What do You think about Chesapeake Blue (2004)?
This is a really good book but to enjoy it you must read the Chesapeake Bay series in orderThe main theme of family, love and understanding is beautifully portray and I can't help wishing I'm part of the Quinns too!We see a lot of Anna and Cam , I love their sarcasm and humour and the unconditional love for every Quinngetting to know Anna,Cam,Ethan,Grace,Phillip and Sybill with their kids made me feel so contentedAubrey turned into such an amazing woman too! I really really wish that I'm a QuinnSeth is finally grown to be a talented successful artist , obviously he's a superb male species seeing him with qualities from the three brothers is so satisfyingSeth meeting and falling for Dru nothing unexpectedhoweverI like that the smart beautiful and lavishly wealthy Dru can knock sense into Seth cause he really does behave and thinks like a 10 year old despite he's supposedly to have high IQ ....no offense he is thick headed and stubborn I'm so glad to meet Stella Quinn in this final book she's is one hell of a woman, the perfect mother and grandmother Quinn ,I like the zucchinis bread xDanyhow after getting around the idea that Seth has grown up and the other Quinn brothers and wives have to be in their forties,admittedly, is a bit hard to visualize after 3 books with themsomehow Chesapeake Blue fits perfectly with the trilogyI was hoping to see Ray Quinn one last time with Stella at the Independence Day partyI was so angry and sad with what Gloria didwhat kind of mother is she? the boat yard and the sketches of art! Eighteen years of memories....this book is relatively more fast paced compared to the first three of the seriesThe Chesapeake Bay Saga is a great read for those looking for a touching, understanding, heart warming , loving family theme series<3
—QiJia (On Hiatus) 치쟈
The main thing I object is, cliché. Am I that stupid? Yes, I am. I really enjoy romances, quick light fix of alpha male and alpha female, just it’s hard to find an intelligent romance. But it is. Most of them are so badly written, that every time when I see so many 5 stars, I think about the readers and the old lady and her cats metaphor. Don't you have any whatsoever criteria if you rate THIS book 5 stars? Why do they have to be so transparent? Quick fix doesn't necessarily need to be shallow as well. I know there are good romantic writers out there, just I haven't had my luck. And because I'm a junkie, I need my fix. So, I settle with everything, anything. Although, Roberts has a reputation as big as ... I don't know what comparison to use. National bank where she keeps her trillions. The stereotypes were just killing me in this Chesapeake Bay Saga. Starting with the food: all they ate was pizza, meatball subway, lasagna and pasta. Budweiser. Period. They swear, they are gentle, they’re rough and they like their steaks blue rare. And they are all mind loosingly good looking. Like, properly good looking, like you would jump on them straight away. Like a nymphomaniac on a fly. CAMERON, the oldest adopted brother is speedy, sexy, hands under skirt type of guy, been racing and likes speed, who met stunningly gorgeous almond shaped eye Anna, the Italian social worker. These two are fire, and they remain fire until the end. But, when I was reading their dialogues, it was so predictable. Why do you do that Nora Roberts? New York Times best seller countless times. You? The cats are meowing, sorry, I need to feed them. Second brother ETHAN is an introverted fisherman, barely speaks, only hangs out with his boat and dog and is in love with Grace, first neighbor, who is sweet and good and peachy peach. PHILLIP, third brother, is an Armani wearing punk, falls in love with BA, MA, PhD psychologist Sybill, who was fucked up, but came to her senses. And the fourth brother SETH, with his upper DC class girlfriend Drusilla. And Seth is like - new Jackson Pollock. And then Roberts tries to be smart as hell, and she starts writing about Seth's paintings. Because, you know, he’s seen the world. Rome, Cork and Paris. Wow, did you really? Did you really Seth?! Is world really THAT big? Will you tell me about your paintings? Weeeeell, if you wanna know sugar, I’ll tell ya all. When in Rome you’ll call every woman bella and you’ll paint Spanish steps, because you know, when in Rome.... In Paris you’ll paint Eiffel tower, because you know, c’est la vie. And of course in Ireland, all colors are green, and people there are happy, happy happiness all around me people, who only think and talk about leprechauns and they search for lucky shamrocks, because Irish are all ‘away with the fairies’. And then when you get bored with travelling, you’ll paint a man and his boat aka presenting character's inner disturbances (never seen that coming!), wheat fields during the summer and a little girl with a red balloon in it, and if you are in a special mood, you’ll paint the love of your life, covered with just rose petals. Really Seth, red roses, my favourite flowers are red roses. You just outwit yourself in originality. Let me grab you another Bud and pizza with all the toppings. Annoying as hell. No, I am annoying as hell. Because you really have to be a dumbass to like it so much to give it more than 2 stars.
—Jana
Chesapeake Blue is the fourth of the Chesapeake Bay series by Nora Roberts. It is the story of Seth Quinn, who as a ten-year-old , was bought from his mother (Ray’s estranged daughter, Gloria deLauter) by Ray Quinn and raised by Ray’s adopted sons, Cam, Ethan and Phil. After years of promoting his art around the continent, Seth Quinn wants to come home to St Christopher, to the security of the place he grew up in. when he arrives, he meets Drusilla Whitcomb-Banks, granddaughter of a Senator, who has come to St Chris to get away from life in Washington and the stifling demands of her parents. She’s running a flower shop and loving it, and Seth wants to paint her, and more. But everyone has secrets in their past, and Seth’s is insisting on turning up like a bad penny, threatening everything he holds dear. Is there any way someone as sophisticated as Dru can be with someone like Seth with his history? Is Seth underestimating Drusilla’s strength? Has Seth forgotten he is a Quinn, and Quinns stand together? This final chapter in the Chesapeake Bay series will please fans who wanted to know how Seth turned out. Roberts knows how to create characters to love and hate, and a plot that is original. An entertaining read.
—Marianne
