A review by diaryofthebookdragon
The Girl from Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux
4.0
The Girl from Summer Hill looked like a perfect book to read this summer. From the title (duh), to romantic theme.
LIKES:
✔ Modernized Pride and Prejudice. It's hard translating old novels to modern setting and keeping the flow and logic intact. For example: now it's not OK when a 30-something man marries a 15-year-old. But Jude Deveraux did a marvelous job to give a modern twist to Pride and Prejudice while staying true to original plot and characters.
✔ Humor.
"Walk, ha!" Tate said. "I live in L.A. We drive from the kitchen to the living room."
✔ Multiple couples, not just one. Lately, I am really enjoying books where plot is not focused on just one couple, where the writer follows the life of a whole family (or a group of friends).
✔ Food descriptions were so good. I love it when main character is a cook who know what she's doing.
DISLIKES:
✘ Quick to reveal plot twists from Pride and Prejudice. While Austin saved some of the big revelations for the end of her book, Jude Deveraux assumes you have read the classic. But don't worry, she has her own twists to make it interesting.
✘ Short chapters. As soon as I connect to the scene and characters involved it ends and we jump to different event and different POV.
The Girl from Summer Hill was a very nice modern version of Pride and Prejudice sprinkled with delicious cooking descriptions. If you can handle a large cast of characters and you like small town romance, I recommend you check it out.
LIKES:
✔ Modernized Pride and Prejudice. It's hard translating old novels to modern setting and keeping the flow and logic intact. For example: now it's not OK when a 30-something man marries a 15-year-old. But Jude Deveraux did a marvelous job to give a modern twist to Pride and Prejudice while staying true to original plot and characters.
✔ Humor.
"Walk, ha!" Tate said. "I live in L.A. We drive from the kitchen to the living room."
✔ Multiple couples, not just one. Lately, I am really enjoying books where plot is not focused on just one couple, where the writer follows the life of a whole family (or a group of friends).
✔ Food descriptions were so good. I love it when main character is a cook who know what she's doing.
DISLIKES:
✘ Quick to reveal plot twists from Pride and Prejudice. While Austin saved some of the big revelations for the end of her book, Jude Deveraux assumes you have read the classic. But don't worry, she has her own twists to make it interesting.
✘ Short chapters. As soon as I connect to the scene and characters involved it ends and we jump to different event and different POV.
The Girl from Summer Hill was a very nice modern version of Pride and Prejudice sprinkled with delicious cooking descriptions. If you can handle a large cast of characters and you like small town romance, I recommend you check it out.