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Manufacturer: HQN Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780373772971
ISBN: 0373772971
Label: HQN Books
Manufacturer: HQN Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher: HQN Books
Studio: HQN Books
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Don't ask Claire Keyes. The twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family—which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen the family bakery or her two sisters in years. But now Nicole is sick, and Jesse is AWOL. Despite the fact that Claire can't boil water, she's determined to play caretaker. Connecting with her sisters tops her to-do list…along with falling in love, or at least in lust, for the first time. Ruggedly sexy Wyatt just might fit the bill. Although he keeps saying that he and Claire come from entirely different worlds, he lights up hotter than a bakery oven whenever Claire is near. If this keeps up, she just might sweet—talk him into her bed…and her life.
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Summary: Sweet intro to the Sweet series
Comment: Child prodigy turned world renowned pianist Claire Keyes receives a distressing call from her estranged sister Jesse advising that her twin Nicole needs her assistance after surgery. Claire hasn't talked with either sister for years, but a bout with panic attacks and a chance at reconciliation has her packing her bags and heading to Seattle. As a young child, she was plucked from the comfort of her family to perform in concerts all over the world. When she was 12, her mother joined her on the road, and Nicole has never forgiven Claire for taking their mother from them - especially when their mother dies in a car accident when they are 16. Despite attempts at reconciliation, Nicole has rebuffed her for years.
No one is more surprised than Nicole when Claire arrives to take care of her and won't take no for an answer. Nicole is also nursing a broken heart after catching her soon-to-be-ex-husband in bed with youngest sister Jesse. Nicole's best friend Wyatt instantly takes a dislike to Claire due to all the nasty stories he has heard about her. But soon his attitude changes as he gets to know Claire and starts to desire her. Thinking that they will just have a quick physical relationship, he is not prepared for the depth of his feelings, particularly her relationship with his deaf daughter, Amy. Will Nicole and Claire be able to bury the hatchet and forgive each other? Will Wyatt be able to give his heart to another after being trampled by his ex-wife?
Mallery's first foray in the Keyes sister trilogy is a sweet tale. While so many authors opt to have a virginal heroine, none have handled a heroine's introduction into womanhood (I can't think of any other way to put it) as sensitively and realistically as Mallery does with Claire. Her enthusiasm and cluelessness as to what she is experiencing (and Wyatt's bewilderment) are at times funny and bittersweet. I also like how Claire was forced out of her comfort zone - where even a simple load of laundry or cooking a meatloaf is foreign to her.
The only real problem I had with the novel is the character of Nicole. She's completely nasty throughout 90% of the book (to both Claire and Jesse). While Claire grew as a person, Nicole remained pretty much the same (in fact, I couldn't even recall when the two reconciled - it left that little an impression on me). It makes me wonder how Mallery will redeem her character enough for me to care about her own story. I also hate the unexpected pregnancy plotline as it has been done so many times that it has become pretty trite.
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Summary: Sweet story!
Comment: I'm not going to provide a summary of the book, there are plenty already posted, so I'm just going straight for my opinion of the book.
I thought the relationship between Claire, Nicole & Jesse was definitely realistic. There was a lot of animosity between all of them and each one thought they knew about the other's life/feelings. Boy, were they all wrong! I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that just because one said the words "I'm sorry" it didn't make the other one instantly forgive. With years of hurt and perceived betrayal, there is/was a lot to work through.
As for the romance between Claire & Wyatt - it was good. Not completely hot & sizzling (like I felt with Nicole & Hawk), but it worked. I admit there were points in the book where Claire's naiveness drove me insane! But, I guess when you have lived a sheltered life, that can happen.
No matter what though, I enjoyed the book and loved the series with the Keyes sisters. I'm sorry we won't be reading anymore about them.
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Summary: A fun story about siblings, family and love
Comment: I should premise this review by saying that as a child, I trained toward the goal of concert pianist. Certainly not a child prodigy like our heroine, Claire, but I delved into that life enough that I understand the world she was thrown into at such a young age.
I found Claire's sweetness, the naivete and willingness to be knocked down over and over again in order to regain some semblance of relationship to her sisters VERY believable. Claire has existed in such a small world, the tentative connections she has with her sisters become so much more important to re-establish. Claire is determined to build herself a normal life, to be a normal person... and when she comes home, she's thrown into what I would say is prime sibling warfare. :)
Claire, Nicole and Jessie were sisters in every sense of the word. Bratty at times, unlikable at times, lovable at others, but eventually Claire and Nicole find a way to recognize their own pain in each other and learn that they weren't the only ones hurting. There is no bond quite like that of a sibling, and Susan Mallery is the master at showing the funny and not-so-funny sides of sibling rivalry.
As for the romance... Claire came home with a To Do list of things she wanted to do and experience, and fall in love was one of them. Nicole's close friend, Wyatt is everything she's never had...and Claire is an instant, somewhat unwanted attraction on his part. As Claire slowly builds a normal life for herself, Wyatt becomes a deeper part of that. Their love story is sweet, romantic and enjoyable.
I'm very much looking forward to the other two books in this series.
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Summary: Not So Sweet Talk
Comment: While this isn't the worst book I've read, it certainly wasn't very good. It was well written and that's about it.
I liked Claire and found her to be sympathetic and sweet. I also like that she overcame several challenges, like teaching herself how to cook, shop and wash laundry, without coming off as a complete idiot. It was cute and I felt sorry that she was stuck with Nicole as a sister.
I hated Nicole. She was a bitch. Her sister, whom she has never said anything nice about, came home to take care of her following a gallbladder surgery and she was not remotely grateful. Nicole was nasty, hostile and down right mean.
I never felt that she and Claire ever made up. How can you make up with someone who wishes you dead? And when they did, Claire and Nicole ganged up on Jesse (the third and youngest sister) for sleeping with Nicole's husband. I feel bad for the husband and wish he and Jesse ever happiness. No one should have to be stuck with Nicole for a wife. She's horrid.
I also never got the romance part of this book. Wyatt and Claire had nothing in common. I was never rooting for them to be together and their relationship added nothing to the story. I was reading more to see if Claire and Nicole would patch things up in a satisfying way. (They didn't.) To be honest, I could have cared less about Claire and Wyatt as a couple.
While I am interested in Jesse's story, I could care less about Nicole. However, since I have all the books in the series, I'll probably end up reading them and hoping for the best.
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Summary: Disappointed
Comment: The sisters in this book are so unrealistic,I cannot understand why any one would tolerate being treated so badly. I have read most of this authors books and enjoy a strong personality but the way Nicole treats Claire and Jesse is cruel and I was unconfortable through most of the book. I was looking forward to the third book where Jesse returns but if she is treated as badly as Claire (and the teaser leads us in that direction)I don't know if I will buy it.
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