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Loading... Holding the Dream (Dream Trilogy Book 2) (original 1997; edition 1997)by Nora Roberts (Author)
Work InformationHolding the Dream by Nora Roberts (1997)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Romance For being the practical one in this series, Kate became self-absorbed, her I am the best lawyer/daughter attitude. Surprised how she wanted to keep the Templetons from knowing the past about her father's stealing when they already knew. The continuing story of running the specialty store was nice, the concern for each other beyond normal. Annie the housekeeper plays a small part this time. Margo becomes pregnant creating home-feelings for Kate to want. Byron is exceptional as rich boyfriend, caring for a skinny non-built type of girl, encouraging her to become healthy and exercising. Would have thought she'd take a leave of absence rather than quit lawyer partnership. The "Dream" series sets you up to meet the Templeton family one by one. In Daring to Dream Margo Sullivan (now Templeton after marrying Josh) dared to give up a life of glamour to own her own second hand shop. In Holding the Dream, it's Kate Powell who takes center stage. If Margo is the sexy one, Kate is the outwardly dowdy accountant, the sexy-behind-the-scenes-but-good-with-numbers one. Orphaned by a childhood tragedy, she joins the Templeton household as the ugly and odd duck; she grows up to be the ambitious accountant striving to pull her weight and forever indebted to the Templetons for their generosity. She is no nonsense and serious and to the letter with everything she does so how it that Kate is accused of embezzling from the firm she wants to make partner? Of course it's a Templeton connection who swoops in to save the day. Since I just finished this book, I have to say, what a baffling ending. It just...stopped. Anyway, so was a bunch of the rest of this book. Nora Roberts usually has a knack for writing excellent characters that truly make you feel for or at least appreciate their personalities since you can sometimes relate. This series so far has not done this. This second Dreams novel focuses on Kate Powell and Byron De Witt's relationship, which was better to read than Margo and Josh's. At least one of these two were actually pretty reasonable human beings this time around. But that's about where my praise for them ends. In the first book, we get a glimpse at Kate and formulate the opinion that she's a strong-willed, smart, sarcastic fighter type. But upon closer inspection in this novel, she's suddenly transformed into an insecure, stubborn, weak, and frankly stupid person. It's difficult to stay absorbed in her storyline when her characteristics don't match it up with how she was previously presented. And despite having a background as a hard-working overachiever who was intelligent enough to skip grades in school, and have a pretty well put together life compared to Margo, somehow Kate still needed a knight in shining armor in the form of Byron to ride in and "save" her. Certain things I understood, like making sure Kate didn't forget basic necessities such as eating when she got too wrapped in work, but throughout the book, he basically took control and seemed to be making decisions for her, and mostly without consulting her about it. Like, how is that helping her get better if she's going to now become so dependent on him? I get that it's supposed to be a theme in most, if not all, of the NR reads but this was just ridiculous. Maybe it was tolerable in some of her other trilogies because they actually featured strong female characters, while in contrast, the Dreams ladies seem like they can fall apart at the slightest breeze from the sea if their man-to-be is not by their side to catch them. I mean, "[Byron] shot a look at Josh that clearly stated they would talk later and began to usher Kate down the hall." Did I really just read that nonsense? Rather than rooting for either character, this book just got me angry until all I wanted to do was see how it ends. Which was poorly. Despite all of the above, this *still* hasn't been the worst NR series I've read and I'm really hoping Laura's story will be better! Not holding out any hopes and *dreams* though! no reviews | add a review
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"Surrounded by the sweeping cliffs and beauty of Big Sur, Kate Powell treasured her life at Templeton House...and the family who raised her like one of their own. Although Kate lacked Margo's beauty and Laura's elegance, she knew she had something they would never possess--a shrewd head for business. Driven by ambition, Kate measured her life's success with each soaring promotion. But now, faced with professional impropriety, Kate is forced to look deep within herself--only to find something missing in her life...and in her heart"-- No library descriptions found. |
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