Can it survive discovering the truth? Accidental Love is a captivating story between Rose Grayson, a destitute lonely young woman and Veronica Cartwright, head of a vast family empire and extraordinarily rich.
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We certainly don't have to wait for the end for the 'I love you's' which I appreciated. Even though it got repetitive after a while, the slow build of the relationship between Rose and Ronnie is nicely slow build and we get a couple of actual pwoarrr scenes - not fade to black - which was the main reason for my round up.
Overall I won't read it again and we now have much better lesrom options out there but a nice read nonetheless. Apr 19, khi rated it really liked it. Um- I liked this book and the characters But hated the way Susan basically guilted Rose to forgive Ronnie. Like if someone broke both my legs I would at least like a hot minute to be mad!
Idc if I loved them or not damn. View 2 comments. The characters are solid. Veronica Cartwright is the rich CEO of a large corporation, repressed by family expectations and a promise to her father. Rose Grayson is the poor white trash, product of the fostering system with no prospects and little hope but a heart of gold.
When Veronica accidentally plows down Rose as she runs to escape predatory men on a snowy evening, it begins a tale of care giving and growth for both women. The romance is extremely traditional, with the slow build, the determined stand off by the older, experienced lesbian and the gradual awakening of the younger inexperienced straight woman.
But that doesn't detract from a well written romance, as long as you like the very traditional story line. The supporting cast is small, with only sister Susan and housekeeper Maria really filled in, but both are well done and Maria in particular is a charming character who we would all like to have running our homes.
Other characters include the jealous and reckless younger brother, the self centred mother and the evil crone foster mother.
Again, stereotypical, but well done none the less. The first edition was criticised for extremely bad editing and print production. This edition is clean, well written, well edited and the e-book, at least, without fault.
A charming read of the old school, will definitely appeal to those who like a slow build and happy ending, definitely a good way to spend your evening as the autumn draws in. I love a good romance and the author delivers with a slow moving yet entertaining story.
I enjoyed the bringing together of the have Veronica and have not Rose. In addition to the slow moving romance, I loved the fact they could help each other. Money and stuff does not have to be everything. Conversely, how they get together is a bit unbelievable but in my opinion, different which is a good thing.
Veronica family and housekeeper add a nice spice and thought-provoking perspective to the stor I love a good romance and the author delivers with a slow moving yet entertaining story. Veronica family and housekeeper add a nice spice and thought-provoking perspective to the story. Somehow, the story didn't interested me that much.
The dialogues seemed like it came directly straight out of a cliche movie. Are thugs always started out with that sentence? Then we got Delores Bickering not sure if the name is right - the way she wrote her letters to Rose, the way she talked, the way she trying 3. Then we got Delores Bickering not sure if the name is right - the way she wrote her letters to Rose, the way she talked, the way she trying to leech off of Rose, along with Tommy, then Ronnie's mother, all of those antagonists' dialogues are ridiculously unreasonable, exaggerating, and annoying.
In which, the author intentionally made them that way. Though, those antagonists' problems got resolved with barely any effort. They are just there to make things unnecessarily complicated.
The rest of the story is about those little details between Rose and Ronnie drink coffee, going on with their daily routine, watch movie etc. At some point, I started to get bored. The near ending is the best part in all of this. Maybe if I read this book during the or , I would definitely enjoy it more. If you can manage to suspend disbelief very early on I'm pretty sure you do not move a person after you ran them over, no matter how cold it is and accept it is just a device to get the two ladies together, this is quite a lovely story.
It is very predictable, though, and some of the plotlines were there just to try and spice it up after all, they do nothing much else than watching TV and were more annoying than anything else. I mean, the whole brother thing seems just filler to me, just as t If you can manage to suspend disbelief very early on I'm pretty sure you do not move a person after you ran them over, no matter how cold it is and accept it is just a device to get the two ladies together, this is quite a lovely story.
I mean, the whole brother thing seems just filler to me, just as the foster mother was. At some point, they have "the talk" about what they are exactly feeling for each other, and it it was all shrouded in metaphores. And you know, I usually harp about things that make a book sound dated, but I had to smirk when I read about printed birthday banners. I could hear the sound of that trusty dot matrix printer in my head Nov 04, Romana rated it it was ok Shelves: lesbian , serial-numbers-filed-off.
Nothing wrong with that, per se, but I think it could have done with more editing before being presented as a novel. The pacing and structure were really off. The plot works for Xena and Gabrielle, they are always meant to be, throughout time and regardless of what happens. It stretched credulity for me without that "fated to be together" explanation. The Gabrielle character drove me round the bend.
I know she's sweet and loving and good, but it was just too much. View 1 comment. I have been disappointed by most of the lesbian novels that I have read, and since I want to write novels I haven't found many good examples of work to look up to. This is now THAT book for me. I read it in one sitting and I feel very inspired to write my own novel immediately after I finish writing this review. The way that Rose and Veronica fall in love is believable, beautiful and even tragic.
This is now the book that I am holding everything else I read up to in comparison. I am recommending I have been disappointed by most of the lesbian novels that I have read, and since I want to write novels I haven't found many good examples of work to look up to. I am recommending this book to everyone who enjoys lesbian romance. Had to drop it down from 4 to 3 stars after re-reading it, good storyline and characters but this time around I found myself skipping pages because I was getting bored.
Things could have been tied together better as each new turn of events was short-lived and seldom revisited and in some cases in my opinion could have added much more to the storyline. This is my absolute favorite lesbian romance book. I have two editions and this is a story I've read countless times over. Often I have skipped over books I haven't even read just to read this one again.
The story is sweet, complex, and captivates me every time. I wish we could give half stars because I would give this one 3. I feel that there were some plot issues but, other than that, it's a solid romance.
I knew what to expect so I could let the BS moments go and let myself get into the story more without getting caught up in the implausible aspects. If you're a romance fan, I'd recommend this book. I'd go with the three stars. The over use of the "blue eyes met green" sort of thing stood out to me a lot this time for some reason.
I still enjoy the story, though. Oct 11, Arien rated it really liked it Shelves: lesbian-romance , feel-good , animals , age-gap , vanilla-romance , rich-girl-poor-girl. Pretty standard as far as plot goes but it's executed well. There are many things I'd like improved - more depth to the characters or less predictable story and so on but overall it reads better than many original but worse written works. It's just the comfortable read I was looking for and it's kept up well with time. Other than some VCR mentions I don't think anything else felt out of place too much.
I can recommend this book. Solid 3. Characters are likeable, there's a nice twist in the story. Book is well written.
Only problem i faced was that it got a bit boring and I found myself skimming through some pages.. Overall the idea of the book is interesting, had it just been shorter I would've definitely gone up to 3. I had heard wonderful reviews of this book, but I couldn't seem to agree. Enjoyable, but not what I was expecting. Nov 17, Tinything rated it it was amazing Shelves: enoyable-possible-to-read-again , favorites.
I really enjoy this book alot. It is such a heartwarming, sweet and families book.
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