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thebookdivareads's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
bidpat's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
renpuspita's review against another edition
2.0
Yang udah baca Almost Forever ma Sarah's Child pasti kenal dong ya ma Derek Taliferro. Derek masih sekitar 18 tahunan pas di Almost Forever, tapi disini dy udah gede. Dah jadi dokter yang sukses pastinya.
Suatu saat dia mendapati seorang wanita hamil yang udah mau melahirkan. Derek pun membantu Kate, dan bayinya lahir dengan selamat. Lalu Derek yang suka sama Kate pun melamarnya dan menikahinya, cuma Kate ini masih ragu aja ma cinta Derek.
Padahal Derek mah udah sempurna, dokter, cinta mati, kurang apa gitu? Ah manusia, kalo ga pernah puas, hatinya dipenuhi keraguan -__-"
Bluebird Winter ga diterjemahin sama GPU, selain udah lama, ini juga aslinya novella, jadi percuma aja yah diterjemahin ma diterbitin. Namanya juga cerita pendek bener.
Suatu saat dia mendapati seorang wanita hamil yang udah mau melahirkan. Derek pun membantu Kate, dan bayinya lahir dengan selamat. Lalu Derek yang suka sama Kate pun melamarnya dan menikahinya, cuma Kate ini masih ragu aja ma cinta Derek.
Padahal Derek mah udah sempurna, dokter, cinta mati, kurang apa gitu? Ah manusia, kalo ga pernah puas, hatinya dipenuhi keraguan -__-"
Bluebird Winter ga diterjemahin sama GPU, selain udah lama, ini juga aslinya novella, jadi percuma aja yah diterjemahin ma diterbitin. Namanya juga cerita pendek bener.
sewcialist_librarian's review
3.0
This is a follow up from [b:Sarah's Child|420750|Sarah's Child (Sarah, #1)|Linda Howard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174589402s/420750.jpg|3083634]. Derek is all grown up and a doctor. In the middle of an Oklahoma blizzard he rescues Kathleen and delivers her baby. Things get a bit weird at this point -- the story gets a bit far-fetched, I think. Would you, as a new mother, really move to a new city with a complete stranger?
jonetta's review
3.0
I only read Bluebird Winter, the final book in the Spencer-Nyle series by Linda Howard. This was Derek Taliferro's story, having finished college and medical school and practicing at a Dallas hospital. He's a neonatal specialist who, on his way home from visiting his mother for the Christmas holidays, comes upon Kathleen Fields stranded in her car during a blizzard and in the throes of premature labor. Derek delivers the baby at her home and, lovestruck with both Kathleen and the baby, takes them with him to Dallas.
This was a sweet, improbable story but a nice wrap-up of the series with one of my most favorite characters at the forefront. I don't believe in love at first sight romances so the premise was off for me. With that said, it was a quick, easy read I enjoyed.
(Note: My library only carried this story as part of an anthology called [b]Under the Mistletoe.)
This was a sweet, improbable story but a nice wrap-up of the series with one of my most favorite characters at the forefront. I don't believe in love at first sight romances so the premise was off for me. With that said, it was a quick, easy read I enjoyed.
(Note: My library only carried this story as part of an anthology called [b]Under the Mistletoe.)
cranberrytarts's review
2.0
I feel like Derek got cheated out of a full length novel. Though I can't say I disliked Kathleen, I didn't feel the connection to either character I expected to. This definitely isn't a favorite.
thenia's review
2.0
The story of Kathleen, a pregnant woman on Christmas day stranded during a blizzard on her way to the hospital, who is rescued by Derek, an infant surgeon to her extreme luck.
Derek is at a point in his life where he wants a family, and Kathleen and her newborn daughter, who obviously need someone to care for them, seem like his best option, since he apparently fell in love with them at first sight.
I didn't buy most of it, but it did have the expected happily ever after so it wasn't a complete loss.
Derek is at a point in his life where he wants a family, and Kathleen and her newborn daughter, who obviously need someone to care for them, seem like his best option, since he apparently fell in love with them at first sight.
I didn't buy most of it, but it did have the expected happily ever after so it wasn't a complete loss.
bookfun's review
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
When I found out there is a book about Derek (a secondary character from the first book in this short series), I was soo excited. Then I read the novella and I was very very VERY didsappointed!
This seris always has had the problem that the MMC are very problematic, asshole-type kind of character, but I really hoped Derek wouldn't be. And to be fair, he isn't really, but still kinda...?
We meet the FMC who was abused, mentally and physically for a long time, whilst she is giving birth in her car. Luckily she meets Derek, who is a doctor, specifically for premie babies, so yay universe! He delivers the baby, sees how much Kathleen loves her, decides he wants that for himself as well and just... decides to marry her! That is almost literally how that internal monologue worked. Then, he pushes her to all her decisions, even though she tells him she was abused and wasn't able to make her own decisions her whole life, doesn't open up about his own feelings, just arranges everything to be like he wants it to be and gets impatient when she doesn't reciprocate his feelings in the way he wants immediately. Like what the hell?? You build a teenager into a practically perfect man and then you do his story like this?
No. Just NO.
This seris always has had the problem that the MMC are very problematic, asshole-type kind of character, but I really hoped Derek wouldn't be. And to be fair, he isn't really, but still kinda...?
We meet the FMC who was abused, mentally and physically for a long time, whilst she is giving birth in her car. Luckily she meets Derek, who is a doctor, specifically for premie babies, so yay universe! He delivers the baby, sees how much Kathleen loves her, decides he wants that for himself as well and just... decides to marry her! That is almost literally how that internal monologue worked. Then, he pushes her to all her decisions, even though she tells him she was abused and wasn't able to make her own decisions her whole life, doesn't open up about his own feelings, just arranges everything to be like he wants it to be and gets impatient when she doesn't reciprocate his feelings in the way he wants immediately. Like what the hell?? You build a teenager into a practically perfect man and then you do his story like this?
No. Just NO.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Rape
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