdone and painful. Bed of Roses contains enough misunderstandings, failed communication, and implausible coincidences, and plot twists to fill five books. And finally, Stone has to spend a lot of time with her characters giving exposition in order to get through character motivation and background, and the result is a painful read. I hate talking about a writer like this, but sometimes the truth must be told. This book is atrocious, and I think she must be able to do better. Don't waste your time.
Another Great Story!!! But Doesn't Jusitify Length... I like a lengthy story, but KS's are only lengthy because of too many repetitive lines; she writes practically the same sentences throughout most of her books. That is a little annoying. That said, I thought Chase was perfect, Cassandra was lovely, and the story line held my interest. However, I could have done without the blatant description of Cassandra's wounds, Dr. Stone. This is a book well worth reading. KS is one of the few authors whose work captures the reader on page one.
Different but good I liked this book. The author has a different writing style, the story goes forward and backward in time alot which became a little tiresome but overall I enjoyed the characters and the plot held my interest. The ending was a surprise which is always good in a romance/suspense type novel. I would recommend it only to someone who loves a romance novel.
Annoying I listened to this on tape. The reader was very annoying, as was the way it was written, had to be written, his grey eyes...It was a soap opera on paper. Who knew you could, had to.. actually write things down the way the melodramatic soap stars have always spoken- in italics. The only thing that kept me going was to see how the story would resolve and now I feel like a sap for even waiting for that. Not for intelligent readers. I embarrass myself admitting I listened till the end.
Another wonderful story from Katherine Stone I love her books, and Bed of Roses is another flower in her beautiful bouquet. I'm very happy she's out there doing what she does. Especially since I enjoy giving her books as gifts to my sisters and mother.
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