Critical Review
of Color Love Blue
By Diana Blayne in
A Candlelight Ecstasy Supreme Series
Blue Color Love novel was written by Diana Blayne. The genre used in this novel is a romance. This novel was published by
Dell Publishing Co. , Inc., with ISBN : 0-440-11341-5, published in 1984, with
286 pages.
This novel tells the story of the romance between Jolana Shannon with Domenico
Scarpelli and a third person; Margery Simon and Phillipe de Carlo. This story
tells a longer and exciting for enthusiasts of literature romance, filled with
passion, adventure, and intrigue. In this novel, Diana Blayne motivated involve
the reader in intrigue and romance tragedy, and the writing is not too caught
up in the aesthetic dimension, so the story is channeled to the reader with a
very good.
Jolana
Shannon was a beautiful girl. She became an artist, exactly painter. She was
from South Georgia and she had lived in New York for long time so, she looked
alike country girl. When she walked, suddenly she
bumped into someone but, she didn’t fall because there were two large hands
caught and held her.
When
she was in apartment, she remembered that she lost her purse and she couldn’t
remember where her purse was. So, she asked the doorman but, the doorman hadn’t
seen her carrying her purse. Not for a while, there was a guy
who had found her purse. The guy was the same with the guy who had caught her
when she bumped into him and she taught that guy was a robber.
The
next day, she brought the painting which wrapped up in brown paper. She would
give it to the owner. The owner was Tony Henning. Tony was a person who had
arranged Jolana’s show and he would give the painting to Nick. Nick was Tony’s
cousin. Several hours later, she was admitted to Tony’s
elegant apartment and in that place she met Tony’s cousin, Nick. His name was
Domenico Scarpelli. The same guy who had found her purse.
Jolana
was felt uncomfortable and she wanted to leave a party but, suddenly Nick took
her arm firmly and guided her past Tony’s stunned face into what was obviously
a bedroom. In that room, Nick asked a favor to Jolana. Next
Friday night there was a party in Manhattan. Nick asked Jolana to go with her
in that party.
Friday
morning, Jolana delivered her paintings to Tony. He exclaimed it that they are
beautiful creatures dan especially. At that moment, when she walked slowly back
to the apartment, Italian took her to the party. She confused about what to
wear. At last, she dressed for most formal. She added white accessories and the
effect was dynamite. She seen so beautiful meanwhile Nick, he was wearing dark evening clothes, which made him look darker than ever. Jolana’s
life was complicated enough, and she remembered all too well the risk of getting
involved with a man. She looks so frightened of Nick.
The
door opened and tiny, dark woman embraced the big man while Jolana tried to get
her breath and her composure back, all at once. A long, rapid-fire exchange in
Italian followed the greeting, and the little woman turned to Jolana and smiled
widely. Nick’s mother introduced herself to Jolana in accented English. Nick
introduced Jolana as his girl. Nick’s mother suggested that Nick to introduce
her around of apartment. There was a gorgeous brunette came forward her soulful
black eyes searched his for a long moment and she smiled faintly as her eyes
went to Jolana. She lived next door of Nick’s room with her husband, Andrew.
She was Margery Simon.
In
the party, the family party exactly, Jolana have a lot of chatted with Margery.
She told to Jolana about her marriage. She married with the wrong man ten years
ago. She have been living with her mistake ever since. Her husband was user of
drug.
Nick
expected to
Jolana foe execution. Jolana tried to escape on the way up to her
apartement, but he was strong and she wanted and made conversation with him.
She thought that he was arrogant but he thought that he was very perceptive by
making a properous business of blackmailing people. So, he begin to show the
beauty of lady. He interested.
He asked more to her. Before she came to New York she was a prostitute and on the side
she painted. Afterward, she told about her mother but she didn’t tell her
father. She didn’t want to tell more, she just want to show her paintings to
the world. Apparently, the man was
scout’s honor for one week. He begin to tempted her but she refused it. Then he
came back.
Nick
bothered her. He was the kind of man she usually avoided like the plague,
because that kind brought back memories she could hardly bear. She was afraid
of Nick
and not solely because he was such a mountain of man, and so strong. When he
had pulled her body against his she had felt the oddest, most terrifying
sensations. She knew that he was the real reason she had never gotten serious
about any man
In the next party, Jolana did not know anyone
except Margery and Andrew. She was uneasy to recognize with others, but Nick
was attentive with her. When every couple got a dance, Margery tried to finagle
Nick to dance together and they disappeared. Jolana just standed at punch bowl,
there was Andrew beside her and they started their conversation. They talked
about Nick, Andrew told her that he knew Nick since they was teenagers, he took
away Margery from Nick. Although Margery was him, Nick still gave concern to
her until now. Suddenly Nick came to them and they stopped talking about him.
