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5.0étoiles sur 5
Inspiring & heart warming, Oct. 29 2000
This is my third book of Robin Lee Hatcher. My first book of hers was the FOREVER, ROSE. I was deeply taken by that book so I bought the sequels. Had I known earlier that this is a series, I would have read the book in order. Anyway, much to my surprise, REMEMBER WHEN is even better, it's more heart warming than the FOREVER ROSE & WHERE THE HEART IS. Reading the first two books of course, gave more impact on this one. I am now in the process of reading Kiss me, Katie. I suggest the reader to read the Americana Series in order. It'll make a huge difference. Here's the series in sequence: 1st: WHERE THE HEART IS ------> 2nd: FOREVER,ROSE --------> 3rd: REMEMBER WHEN ------------> 4th: Kiss me, Katie. I have read many sequel books and normally, the second/third books of any sequel novels aren't as good as the first one anymore. Even though I haven't read the whole series yet (one more to go), I think it is now fair to say that I find all three books satisfying. Each book gets better, story get more exciting. The Americana series is about a town called Homestead, Idaho. The creation of the town beginning with just few families in small farm houses, one main street and only few stores to it's booming times with railroads and big hotels. I have only read three of the series but so far, it makes me feel like I am in the town itself. There are many characters aside from the two primary couples. It contains love stories as well as family and neighborly love scenes. Many heart warming scenes of people helping one another. Like every small town, everyone knows everybody's business and gossips cannot be avoided. Though I find that flaw amusing in many ways. My favorite aside from the romance story is that each book contains many updates of the characters from the previous book. I also enjoy reading books about children and their growing up years especially if they become the couple in the next book. It is like keeping track of a mini series in T.V.. This is what makes the series so interesting from the beginning to the end. REMEMBER WHEN is a love story of Tom/Fanny and Sara/Jeremiah. The way R.L.H wrote their romance is simply inspiring. Started out as friends developing into something special. I specially like the way R.L.H wrote Jeremiah. The more you read, the more you understand his fears of loving again. Meanwhile, here's Sara reaching out to him. Tom's unconditional friendship then love for Fanny, who was first judged by most town people for working in the Pony Saloon. Then later, the acceptance. The unusual circumstances & the twist of story makes this book more exciting. Tom & Sara's brother-sister realtionship gave an additional warmth to this book. I had to finish it in one sitting. Otherwise, it'll leave me thinking about it the whole day. GET IT & READ IT!
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