"Jude Devereux teaches you to live up to your expectations instead of others in this thought-provoking book!"
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted April 26, 2018
Romance | Women's Fiction
Stories should take you to another place. Not necessarily
foreign or mythical, but out of your own conscious world or
comfort zone so to speak. Can't think of another author
that does that as well as Jude Deveraux. Her list of
engaging novels speaks to her innate talent. Her popularity
speaks of how many of us readers flock to get our hands on
her next great story. AS YOU WISH has earned a place on
that list. Expect to be entertained and touched and moved.
But there is so much hearty soul about AS YOU WISH you will
inevitably find yourself transfixed to each and every page
as Jude Deveraux welcomes you to Summer Hill and the latest
addition to the Summerhouse series. AS YOU WISH by Jude Deveraux takes you on a roller coaster
of emotions and reactions in several interconnected stories
that at some points make you laugh and then to a point of
anger and angst. Kind of like life I guess, but there is
great turmoil present in the lives of the flawed and
imperfect -- human -- characters at the core of AS YOU WISH.
Strong women with harshly pointed out issues that have
somehow managed to diminish them and their lives. I
hesitate to say through no fault of their own, since I am a
believer of being in control of one's fate. But AS YOU WISH
clearly shows that not even the brightest person can
honestly say that. So, welcome to the dysfunctional lives of three really neat
women: Olivia, Elise, and Kathy. Welcome to a world created
in Jude Deveraux's imagination that is actually grounded in
some hard realities of life. Three women facing the real truths of their lives --
philandering husbands and in all cases being somewhat
guilty of enabling this behavior. AS YOU WISH is a story about unraveling the truth behind
the lies that have clouded the vision and some might say
good sense of these really smart women. Now they are
becoming enlightened to the farce that their lives have
morphed into. Control is back in their hands -- and the
truth will give you strength. There is definitely power in
a group and Olivia, Elise, and Kathy wind up being a force
to reckon with. Question is, what they will do with this new
knowledge, strength, and power? Every women knows someone who has fallen into the trap of
being the good wife and mother while not being happy and
fulfilled. Habits are hard to break but continuing to live
with these mistaken steps is just not an option. AS YOU
WISH is Jude Deveraux's strong statement about taking back
control of your own future. There are times that you will
strongly react to the stories these women share and that is
her intent. AS YOU WISH has just moved up the ranks to one
of Jude Deveraux's best. And hopefully there are more to
come in this crazy good series.
SUMMARY
New York Times bestselling
author Jude Deveraux returns with the highly anticipated
third installment in her beloved Summerhouse series, where
three women have the coveted opportunity to answer the
age-old question: What would you do
differently if you could do it all again? One fateful summer, three very different women find
themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they
find they have much more in common than they realized… Sixty-year-old Olivia's first marriage was long and unhappy,
but now she is a newlywed, thrilled to finally be starting
her life with the man she's always truly loved—even if they
are getting a late start. Kathy is in her forties and
married to a handsome, successful businessman. Theirs would
be a fairy-tale romance if it weren't for one problem: He's
passionately in love with someone else! Twenty-something
Elise is also in a troubled marriage, stuck with the man her
wealthy parents chose for her. Now that he has a pregnant
mistress, he seems willing to go to drastic lengths to take
Elise out of the picture. Though each of them wound up at the Summerhouse for separate
reason, it's not long before they begin to open up about
their regrets, their wishes and their dreams. And when
they're presented with the opportunity of a lifetime—a
chance to right the wrongs of their past—all three discover
what can happen when dreams really do come true. A heartfelt, magical tale, As You Wish is a shining
example of Jude Deveraux's enchanting storytelling that will
charm longtime fans and delight a new generation of readers.
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