emlickliter's review
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
For the Love of Lilah by Nora Roberts - The professor thinks he hallucinated his own Little Mermaid moment, but Lilah is a very human rescuer! These two are cute! Happy Reading!
quinn_0611's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed rereading Courting Catherine, so I decided to reread For the Love of Lilah, the third book in the Calhoun Women series. I decided to listen to the audiobook, which maybe wasn't the best idea because I wasn't thrilled with the narrator. I didn't enjoy For the Love of Lilah as much as Courting Catherine, but I'm glad I reread it.
Lilah was a really fun character. She is just so chill, and loves relaxing and naps, and I can so get behind that. Also, her job as a naturalist was kind of cool. I also, for the most part, liked Max. Nora Roberts really knows how to create nerdy heroes that you just can't help but swoon for. And I also really liked Max and Lilah together. It was so clear that they made a good couple.
But oh my gosh, sometimes Lilah and Max really pissed me off. This was definitely one of those books where if they just sat down and had an honest conversation with each other, all the drama wouldn't have happened. Honestly, sometimes Max really annoyed me. He was so sure that Lilah, who is gorgeous, wouldn't be attracted to a professor like himself. He was so insecure and sometimes jealous, and while I liked that it was the guy that felt this way (instead of the woman - it's a nice role reversal here), he sometimes said some not nice things to Lilah, and it pissed me off. I also felt like Lilah made some silly and reckless decisions given what was going on all around them.
As I said, I listened to the audiobook, and I really didn't care for the narrator, Kate Rudd. She had a way of making the annoying habits of these characters even more annoying!
All this said, I didn't hate For the Love of Lilah. It's definitely dated, but I could see how Nora Roberts was working to change the way men and women were typically portrayed in romance, and I respect that. Still, there are so many other Nora Roberts books that I like so much more.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook
Lilah was a really fun character. She is just so chill, and loves relaxing and naps, and I can so get behind that. Also, her job as a naturalist was kind of cool. I also, for the most part, liked Max. Nora Roberts really knows how to create nerdy heroes that you just can't help but swoon for. And I also really liked Max and Lilah together. It was so clear that they made a good couple.
But oh my gosh, sometimes Lilah and Max really pissed me off. This was definitely one of those books where if they just sat down and had an honest conversation with each other, all the drama wouldn't have happened. Honestly, sometimes Max really annoyed me. He was so sure that Lilah, who is gorgeous, wouldn't be attracted to a professor like himself. He was so insecure and sometimes jealous, and while I liked that it was the guy that felt this way (instead of the woman - it's a nice role reversal here), he sometimes said some not nice things to Lilah, and it pissed me off. I also felt like Lilah made some silly and reckless decisions given what was going on all around them.
As I said, I listened to the audiobook, and I really didn't care for the narrator, Kate Rudd. She had a way of making the annoying habits of these characters even more annoying!
All this said, I didn't hate For the Love of Lilah. It's definitely dated, but I could see how Nora Roberts was working to change the way men and women were typically portrayed in romance, and I respect that. Still, there are so many other Nora Roberts books that I like so much more.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook
marjolaine_lafreniere's review against another edition
DNF. In contrast with the last one, I liked the male lead well enough. It's the female lead that's the problem: she bores me.
state_of_kateness's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
ssejig's review against another edition
4.0
The third book in this series builds on the first two. This time, we meet Max Quatermain, a professor who has been recruited by the bad guys to go through the papers stolen in the second book to see if they will lead to the fabled Calhoun emeralds. But Max overhears their plans and decides that jumping over the side of the boat they're on into a storm is better than death by bullet. He doesn't quite make it to shore but Lilah Calhoun sees him struggling and swims out to help. For a short time, Max can't remember who he is or why the family name seems so familiar. But he knows that Lilah is the most beautiful, desirable woman that he's ever known. And Lilah is attracted to the quiet, handsome professor as well.
This is definitely a 90s book with Lilah as a later-day hippy/gypsy sort of hybrid. This is probably my favorite book in this series just because I feel like we get to see so much more of the relationship building than the first two books.
This is definitely a 90s book with Lilah as a later-day hippy/gypsy sort of hybrid. This is probably my favorite book in this series just because I feel like we get to see so much more of the relationship building than the first two books.
ruth5garcia5's review against another edition
4.0
Lilah Calhoun saves Maxwell Quartermain after he'd been found drifting in the sea. Max is intellectual and a history professor at Cornell University. Lilah flirtatiously aids Max to health and then becomes enthralled with his connection to the man who'd stolen papers from her home. Max was employed to study papers about the Calhoun's unaware he was working with a criminal. After meticulous care from the Calhoun household, he falls in love slowly with Lilah. All the while, they begin to unravel Bianca's history. Finding a maid in a nursing home, they learn of Bianca's intent to leave her husband the night before her death. There was a journal they now believe is hidden among the emeralds. A scandalized family history, followed by a confused heart, Lilah struggles to tell Max her true feelings. Max is hopelessly in love with her but suppresses expressing it. In the end, after a near death experience, he returns the favor of saving hers. Love expressed and adventure still ahead, they profess their love in Bianca's tower. Where it was meant.
locaxlibross's review against another edition
3.0
Hace unos días terminé con este libraco que contiene las 4 novelas de la saga Las Calhoun.
