CompleteMartialArts.com - Hummingbird
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List Price: $10.00
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Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425195802
ISBN: 0425195805
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2003-08-05
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Studio: Berkley Trade
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Editorial Reviews:
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A bandit and a gentleman both vie for the heart of pretty Abigail McKenzie--and force her to make a choice that no woman should ever have to make...
This New York Times Bestselling Author... "will leave you breathless!" (Affaire de Coeur)
"An enthralling book, with a love story as feisty and romantic as a Tracy/Hepburn movie."--Lisa Gregory
"Bawdy, witty, touching, delightful."--Francine Rivers
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Summary: A thin line between love and hate.....
Comment: This is the first book by Lavyrle Spencer that I've ever read. I'm a long time romance reader, but I incorrectly got the impression that Spencer's work was "old". I remember seeing a book of hers that my grandma was reading when I was in Jr High. The image stuck with me, so I haven't until now, given her the "respect" that she so obviously deserves.
Hummingbird was so many things.....It was very funny yet it dealt with serious emotions. It was very fictional yet it also felt very real. I really can't say enough about it.
I'm not going to rehash the plot but I'll give you my two cents on what I loved about this book.
1. The witty bantering and fighting that exists between Abigail and Jesse is some of the funniest and best that I've ever read. They truly dislike each other at times....or at least it seemed that way.....
2. Jesse is a hero I love because he brings out the very best, and worst, of Abigail. He encourages her to be herself and not what her parents and the town expects her to be. Her gradual liberation is so good to see.
3. The love triangle between Jesse, Abigail, and Mark was the low point of the book. It really wasn't a triangle at all...there was no contest...Abigail and Jesse were destined to be.
Read this book....despite the fact that your grandma may have read it!
IT IS TIMELESS!
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Summary: Everyone needs a romance novel now and again!
Comment: In the Hummingbird, Abbie volunteers to take in and care for two men who have been shot on board the train and were brought into her small town to be tended to by the town doctor. David Melcher is the gentleman she always dreamed of marrying, sweet, proper, complimentary however, Jesse is the man she can't stop thinking about. How will she handle having the two of them under her roof and care?
This was my first foray into the romance genre and while in the beginning I was rolling my eyes at the obvious flirting going on, by the end I was certainly rooting for Abbie to end up with one man in particular and I couldn't stop turning the pages until I found out what happened. Everyone needs a good romance novel now and again and I will be sure read more of Ms. Spencer!
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Summary: My favorite historical romance author! She'll be yours, too!
Comment: Hummingbird is one of those rare books that can be read again and again and still enjoy it as much as the first time. Lavyrle Spencer has the unique talent of drawing the reader into the story with characters that you laugh at, cry for, and fall in love with. This is my personal favorite, but every one of her books are wonderful! Trail To Destiny: A Novel
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Summary: Love birds
Comment: I just can't leave this book alone! I read it long ago, saw it once in a used book sale at the library and didn't buy it. Then I came across it again this week at a thrift store. I grabbed it this time. I rarely knowingly re-read a book, this is an exception. Like one of the other reviewers said I am ready to start reading it again as soon as I finish. It was so perfect, I guess we would all alike to think that's the way true love can work out.
This one is a keeper for sure.
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Summary: A darn good read with just a few quibbles
Comment: There's some truly great writing in this book. I love how Spencer weaves words. Abigail and Jesse are hilarious together, as are David and Abigail after David returns to find her more straight-forward with surprising manners! Since there are so many positive reviews on here, I'll discuss some things I didn't like (though don't get me wrong, I love this book!). Spoiler alert!:
1. The situation with David seeing Abigail sleeping with Jesse was never resolved. What was David's reason to forgive her? Did he really accept that they had just slept together, or bought her weak, unexplained excuses of, "It's not how it looked!" The former couldn't possibly be true, because later in the book he demands to know if there was something between she and Jesse. That part was confusing!
2. As other readers have said, the kiss-at-gunpoint (more than just kissing, though) felt a little off to me. Jesse is so wonderful in so many ways, but it felt a little too close to rape for my taste.
3. Spencer tends to over dramatize at times -- it seems that Abigail is constantly whirling around, clenching her fists, blushing severely, etc, whereas Jesse is always cool and calm as can be, usually giving a "lazy" or "crooked" grin. It gets old.
I suppose this isn't really a review after all, but it's the closest I can get to a book forum where I would love to discuss Spencer's books with others.
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