The Awakening (Montgomery, Book 13)

It was really interesting that this was based on a true story. It was based on the Wheatland Hop Riot of 1913. Jude Deveraux is one of my favorite authors. This is one of her earlier books. I enjoyed it very much. Amanda is being controlled by her husband to be. She meets Hank Montgomery and he helps her to see outside her home. Her father is a tyrant farmer. He treats his farmworkers horribly. If you like Jude's books you will enjoy this one.

I could read this book over and over again. It's funny and sweet. I love that this book is connected to both the Princess and a knight in shining armor. Both J.T. Montgomery (J.T. Montgomery is the son Hank Montgomery and Amanda and he's in the Princess)and Hank Montgomery fall in love with uptight women. In the awaking Hank Montgomery of rescues Amanda from a life were she is being controled by her father & husband to be and shows her what passion is. He helps her become the woman she was meant to be. You need to read the Princess to see how free she becomes. I love this book. I love the background characters as well. Jude Deveraux developed Amanda and Hank's personalities and motivations very convincingly, to the point where you feel as though you know them well enough to be friends by the time you finish the book. The two meet and the sparks fly from the first page they meet. Ms. Deveraux writes some of the wittiest dialogue around -- I was laughing out loud at times. One of the things I liked best about this book is the way the author wove the emotional storyline with such a light touch -- I was engrossed with the relationship between the hero and heroine and truly felt as if I knew them both. The Awakening was an emotional roller coaster, and I felt all the pain and joy they did. I was so engrossed, I read it in a day. The love scenes are ample & steamy, and the plot is a good one. A fast paced book with an intricate plot that I cannot help but enjoy. The Awakening has a strong (but not obnoxious) heroine who is in no way ordinary, a back story which is compelling but doesn't get in the way of the love story, and of course a wonderful hero.

Okay...i could write the best summary ever and desperatly try to persuade you JD fans out there who haven't read this or you new comers who haven't read this, that it's worth the time, but really all i should have to say is that this is another heart throb, with a sexy Montgomery. Now if you've read my reviews before you've noticed every Montgomery book i've read, well i loooovvvveee the Montgomery clan. They are hott, sensitive in their own way, protective, real family men, well let's just say they are every woman's dream come true. So give it a try, pop a bag of popcorn, settle in you're fav reading spot (of course you have to be in you're pj's to get the full relaxed feel lol) and send you're self on a romantic trip. These books are so good, it'll make u jelouse!

The Awakening is my second-favorite Jude Devereaux novel (after The Princess). Smart, touching and very funny characters in a quasi-`The Taming of the Shrew' story. But Amanda Caulden is no shrew, just impossibly isolated and ignorant of the outside world. Leave it to a Montgomery man to shake up her world and wake her up. Great Reading.

This is my very first Jude Deveraux book and oh wow, it totally bowled me over!! The characters, Hank and Amanda really added spice to the whole story and i really, really loved the passion and romance between the two of them! And i loved the book n plot so much i've read it 5 times or more. A 100% great read.