Angel's Peak (Virgin River)
by Robyn Carr
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Author: Robyn CarrEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-01-26
ISBN: 0778327612
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Mira
Book Reviews of Angel's Peak (Virgin River)
Book Review: Disappointing - a new low for the series
Summary: 1 Stars
Franci and Sean had a terrible break-up four year ago, and when they run into each other again there's a shocking revelation for Sean. Be warned, not much of this book has anything to do with Virgin River.
Having come into possession of, and read, the entire, wildly uneven Virgin River series in just over a week, I can say with absolute certainty this is the worst of the bunch.
As the Virgin River series goes on, its focus is shifting further and further away from romance and the town, and more and more towards parenting and home renovations (and relationships for the over-sixties). I can't say that's a good thing. The only positive is the fact the less Mel appears in a book, the less I have to groan my way through detailed pelvic exams and childbirths. But I want my romance back!
Robyn Carr's books are a little slow-moving, which can be nice when you need to relax and have a change of pace, but sometimes they're TOO slow. You get long conversations about nothing in particular that don't further the plot. I think Sean and Franci's relationship would have been far more interesting with some of the boring bits removed. It could also have done without the repetition - once again Carr has her characters relaying information multiple times to multiple characters. The reader doesn't need to hear the same stories over and over.
It's strange that every character is either a retired military man, working in medicine, or renovating homes. Why do these professions have the author so obsessed?
I had a hard time warming up to Franci, and not only because the way she lied to Sean by omission was unforgivable in my book. She was described as some sort of thin, muscular sporting superwoman with a shorn, butch haircut. I just couldn't see why people found her so attractive - in personality or looks.
There wasn't much in the way of romance here, but plenty about wanting babies and parenting.
Just for the record, children with speech impediments are not cute. Reading misspelt words meant to symbolise a child with a speech impediment is sheer torture. Rosie seriously annoyed me the moment she ran onto the page.
When Sean's mother, Maureen, came onto the scene she completely took over the book. And - as always with a Robyn Carr - the book went downhill at the halfway point, I'll have to admit, by the end I was skipping the parts about Maureen and George, and by then those parts took up most of the page space. Gosh I would have preferred something more interesting to fill the space than lengthy discussions about the sexual problems the elderly might experience...
My problem with the jumping storylines in this one was that we missed any relationship development there might have been between Franci and Sean. One minute they see each other again, then Sean's otherwise occupied (while we visit plenty of other characters who are planning babies), and then there's the resolution to the main story. I felt robbed of the romance.
There's more time devoted to describing all the characters' houses than there is to relationships between these characters!
I am SO sick of everybody thinking about, talking about, worrying about and going about getting checked for STDs. We're adults reading these books - we can do without being talked down to about safe sex.
Robyn Carr claims to hate fancy names, and so her characters have plain old Anglo-Saxon names. Even the Mexican hero of book three was called Mike by all his friends. The lack of diversity might be Ms Carr's prejudice, but it's unrealistic. There are few to no women currently in their thirties named Glynnis; maybe she should be a bit more sensible about naming her characters.
The conflicts in the book are resolved too easily. Sean should have been furious about Franci's secrets, but he just...wasn't. Rosie should have got in trouble for some of her behaviour, but everybody just thought she was cute. She was a spoilt little brat.
By the time the book ambles to its conclusion, everything is tied up in so many pretty bows I found myself wishing for a few more bad things to happen to this town so we could get a real story. The good people are saints and the bad people are cartoonishly bad. There's no middle ground. I'd love for a bit more balance in and around Virgin River.
Summary of Angel's Peak (Virgin River)
Four years ago, Air Force sweethearts Franci Duncan and Sean Riordan reached an impasse. She wanted marriage and a family. He didn't. But a chance meeting proves that the bitter breakup hasn't cooled their sizzling chemistry.Sean has settled down in spite of himself?he's not the cocky young fighter pilot he was when Franci left, and he wants them to try again. After all, they have a history?but that's not all they share.
Franci's secret reason for walking away when Sean refused to commit is now three and a half: a redheaded cherub named Rosie who shares her daddy's emerald-green eyes. Sean is stunned?and furious with Franci for the deception.
News travels fast in Virgin River, and soon the whole town is taking sides. Rebuilding their trust could take a small miracle?and the kind of love that can move mountains.
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