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Laddar... Something from Tiffany's (utgåvan 2011)av Melissa Hill (Författare)
VerksinformationA Gift from Tiffany's av Melissa Hill
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. My title is "Something From Tiffany's". (2022 reissue) Cute story, but you really have to suspend disbelief that something like this would happen. After losing his love Jane to cancer, Ethan Greene plans to propose to his girlfriend Vanessa while in NYC for Christmas, having purchased a 2-carat diamond ring from Tiffany's, with the help of his 8-year old daughter, Daisy. But on Christmas morning, she opens the iconic blue box to find a silver charm bracelet. Realizing there was a mix-up, he tries to find the missing ring, but will he find more than just the ring? Will the Tiffany magic lead him to find his true love? Meanwhile, a man hit by a cab lies in a hospital while his girlfriend, Rachel, waits for him to recover. He has the ring! Rachel thinks it is for her, and he doesn't tell her the truth. Ethan decides to take his daughter and his new girlfriend, Vanessa, to New York for Christmas. It used to be his favorite place to share with his now deceased wife. He wants his daughter and Vanessa to share in the magic of this beautiful city. He also has an ulterior motive. He intends to stop by Tiffany’s and purchase an engagement ring. But, as usual in the way of life. Ethan purchases the ring but in the confusion of an accident, gifts get switched. Ethan follows the ring all the way overseas to try and retrieve his gift. Things do not work out as planned. I enjoyed this novel. Now, this is your typical Christmas romance. And I had it figured out after 2 chapters. I knew exactly what was going to happen. But, there is just something about this time of year and all the romances. They are quick, easy reads. Perfect for when life gets busy around the holiday. Just plain magical escapes. Need a good book to get you in the spirit of Christmas…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today! I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review. To be honest, I didn't think I'd enjoy this book. It was given to me as a gift, so I thought I'll give it a go, and if I get bored with it, I'll just read something else. However, I am very glad I read it. It is such a sweet story, and the plot is so good! Some of it is predictable, but it's still a good read. I loved little Daisy. She is so cute!!! Oh, and there were a few twists I wasn't expecting. Definitely worth a read although probably more of a holiday read if anything. Ethan buys a ring at Tiffany's to propose to his girlfriend Vanessa. Gary also goes into Tiffany's to buy a gift for his girlfriend Rachel. When Gary gets hit by a cab and Ethan steps up to help him, their bags get switched. After Gary gets out of the hospital, he gives the gift to his girlfriend and winds up rather unexpectedly engaged. Although he didn't plan to propose he decides to just go with it. I thought the concept was really cute. But then Gary got pretty frustrating. It seems like he really believed that ring was his to keep. Which ofcourse poses a problem since he didn't pay for it, Ethan did. I didn't really like Gary very much at all.
Reviewed by JoAnne Book provided by the publisher for review Review originally posted at Romancing the Book I like stories set at Christmas and felt I could relate to this one since most of it took place in New York where I grew up. There was romance, love, family, lots of deception and discourse by all, a child that got dragged into every adult situation, and storylines set in England and Ireland as well as New York . The description of all the locations made me feel I was there since I could visualize the snow, the landmarks in New York, the streets in London and the Irish countryside and the cafe, Stromboli’s, in particular. I found the book very choppy at times bouncing around from character to character none of whom were really totally developed. There was a connection between most of them by the end of the book but I didn’t find closure. I liked the epilogue but that only tied up one storyline with a very unexpected happily ever after since I thought I was reading about a different couple at the time until I got to the last few lines. Another potential happily ever after was alluded to but I would have liked the author’s take on whether it came to pass or not. I did like how Jane, Ethan’s deceased wife and Daisy’s mom was quoted throughout. Although some of what she “said” was whimsical a lot of it seemed like practical advice for her husband and daughter to live their lives by. I haven’t read books by this author before but would give others of hers a try to see if there were better developed characters and closure and also less choppiness.
New York City at Christmas and a visit to Tiffany's is the perfect recipe to sweep a girl off her feet, unless fate has other plans. Widower Ethan Greene and his daughter, Daisy, share a fierce love for Christmastime in New York, truly the most magical time of the year in the city that never sleeps. So what better way to invite Ethan's girlfriend, Vanessa, into their family than with a trip to the city and an engagement ring from its most famous jeweller? But Ethan and Daisy aren't the only ones picking up a Tiffany's treat. Scrambling for ideas on Christmas Eve, Gary Knowles swoops into the jeweller for a quick gift with big name appeal for his brilliant girlfriend, Rachel. When their worlds collide for one small moment, everything changes, and only time will tell if true love will prevail. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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How do I hate this book, let me count the ways. Firstly, 400 pages is WAY too long. This is a short story in a woman's magazine at best. Hill stretches out her painful prose, full of unnecessary exposition - not only does she tell and not show, but supplies thought, feeling, motive and backstory for EVERY character - by drawing out and repeating scenes and dialogue until I started to wonder if she was writing for children. There are obvious Heroes and Villains, but even the good guys are obnoxious. Case in point being Ethan, the drippy single dad who spends $20,000 on an engagement ring - without consulting his intended fiancée, I might add - but then is too nice to figure out how to get his expensive gift back when there is a mix up with another little blue bag outside the store. He doesn't own up to his girlfriend that there's been a mistake when she opens a cheap charm bracelet instead, and when he tracks the wrongful recipient down, he can't bring himself to tell her boyfriend is a lying dick and he wants his ring back. And the dick boyfriend is all, 'You can't prove that you bought the ring' - really? Tiffany's don't keep records of ridiculously expensive items? They couldn't resolve this whole mess in ten minutes?
We're supposed to care for Ethan, I imagine, because he has big blue eyes and a strong jaw - no, really - and because he's a widowed father to an 'adorable' eight-turned-thirty year old daughter. Atticus Finch, however, he ain't. He literally admits to hunting down a mother figure for his child and doesn't actually love the woman he paid $20,000 for, but she's the villain in the end because - wait for it - she didn't want more children but was prepared to care for his daughter and then had an affair with his friend because she knew she could never compare to the Dead Wife. And the couple on the reverse end of the Tiffany's debacle are no better - Gary the opportunist ring thief is portrayed throughout as crass, chauvinistic, arrogant and dumb as a box of hair, while Rachel is stunningly beautiful, a talented baker and businesswoman and beloved by all - but also lacking in brain cells because she puts up with Gary. And after pages and pages and pages of the same conversation between different characters about the damn ring - she goes back to her lying, thieving, lazy boyfriend. This isn't even a spoiler because I guarantee that anybody who gets to the end of the book will have given up caring - I started skipping all the 'introspective' paragraphs and skim reading through the dialogue just to confirm that there was no need to read three quarters of the book. To summarise, which the author is clearly incapable of doing, 'he wanted the proposal to be something special, something romantic she would remember forever, rather than a long and confusing story about some stupid mix-up.' ( )