En esta oportunidad Nora nos relata la historia de cuatro hermanas, bastante dispares, que viven en un viejo castillo. Por problemas económicos tienen que ponerlo a la venta muy a su pesar, a causa de esto y de una leyenda de un collar de esmeraldas, estas cuatro hermanas no solo van a encontrar el amor, sino que también van a tener que descifrar el misterioso paradero de las mismas mientas se enfrentan a un despiadado ladrón que hará de todo para encontrarlas.
Me gustó mucho esta saga, cada historia va complementado a la anterior, además del romance de cada hermana, a media que va avanzando la historia vamos descubriendo qué pasó con Bianca, esa pariente lejana que vivió un desamor muy grande y escondió las esmeraldas antes de suicidarse saltando de la torre más alta de este pequeño castillo.
A pesar de ser un libro largo, se lee muy rápido, por separado las historias no son largas y no tienen relleno innecesario, cuando te queres dar cuenta ya te leíste las cuatro y descubriste el misterio.
En esta oportunidad Nora nos relata la historia de cuatro hermanas, bastante dispares, que viven en un viejo castillo. Por problemas económicos tienen que ponerlo a la venta muy a su pesar, a causa de esto y de una leyenda de un collar de esmeraldas, estas cuatro hermanas no solo van a encontrar el amor, sino que también van a tener que descifrar el misterioso paradero de las mismas mientas se enfrentan a un despiadado ladrón que hará de todo para encontrarlas.
Me gustó mucho esta saga, cada historia va complementado a la anterior, además del romance de cada hermana, a media que va avanzando la historia vamos descubriendo qué pasó con Bianca, esa pariente lejana que vivió un desamor muy grande y escondió las esmeraldas antes de suicidarse saltando de la torre más alta de este pequeño castillo.
A pesar de ser un libro largo, se lee muy rápido, por separado las historias no son largas y no tienen relleno innecesario, cuando te queres dar cuenta ya te leíste las cuatro y descubriste el misterio.
locaxlibros's review against another edition
3.0
Hace unos días terminé con este libraco que contiene las 4 novelas de la saga Las Calhoun.
En esta oportunidad Nora nos relata la historia de cuatro hermanas, bastante dispares, que viven en un viejo castillo. Por problemas económicos tienen que ponerlo a la venta muy a su pesar, a causa de esto y de una leyenda de un collar de esmeraldas, estas cuatro hermanas no solo van a encontrar el amor, sino que también van a tener que descifrar el misterioso paradero de las mismas mientas se enfrentan a un despiadado ladrón que hará de todo para encontrarlas.
Me gustó mucho esta saga, cada historia va complementado a la anterior, además del romance de cada hermana, a media que va avanzando la historia vamos descubriendo qué pasó con Bianca, esa pariente lejana que vivió un desamor muy grande y escondió las esmeraldas antes de suicidarse saltando de la torre más alta de este pequeño castillo.
A pesar de ser un libro largo, se lee muy rápido, por separado las historias no son largas y no tienen relleno innecesario, cuando te queres dar cuenta ya te leíste las cuatro y descubriste el misterio.
En esta oportunidad Nora nos relata la historia de cuatro hermanas, bastante dispares, que viven en un viejo castillo. Por problemas económicos tienen que ponerlo a la venta muy a su pesar, a causa de esto y de una leyenda de un collar de esmeraldas, estas cuatro hermanas no solo van a encontrar el amor, sino que también van a tener que descifrar el misterioso paradero de las mismas mientas se enfrentan a un despiadado ladrón que hará de todo para encontrarlas.
Me gustó mucho esta saga, cada historia va complementado a la anterior, además del romance de cada hermana, a media que va avanzando la historia vamos descubriendo qué pasó con Bianca, esa pariente lejana que vivió un desamor muy grande y escondió las esmeraldas antes de suicidarse saltando de la torre más alta de este pequeño castillo.
A pesar de ser un libro largo, se lee muy rápido, por separado las historias no son largas y no tienen relleno innecesario, cuando te queres dar cuenta ya te leíste las cuatro y descubriste el misterio.