Nick tugged Jolana onto the dance floor. They became closer in a dance. There
were not many words throughout but their eyes were looking each other. It made
Jolana sure that she fell in love with Nick. Jolana could not hold back her
feeling, immediately she asked him to come home with her and she would give
everything that he needed. Her statement made Nick surprised. She hoped by gave
him everything, counted her body, Nick could fall in love and was hers forever.
Quietly, he received her statement. She got pleading a splitting headache to
Nick's mother and they went out from the party. Without thinking again, Jolana
gave all of hers to Nick, she allowed her body to him, and hopefully he
belonged to hers. Nick promised her to live together; it meant he wanted to
marry with her. Jolana was very happy heard his statement. And their intimacy
had to done because Nick must go back to her apartment.
In the afternoon,
Jolana waited Nick to come, send massage, or call her, but there was no word.
She called Nick's office by phone, but the officer said that he did not come to
the office because of a family problem. Expected there was something happened
with his mother, and then she called his apartment. She was really surprised
when she heard the voice of person who received her called, that was Margary's
voice. Jolana put down her phone and started to cry. She was very sad and
disappointed with Nick.
In that night, after he
went out from Jolana's apartment, he went back to his apartment because Margery
waited for him with her son, Tommy. She told him that her husband - Andrew
chased out them, because he supposed that she never loved him and only cared
for Nick and there was no place else to she go. After Nick settled them, he
went out to a long walk. Now he was very confused, there were two women who
came into his life. So
he decided to tell Jolana the truth.
Jolana broken heart of Nick, she went to Paris to leave
all about Nick. She met her friend was Maureen. Maureen had a brother named
Phillipe. Phillipe and Jolana
were going home after dinner at Maureen’s house. On the way, Phillipe proposed
Jolana to marry him again and she refused it again. Because Jolana couldn’t
love him and she just thought of Nick. But,
Phillipe was not an easy man. He proposed and made sure that Jolana could happy
if she married him. Jolana thought it again, if she married Phillipe, she could
have a perfect wedding that she could never had if she married Nick. After
thinking of it, Jolana accepted Phillipe to become her husband. In
the next day, Jolana and Maureen were watching race. There was Phillipe with
his Ferrari in that race. During the race Jolana told Maureen that Phillipe and
her will married soon. And after the racing they were going to shop for the
outfit.
Jolana
and Phillipe were married in a small church overlooking the Mediterranean. The
witnesses were just a few of Maureen and Phillipe’s closest friends. When she
looked the ring, she said good-bye to Nick and she decided to be a good and
perfect wife for Phillipe. For their
honeymoon, Phillipe took Jolana to the Caribbean to a small French island where
the temperature was warm and skies were blue. Phillipe and Jolana were making
love in the beach.
Jolana
had thought she knew Phillipe very well until they married. But as the days
went by, she began to wonder if
she’d really ever know Phillipe at all. When they came in from the Casino back
in Monte Carlo, Jolana was so many ask to her husband about his bad behaviour. Jolana didn’t like if Phillipe
still had behaviour of gambling, because he threw away every penny they have.
But, phillipe argued that the money was his mine and Maureen’s. This is predicament of Jolana.
Jolana thought she’ll go back to painting and make own money. Phillipe made a
play for Jolana, so that she became calm down. Jolana’s heart back calm and
they back very close. They have kissing each other, finally Phillipe carried
her to bed.
Beside
the loneliness, she was feeling worse. The morning were beginning, she awoke
with a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She was tired all the time. She
thought she was pregnant already. When it was confirmed that she was pregnant,
then she’d tell Phillipe about that. She hoped he’d be as happy about it as she
felt.
At
the moment, Jolana told to Phillipe that she was pregnant, but she haven’t seen
the doctor yet. She was afraid if Phillipe was not receive her about the child.
Phillipe said to Jolana that he very disposed a child. But, she had a suspicion
that something was very wrong. She strated to ask him, then he abruptly changed
the topic. Jolana told to Maureen about Maureen will make a lovely aunt
directly. Maureen was happy to hear that.
Some
of these time, Phillipe confused about his wife. He knew the child could not
possibly be his. The finest doctors in Europe
had been able to give him no hope that he would ever father a child. He
was hopelessly sterile. Besides, he hoped that the future will be very good
indeed.
