Virgin River: Virgin River, Book 1

Read the book, don’t watch the show. The show is so way off. If your gonna make a show from a book then do it right. Use the books story not change major stuff in the show.The book is amazing. I watched the show first because I didn’t know about the book before. I got the book because the show ended on a cliffhanger and I really hate those. So I got the book to see if Mel and jack get together in the end. And I find the book so different from the show and so much better. The story and the characters interactions are connected and just amazing. I am going to go read the second book in the series now. I am hooked now. It took me 2 days to finish the book because I couldn’t put it down.

I purchased this book because I enjoyed the Netflix series and everyone knows the book is better than the movie. Not in this case. The characters on the Netflix series are much more interesting and colorful. The Netflix series has a better storyline. This book has very graphic sex scenes and as other reviewers mentioned a sex scene with a 14 year old. The book is formula romance/porn. It’s a waste of time. Nothing creative, no in depth character development. Just superficial sex. I am half way through the book and I am removing it from my Kindle.

I purchased this book and audio last year but didn't get to it until Audible sent me an email offering a free two-month trial of audible escape. I noticed the entire series is available through this subscription and started listening.The series reads like a cable TV program with the main characters of Jack and Mel featured in each book. In subsequent books feature another friend or resident, but the main characters' stories continue to develop.In Virgin River, Mel is grieving the loss of her husband, an ER doctor, who was shot when he walked into a convenience store robbery. She needs to escape LA, her nursing position, and the locations that trigger memories and tears daily. She agrees to a one-year contract as a nurse-midwife to help an aging small-town doctor. Jack Sheridan owns the local bar and grill where the town folks gather. Jack, a retired marine, knows PTSD and grief. He helps Mel while she comes to terms with her past and thinks about the future.There are a lot of interesting characters introduced in this book. Jack's military friends make regular visits to Virgin River to fish and hunt. There is a full gambit of town folks and a little suspense with unsavory characters who drop in to disrupt the quiet life of the area.

Even though the Romance genre is not my regular choice, I wanted to read this book because I loved the series on Netflix. Sadly I was disappointed. What I did like about this book was the sense of community and friendship in the town and the beautifully described setting of the town. What I didn't like was the incredibly graphic sex scenes not only between adults but also two teenagers. Perhaps they were thrown in to juice up the plot, but I felt they were unnecessary and over the top. The book was okay but I don't think I will be continuing the book series.

Agreed with all the 1 star reports. Just a dumb romantic poorly written book. I chose it as I like books on midwifery but this didn’t have much substance

I was intrigued by the story line and found the first few chapters quickly caught my attention. I was excited to see how the story and characters would developed. Unfortunately, the book got muddied by more emphasis on the sexual desires and love making of the main characters, than on the story itself. The ending was somewhat lack luster compared to the author's beginning. I would not be in a hurry to purchase more in this series.

I can get over the fact that 10 pages in, the two most stunningly attractive people on earth miraculously find each other in a town with a population of 600, and I can get over the way too explicit sex scenes between the adults, but what I cannot forgive is the GRAPHIC details of two UNDERAGE CHILDREN (14 and 16) "accidentally" having sex. Seriously, some editor should have had the sense to take that out--this is a work obviously intended for adults, and that business was wrong (like, criminally wrong).Watch the Netflix show instead, at least the awful teenage sex subplot is not there.

Melinda Monroe flees the big city to work as a nurse practitioner and midwife in rural Virgin River. It's not at all what she expected and she's ready to leave when a newborn baby is left on her doorstep. Handsome ex-Marine Jack Sheridan runs the bar and local eatery and he also gives her some reasons to stay.I've read some Robyn Carr, though not this series, so when I saw a deal on the book and that it was being made a Netflix series, I grabbed it. It's not a bad book, more of an introduction to people in the series. Jack and Mel are a great couple with interesting backstories. It's a quick read, somewhat predictable, but okay.

