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The Love Knot [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Rebecca Brandewyne (Author)
2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gothic Romance, May 27 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: The Love Knot (Mass Market Paperback)
The Love Knot is a wonderful old-fashioned romance! Brandewyne has taken the typical Gothic plot made popular by the Brontes, du Maurier, Holt, Stewart, Whitney, and others (young woman goes to isolated house and falls in love with her dark, brooding employer, who may or may not be a bad guy), and added several different twists. All the Gothic elements so essential to the genre are in place here, and the action is nonstop. It kept me riveted right to the end of the book! The Love Knot is written in the classic mode, so some readers may find the going hard. But it suited the time period and style of the book, so I really enjoyed it. It set the Gothic mood perfectly, with such vivid descriptions that I could really see Cornwall, Bodmin Moor, Jamaica Inn, St. Aubyn Manor, and all the rest. The characters were delightful and true to the times and customs of the day. If you're after male prostitutes and graphic sex (someone else mentioned Robin Schone), The Love Knot isn't that. It's true to the classic Gothic mode. Maybe today's readers just aren't all that familiar with that style anymore. But I am, and to me, The Love Knot was refreshing, harkening back to books I read and adored in days gone by. For those of us who grew up with these types of books and really miss them, The Love Knot is a great read. I highly recommend it!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, April 12 2004
By Ferocity "Ferocity" (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Love Knot (Mass Market Paperback)
I've never before been moved to write an online review, but after drudging through the muck of this book, I had to act.
The plot was lifted, practically wholecloth, from Bronte's Jane Eyre.
The only parts that didn't jibe with Jane Eyre were the parts lifted from du Maurier's Rebecca.
As for the bit about the hero working as a bandit for the Home Office, perhaps that was just a bit of Pimpernel worked in for effect.
Awful.
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1.0 out of 5 stars More like a noose than a knot, Jan 16 2004
By Gail (San Diego) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Love Knot (Mass Market Paperback)
With paragraphs two sentences long that take up half the page, you can only imagine the boredom that strikes the reader. The descriptions goes on and on, ad nauseum, and the characters are trite. If the author was trying for gothic romance, she ended up only in leaving the reader aghast in horror.
I'd rather read Daphne Du Maurier or one of the Bronte's than wade through the dull prose of Ms. Brandewyne.
Safe yourself and don't bother with this book. 0 stars.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A Totally AWFUL book
The nicest thing I can say about my reading this book is that I was only too happy when it ended!
I would have taken away the star rating and given it about -5 stars but that... Read more
Published on Oct 7 2003 by bna2clm

1.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful romance novel-except it lacks romance
I bought this book in the romance section and there is no romance in it. The characters are written in such a stern fashion it is hard to relate to them. Read more
Published on Sep 18 2003 by Elisabeth Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars Gothic Revisited
Fans of gothic romantic literature will immediately recognize the Love Knot's premise; a sheltered but practical young governess travels to the desolate moors of Cornwall to teach... Read more
Published on Jul 31 2003 by Chris Cummings

1.0 out of 5 stars what was this
Dear author:
How can you not even introduce the two characters until page 133. You have made descriptions of everything in you book except the important things. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars what was this
Dear author:
How can you not even introduce the two characters until page 133. You have made descriptions of everything in you book except the important things. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Romantic Suspense!
The Love Knot is very entertaining. I could not put it down! Ms. Brandewyne has written a romance that moves swiftly and keeps you glued to the pages till the end. Read more
Published on May 29 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Huge Disappointment
Besides the fact that the first page is only a couple sentences long, yet contains dozens and dozens and dozens of adjectives(need I say more), giving me the impression that the... Read more
Published on May 15 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars strong historical intrigue
In 1802 Verity Collier accepts a position as governess to seven-year-old twins Meliora and Bastian though she has no previous experience with this work. Read more
Published on May 14 2003 by Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Classic Gothic!!
The Love Knot is a wonderful, suspenseful book, written in the style of classic Gothics of the nineteenth century. Read more
Published on May 10 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars The Love Knot
This book is a total waste of time for anyone who has enjoyed
the author in the past. The story line is fair but the content
and dialogue are absurd. Read more
Published on May 7 2003

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