In the long journey
Jolana felt queasy because of her pregnancy. Nick frequently stopped his car to
overcome the nausea. Maureen as Jolana's
sister in law was also solicitous with her. That situation to be harder when
Phillips refused to stop the race despite Jolana pleased. Her feeling fulled of apprehension. All too soon, they
arrived and seated on the benches waiting for the signal that would start the
race. Maureen told Jolana that the Phillip's car was number nine. They waved
their arms to him and he waved back his arm.
The
engines sounded louder now, the race had begun. Jolana worried that something
happened to Phillips, she kept thinking that he had to stop the race, but he
couldn't. Suddenly, there was a car spun out, it twisted around right into the
path of number nine-Phillips. Jolana stopped breathing, she saw directly that
Phillip's car was hit by another car. The situation became terrible, flame
exploded and woman's voice screamed, so was her. Jolana and Maureen tried to go
toward the racetrack, but the guards stopped them. Nick was beside Jolana tried
to make her calm down. Nick knew there was not the slightest hope, because the
flames were under control and the door could not open. Maureen whispered to
Jolana that Phillips was dead. Jolana could not speak any word.
The next few hours,
they got information that Phillipe could not help and died. Now, Maureen had
Pierre to comfort her and Jolana had Nick. Nick took her to the doctor to
examine her. Nick always took care of her and never left her alone. When she
woke up at that night, she began to blame herself for something happened to
Philllipe that made him died, but Nick made her sure that it was naturally
divine decree and he gave her advice to keep a baby into her womb. Finally Jolana
was calm down and began to sleep. After that Jolana, Nick, Maureen and Pierre
prepared to leave for Toulouse, the place for delaying the ceremony. When
Jolana stepped out the door, there are some reporters who ask some information
about Phillips. They asked about Phillipe's gambling debts and who was people
that would pay his debts. Without answered and commented, Nick brought Jolana
into the car. Jolana looked very shock because she did not know anything about
Phillipe's debts, it was the same with Maureen as Phillipe's sister.They must
allow their house (Phillipe's house) to pay Phillipe's debts. Nick always gave
them support and promise to help them, now he just wanted focus to baby into
Jolana's womb.
In the next few days,
Maureen and Pierre were married and they got ready to fly off to Spain for a
honeymoon. Afterward, Nick took Jolana back to her small hotel room. He could
not leave Jolana lived alone in that place, so he asked her to come back to
America with him. Jolana refused his permission, but Nick forced her
continuely. He tried to make her sure that he wanted Jolana and her baby too.
Nick still loved Jolana, he accepted her how the way she was with her condition
and status "widow". Jolana could not believe with him again after he had
ever made her disappointed. Jolana did not want that incident would repeat
again. But Nick promised to her that he would keep her and really wanted to marry her. He
offered her to live together, Jolana started to believe him and she would think
about his treatment, but she did not promise. She began to pack and agreed to
go with Nick, even though in her mind it just for
the baby's shake not for Nick.
Novel entitled Love Blue Color is a literature that is packaged in an atmosphere of romance, in which there are words that are very mature yet. By novelist Diana Blayne the Candlelight Ecstasy Supreme series is similar to the works of novelist example Diana Palmer ( Harlequin ) and Sidney Sheldon novels in the series are also filled with intrigue adult romance. It is different with the novel of Indonesian who prefer the example of struggle to reach a dream, but it is also not out of a romance. But the romance here is the love of young people who are not too full of intrigues maturity.
Characterizations in this novel includes quite as strong as
the contradictions in the figures Jolana and Nick who is the main character in
this novel. Contradictions sparked of change in such characterizations that are served from Nick figures
that had left Jolana after their love story at the time and eventually Nick was
sorry, and came back
to the love of Jolana again. Here could mean that the character
Nick is a lot through several types of characterizations that could change
because the two women he loves. This statement makes Nick figures become
confused, to whom he had anchored his love. Meanwhile, Phillip
characterizations, Margery, and other figures are very weak, there is no change
of character in it. Even though, this novel presents the flow of maturity, but the story is
packed good by Diana Blayne. For a novel that no changes in his characters is a
novel flat.
And will be very easy to guess that
by the end of the novel the reader. And readers would be very reluctant to read
it until the end.
The novel titled Color Love Blue is a novel written by working hard to show the uniqueness
and tried to pull the reader in a love story that is extraordinary. Diana Blayne talked about how difficult
the life of a woman who had a hobby of painting, which was determined to exhibit the paintings to the
world. This novel also presents the struggle of an Italian’s love for a woman of Georgia who has
married another man, who eventually he returned to his first love after the death of her husband. And
the final word, this novel titled Color Love Blue, I recommend for ages 17+ to read it, because it contains
a lot of intrigue romance very mature . And moral values was also rarely seen in this novel.