Virgin River is the first book in the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr. This is the first book that I have read by this author and it definitely won't be the last.I read some of the reviews about this book before starting it myself and I was a little worried that I wouldn't like it after reading the negative ones. I am happy to say that my review will follow the positive ones that I have read. This book was truly wonderful. Although a contemporary novel, I loved the small-town atmosphere, the fact that there was no mobile phone reception and that the people were all there for each other when needed. I was left feeling as if I had watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie or The Waltons. I had such a feel-good vibe from the book and even writing this review has me smiling.So you will know from the blurb of the book that Melinda, a nurse practitioner, midwife and a city girl moves to the country to escape the rat race. She is also grieving for her husband who got caught up in a robbery and killed. At first, she is horrified by the town and the fact that it was misrepresented by the woman who informed her about the place didn't help. She was picturing a beautiful cottage to stay in, and a town that at least had phone reception. It took her minutes to decide that she wouldn't be staying. Before she has a chance to leave she discovers an abandoned baby outside the doctor's office and is determined that she must stay at least until she can make sure the baby is safe and either back with her mother, or in social care.That was the best decision she could have made because the longer she spends in the town, the closer she gets to the people there. She forms bonds, especially to a particular barman/owner, Jack. He is an ex-marine and is an absolute darling. She is still determined to leave town even though she keeps putting the date for leaving off. She is definitely feeling an attachment to the people and place, but she's just not cut out for country living. Can she be convinced to stay, does she end up even needing to be convinced?What I really enjoyed about the book is that despite having that Little House on the Prairie vibe, it manages to fit in the more modern aspect of life without spoiling the atmosphere. There are scenes where Jack mixes with his army brothers who make sure they visit every year at a time when they know Jack will need their comradeship the most. There are scenes involving the dark side of the marijuana trade. There are also scenes of grief. They are all intertwined into the story with a twist as well and it all adds up to an amazing story. I know that the series is currently showing on Netflix, but I am almost afraid to start watching it. I have such a strong picture in my head of the place and the people in it. I don't know if I will cope with seeing things differently to what I picture. Whether or not I watch the series I will definitely read the books!I can't recommend this book enough and only wish I could give it more than 5 stars!

I came across Robyn Carr because of watching the Netflix series 1 at Christmas.I picked up book one in January part of the Virgin River series - instantly hooked.There are a few slight differences book v series, but that didnt matter to me. It just left me interested and eager to read the second book in this series.Highy recommend.

I thoroughly enjoyed the programme, was bit dubious as to whether I would like the book as much but can honestly say, as much as I enjoyed the programme, I still enjoyed the book more by miles.

I chanced upon the series on Netflix and was instantly hooked. From researching the series, I found out about the books! I cannot praise Robyn Carr enough.. you instantly identify with the characters and their emotions, the stories make you feel like your right there with them. You feel familiar and homely and like the visitors to Virgin River, you fall in love with the people and the place, never wanting to leave. It's such a page turner you loose precious sleep wanting to read just 'one more chapter'.

When the recently widowed Melinda (Mel) Monroe decides to move to remote mountain town of Virgin River, in order to escape the memories of the loss she has suffered, she is keen for a new beginning, but her first sight of her new home is anything but what she expected and she’s ready to hightail it out of Virgin River as soon as she can. However, when a tiny baby is abandoned on the front porch of the Doc’s home/clinic her plans change.I have to say one of the things I most enjoyed in this book was Jack, as a character he was the one who stood out and the one I truly enjoyed.Comparisons to the Netflix series are inevitable (I have 3 episodes left of season 1), and I have to say I like how Jack is more self-aware of his feelings in the book, in the series he’s lovely but [the fact he is so unaware of how he feels that he is unintentionally stringing along the woman he has been causally seeing for a while (2 years or so) annoyed me a fair bit, so glad it didn’t pan out like that in the book. To note Jack does have sex with his ‘casual’ partner after meeting Mel (not something I needed in the book), but he ends things as soon as he realises he has feelings for Mel, even knowing nothing may ever happen.One of my big niggles when it comes to the book, is that Mel’s feelings don’t come across as clear or as strong as Jack’s. I know she is still strongly mourning for Mark, and there is no limit to how long that can take, but I feel like the author needed to stretch the time span of when and how things occurred, when it came to Mel.Also, there are times when the writing does not flow well, but overall a nice one time read.