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 - 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!

I love all of Jude Deveraux's work, and _The Awakening_ was no exception. I was at first a little dissapointed with the begining though. Amanda is really too stiff, and Hank was not sympathetic enough. He just automatically put her in the catagorie of a prig who couldn't feel anything. Amanda took a little too long to wake up and see the world. She's run raged by her fiance, yet she still clings to the notion that she loves him. This was very exasperating to read about. Both characters were being strange and stubborn. It was like they were both looking at their lives through a screne door. They could see part of it, but most of it was shady. But, towards the second half of the book, the door opened, and _The Awakening_ became wonderful. Amanda became more of a real character, and Hank acted with much more compassion then he origionally showed. His way of courting Amanda was knee weakening. Jude Deveraux has a gift with words. She makes all of her books come alive! I loved the time change. I've never really encountered books that took place in the early nineteen hundreds, and it works really well. The setting of a California hop ranch was delightful, and Jude Deveraux's research efforts shine as this book is rich with detail about the hop riots that happened around that time. I enjoyed reading about the trails of the workers, however, it was very heartbreaking. Jude Deveraux captured the essence of the hop fields, and her book made me want to research it more. Although _The Awakening_ started strangly and it was rather annoying in the begining, grit your teeth and get past the first couple chapters. From then on, the story picks up steam, and you will get involved in the characters' plots and lives. This book is definitely worth your time. I'd recomend it to anyone.