{"id":3718,"date":"2018-12-18T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:32:10","slug":"review-craving-jamie-keiko-okamoto-and-emma-darcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/12\/18\/review-craving-jamie-keiko-okamoto-and-emma-darcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Craving Jamie &#8211; Keiko Okamoto and Emma Darcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36508935.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: Craving Jamie &#8211; Keiko Okamoto and Emma Darcy\" title=\"Review: Craving Jamie &#8211; Keiko Okamoto and Emma Darcy\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Craving Jamie<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/emma-darcy\/\">Emma Darcy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/keiko-okamoto\/\">Keiko Okamoto<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/harlequin\/\">Harlequin<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> November 9, 2017 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/graphic-novel\/\">Graphic Novel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 128 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Beth\u2019s childhood love had to come to an end, but young Jamie vowed he\u2019d grow up and then he\u2019d come get her. Over ten years later, only half of his promises had been fulfilled. Jamie was a man, a success in Australia, where he grew up to be very powerful. But when a likewise grown-up Beth tries to meet with Jamie, he beds her thinking all the time that she is a just another anonymous gold digger. Traumatized, Beth tries to say goodbye for good, but then Jamie tracks her down and buys her financially troubled family\u2019s farm\u2026 Just what is Jamie\u2019s end game?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B076Z6N5ZJ\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/craving-jamie-emma-darcy\/1127251305?ean=9784596253330\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36508935-craving-jamie\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/3stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0002_3-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"3 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/australia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/categories_0006_austrailia-copy.png?fit=97%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"australia\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/contemporary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0007_contemporary.png?fit=140%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"contemporary icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/graphic-novel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/categories_0000_graphic-novel-copy.png?fit=137%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"graphic-novel\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/m-f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0003_m_f-copy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"m\/f\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/romance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"82\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0017_romance.png?fit=82%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"romance icon\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-12-18T20:32:10+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nThis is a manga adaptation of a Harlequin Presents novel from 1997, so I went in expecting some vintage category craziness and was not disappointed. \\u00a0With that being said, it's a 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decent second chance romance, and the illustrated style certainly made it much more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-15-at-1.56.46-PM.png?resize=500%2C518\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jamie and Beth were friends as children at her family&#8217;s ranch outside Sydney. \u00a0When they parted as teens, he promised that once he was rich, he&#8217;d come back for her. \u00a0Fifteen years after that promise, Jamie is now one of the most eligible bachelors, at least according to the tabloids. \u00a0At an art gallery preview, a woman dressed in yellow stands out from all the other little-black-dress-clad women. \u00a0Beth is disappointed when he doesn&#8217;t recognize her, and quickly realizes that this suave pickup artist is no longer the Jamie she knew and loved. \u00a0After an (interestingly illustrated) night, Jamie&#8217;s shocked to realize he wants more with this mystery woman, while she, broken hearted, insists on it being a one-night-stand, and that she has to leave because she has somewhere else she needs to be. \u00a0Finally, she admits who she is, and, angry that she didn&#8217;t tell him who she was before they had sex, he tracks her down at the auction of Beth&#8217;s family home, which they lost 15 years ago as a result of debts. \u00a0Jamie outbids Beth and a stranger to win the house. \u00a0After another round of picnic sex, Jamie offers her the house. \u00a0He thinks that she seduced him in order to get something from him &#8211; the money to buy the farm. \u00a0Beth is furious at him for mischaracterizing her feelings so badly, and throws his offer back in his face. \u00a0With so many misunderstandings between them, can they finally find their second chance at love?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-15-at-2.05.37-PM.png?resize=500%2C753\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"753\" \/>While I&#8217;m generally a pretty big fan of second chance romances, the boatload of the drama in this book came from misunderstandings, from Jamie not recognizing Beth (seriously?!?!) to Beth believing he&#8217;d chosen to not come back for her. \u00a0In reality, neither has the full story, but all of it could be resolved with a five minute conversation (and was). \u00a0I thought, though, that the depth of their affection when they were younger was shown very well, and I found it quite believable that Jamie would harden himself to relationships as a result of the betrayal he thought he suffered. \u00a0There was more purple prose than I&#8217;d like &#8211; the reconciliation scene was especially cheesy &#8211; but, for the most part, I think this made the translation to manga quite well. \u00a0While I&#8217;ve read quite a few graphic novels and manga, I usually tend towards the more fantasy or scifi inspired ones, not the contemporary shoujo type, so I&#8217;m probably missing some of the conventions of the genre. \u00a0I thought the art was lovely and expressed the characters&#8217; feelings very well, and I especially loved how the illustrator chose to show the differences between young Jamie and Beth and the grown-up versions. \u00a0I will say that I&#8217;m not a fan of the cover, though. \u00a0I wish it would&#8217;ve been a full-color illustration of one of the panels actually in the book rather than having half of it covered in red.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3739 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-15-at-2.46.22-PM.png?resize=500%2C699\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"699\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overall, while I don&#8217;t think the story itself is anything special, I really enjoyed the adaptation of it into a manga. \u00a0I will definitely be picking up more of this series!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a manga adaptation of a Harlequin Presents novel from 1997, so I went in expecting some vintage category craziness and was not disappointed. \u00a0With that being said, it&#8217;s a pretty decent second chance romance, and the illustrated style certainly made it much more enjoyable. 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