I don't understand all the hate poured on this book, because I really enjoyed it. I found it sweet and charming, I really liked both the fainting, delicate artist heroine and the subtle, poet hero of the book. I think the hot, stifling summer was very realistic, you could almost feel the fever in the air, and this big house in the forest, with all the home-made ice cream and the lake, and the shade seemed like a wonderful haven for a tired reader. I had fun reading this book. ( )