Velvet Angel by Jude Deveraux Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Velvet Angel
Book Review: Really bad story
Summary: 2 Stars
When I read this book, I felt like the author was under a deadline to get it into the publisher. There is little character development, and the plot is ridiculous, even for a romance. And then there are the multiple endings. I count four endings. And I didn't really like the main characters and the endings became cartoonish. There was sex, but no real heat.Book Review: Riveting Closure to the Velvet Series
Summary: 5 Stars
I read all Velvet series... my favorite of all is the first book, Velvet Promise. However, this book, Velvet Angel, also captured my heart. I was always intrigue by this "Miles" character ever since I read the Velvet Promise. He was described as a handsome, silent, mysterious and have the ability to seduce woman kindda guy. He was also supposedly loved by all woman. So, it was excitingly interesting for me to read his ways of seducing Elizabeth. Especially, when she was being stubbornly difficult. I like the way Miles finally used his first born son to capture Elizabeth's heart. It worked too! ..until he got busted! I have many favorite parts of this book but the ending was memorably funny. The Montgomery brothers and their wives all together, helping each other was heart warming. That is what family is all about! I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In the beginning it contains fear, hate, revenge, distrust and sadness but in the end it is full of love, trust, understanding & forgivness - A riveting end to the Velvet series.Book Review: Smooth Ending
Summary: 4 Stars
VELVET ANGEL by Jude Deveraux is the ending of the Velvet series and it is a smooth conclusion. Miles Montgomery receives a gift of Elizabeth Chatworth who is a sworn enemy. The the story unrolls like the rug which contained Elizabeth.
This series is one of the best historical and though formulaic is does keep you reading.
Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.
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Book Review: Somewhat disappointing finish to a great series
Summary: 4 Stars
But read it anyway - Miles is fascinating! If you've read any, or all, of the "Velvet" series and want to know about baby brother Miles, you'll need to read this. The first 2/3 of the book rates 5 stars - but the last portion falls flat. As for the good part - we finally get to know Miles, who's been a bit of an enigma for the first three books. He's actually very young (I believe about 20) but complex. My impression of him in the previous three books was that of a really smooth womanizer, with not much else to recommend him. Well, apparently, he is/was quite a womanizer, but that's his major (not fatal) flaw - just as his three brothers have flaws. He's not a bad guy - in many ways, he's nicer to Elizabeth than the others have been to their eventual wives. Elizabeth is not a simpering whiner (in my opinion) - she's pretty feisty and has a wonderfully soft heart, for someone who's had a crappy life. (Judith - book 1 - was abused by her dad too, but at least she had a mom to protect her.) Of course, the love story is just as passionate as you'd expect it to be, and the first part of the book features strong writing and story-telling. But things just derail at the end. I don't object to how she wraps the story up - in fact, I think the concept is excellent (I won't give it all away - but the women save the day). She just needed to take about 100 more pages to carry off the complex ending. In the process Miles strong personality just evaporates. And there's the very, very bizarre subplot (which plays a major role in setting up the finale) of Roger Chatsworth (yes, of the evil Chatsworths - Elizabeth is one too) and a woman. I actually welcomed an attempt to bring redemption to Roger, but it just doesn't work - it's almost creepy. The author did add a cute epilogue that lets you know how almost everyone turns out (no word on Jocelyn from "Velvet Promise" and "Velvet Song" or that nice Alan Fairfax who ended up helping Judith and Gavin in "Velvet Promise" - we'll assume they lived happily ever after!) Ultimately - read this to wrap the series up, but it's not as strong as the others.Book Review: Terrific story. I want to read the rest of the series.
Summary: 4 Stars
Many reviews have been written detailing this story, so I will make my review short.
I've read Jude Deveraux before, and really enjoy her writing. That prompted me to buy "Velvet Angel." I didn't realize at the time, that it was the finale to a series. The characters were humorous and the story fast- paced from the very first page.
I gave the book 4 stars, instead of five, because a few things annoyed me:
The hero is quick to judge the heroine falsely over something that obviously was not her fault. For that, he banishes her from his life for a while. Luckily, it doesn't take too much of the story to reunite them.
Second, the characters were very typical. He's a powerful warrior who has had hordes of women. She is a sharp- tongued virgin. I still enjoyed reading about them, because they both were quite funny at times.
I will be reading the rest of the series. This one was definitely worth- while.