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2.0
This book is kind of ridiculous.
I've been trying to find more romantic books to read and I came across this one and didn't sound that bad.
It's marked as gothic romance and the cover looks like a smutty romance (it's not).
But it's so boring. Plus Lillian feels like a secondary character in her own story. This book would have been way more exciting if Myra was the main character, at least then we'd be in on all the exciting action.
Instead the author makes us believe Lillian is a feminist character and then immediately shoves her into a maternal role. Plus, while she easily spurns George and William, she continuously lets Jean intimidate her. And she is not okay with George and William's behaviors, but somehow she let's Jean's continual intimidation and manhandling slide. His behavior is just as problematic. Especially with how angry he gets when Lillian doesn't react the way he wants to. She admits that she's afraid of him also or that at least that the potential that he may be the killer (and it seemed that in her mind he was the prime suspect). Yet, she falls in love with him. I mean, what, it's been four days?
Ridiculous. Don't need a kiss to prove it.
I've been trying to find more romantic books to read and I came across this one and didn't sound that bad.
It's marked as gothic romance and the cover looks like a smutty romance (it's not).
But it's so boring. Plus Lillian feels like a secondary character in her own story. This book would have been way more exciting if Myra was the main character, at least then we'd be in on all the exciting action.
Instead the author makes us believe Lillian is a feminist character and then immediately shoves her into a maternal role. Plus, while she easily spurns George and William, she continuously lets Jean intimidate her. And she is not okay with George and William's behaviors, but somehow she let's Jean's continual intimidation and manhandling slide. His behavior is just as problematic. Especially with how angry he gets when Lillian doesn't react the way he wants to. She admits that she's afraid of him also or that at least that the potential that he may be the killer (and it seemed that in her mind he was the prime suspect). Yet, she falls in love with him. I mean, what, it's been four days?
Ridiculous. Don't need a kiss to prove it.
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