Comments on: REVIEW: Beyond Breathless by Kathleen O’Reilly

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Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:02:08 +0000

[...] I forget, I squeed when I realized that Andrew and Jamie were playing bit parts in this story which really makes sense since David works in financial stuff [...]

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:00:08 +0000

Due to the amount of spam comments being added to this post, I’m closing comments on it.

By: Meljean

Meljean — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:44:21 +0000

I saw this one at Target tonight and picked it up because I remembered the review and the cerebral seduction — and thought it was as good as reviewed. I just pre-ordered the next one.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:20:51 +0000

Oh Kat, that bites. But then having to pay Amazon international shipping prices would bite even harder.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:29:07 +0000

Aw, one of my favourite authors…and we don’t get this book until April. :( I love her sexy nerdy dialogue, too. *g*

By: LinM

LinM — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:35:38 +0000

What to do; what to do. This review is so much fun but the back-cover blurb for this book is awful. I pity the poor author.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:04:49 +0000

I totally understand “reading fifteen times.” I work on my reviews, review them, hopefully remember to run them through a spell check then sometimes (of course usually *after* they’re posted) reread them again and finally(!) notice the glaring errors. Accckkkk!

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:56:50 +0000

Oh cerebral seduction! I am all over that. I’m buying this one today. As far as the siblings that aren’t? Sometimes when you’re thick in writing you skim over that stuff because you’ve read it all fifteen times and your eyes aren’t picking up those problems. And you’d like to step back and stick it in a drawer for a few months so you can see holes, but you can’t because you have a deadline. That’s when editors and cold readers are priceless. Stuff like that doesn’t kill it for me, shoddy writing kills it for me.

By: Barbara B.

Barbara B. — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:26:37 +0000

I bought and read it last last. I wondered about how Jamie went from only child to having siblings, too. Anyway, I enjoyed this story and would love to read more from K. O’Reilly. I really love mentally and emotionally mature characters like Andrew and Jamie. There wasn’t any of that fiesty woman, alpha male banter. I hate that kind of crap. I also liked that the author amused me without trying to rival a stand-up comedian like some romance writers attempt.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:12:56 +0000

Well, in chapter 5 when she and Stephanie are doing pilates, Jamie mentions that her mother started “them” on Jane Fonda when Jamie was a child. So I assumed she had siblings. Then in chapter 8, during the all day love fest at Andrew’s apartment (specifically at 3pm), it states that Jamie was “an only child of two over-achievers.” Then in chapter 9 Jamie’s calling her mother and getting the update on her sister Rose and Rose’s children.

By: Tara Marie

Tara Marie — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:11:42 +0000

All right Ladies, you’ve convinced me, I’ll be ordering this one today. It sounds like a fun read.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:46:23 +0000

No, my copy said she was the eldest child. (This post actually will go up at 4 am. Only you, Janine and I can see it right now but I had to comment because I won’t be around tomorrow).

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:41:43 +0000

Jane, I assume you read the finished product instead of the ARC that I did. Perhaps you can tell me if the problem of Jamie’s siblings was straightened out. One minute she’s got them then there was a sentence that talked about how she was an only child the suddenly, she has at least one sister and some nephews who her mother spoils. It was a real, “WTF?” moment.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:39:45 +0000

I totally loved this book. It was smart and addressed the issues that Jamie had with wanting to make it on her own. It really resonated with me. I never felt like the author took the easy way out. Obviously I need more O'Reilly. In any event, I liked this book so much that I gave up the chance to read Lisa Kleypas' March release, Sugar Daddy, from Bookseller Friend to finish reading this one. (lest anyone think this is not a sacrifice Bookseller Friend is leaving for a week so I gave up reading a highly anticipated novel for an entire week to finish this book!) I think I would give it an A-.