The Hellion by LaVyrle Spencer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hellion
Book Review: A nice story of second chances and redemption
Summary: 4 Stars
The old saying that love will find a way is the thread of this interesting story of two young people who were unfairly manipulated by their parents for all the wrong reasons when they were teenagers. LaVyrle Spencer's gift for developing realistic characters and coloring them with realistic feelings is present throughout the novel. Many of the main players here are tested by their capacity to forgive past hurts and resentments and the author gets the most out of the supporting characters who are believable with honest human emotions. Rachel and Tommy Lee struggle with the strong undercurrent of their feelings for each other but it is Rachel who wonders if the risks are worth the reward of the love they experienced many years ago.Book Review: Lovely!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hallelujah! This time my TBR shelf produced a real winner - LaVyrle Spencer's THE HELLION. A touching story about lost love and wasted years. THE HELLION is simply beautiful!
As children, Rachel Talmadge and Tommy Lee Gentry were best friends; as teenagers, Rachel and Tommy Lee were lovers; and by seventeen, Rachel and Tommy Lee were parents. Teenage parents who, regrettably, gave away their child. A tough decision forced by well-meaning parents. Unfortunately, along with their child, Rachel and Tommy Lee also lost each other!
Time slipped away. Rachel Talmadge married another man and Tommy Lee Gentry lived life on the edge. He married other women, fathered more children, and drank! Now, twenty-four years later, Tommy Lee is divorced and Rachel is a childless widow and again destiny steps in. The ill-fated couple receive a second-chance, but can they control the golden moment?
LaVryle Spencer took the "Second-chance Topic" by the horns and ran with it! Oh how, the author moved me with this sensitive love story. Outstandingly, Ms. Spencer applied tenderness, longing, and gentle humor. And as I turned the last page, I felt fate had truly granted the characters that rare second chance! Rachel and Tommy Lee would finally have a wonderful life . . . together! And LaVryle Spencer - well she wrote a gem! So why not the perfect A+ (10)? Because throughout the story, one nagging question loomed - why didn't Rachel and Tommy Lee contact each other during their college years? A nagging question . . . but minor and it will certainly not influence my final decision . . . from TBR shelf . . . straight to Keeper shelf!
Grade: A
MaryGrace Meloche.
Book Review: Needed an epiloge....
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very disapointed that there was no final epiloge to tie up some of the loose ends......(Spoilers!)...
Does Rachel get pregnant? She is certainly not too old and I would love to know if she and Tommy Lee were ever able to share this experience..
Did they ever try to find the other "Beth"? What a great ending to have them be able to at least meet her and explain why she had been givenup for adoption.
Did Tommy Lee ever quit smoking? My God, he to to have tasted like an ashtray, and she had already lost one husband to cancer. She needed to insist he give up the the cigarettes NOW!
Did any of the parents ever apologize to their children for what they had done?
Would have given this one 4 stars if these issued had been addressed.(Plus they lived in Alabama but didn't have a southern accent!?!)
Book Review: The Hellion is worth a Billion
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my two favorite Lavryle stories, Twice Loved being the other. I like a guy who still loves his woman through thick and thin, 4 ex-wives, ship wrecks and what have you and will do whatever it takes to win her love back.