lauca's review against another edition
3.0
2,5 étoiles. J’ai sauté quelques passages durant ma lecture car je trouvais que les personnages étaient en boucle sur la trahison de l’autre. Ça m’a un peu ennuyé et j’avais l’impression que l’histoire n’avançait pas.
tiffdra's review against another edition
4.0
I wish there was an epilogue! I would have loved to see a reconciliation with her parents and sisters.
stephensrobin2790's review against another edition
3.0
While I very much enjoyed certain aspects of this second chance romance, I also got insanely tired of repetition in this novel. For example, heroine keeps dwelling on her inner thoughts repeatedly that she is not worthy enough as her mother once served as a mistress. I can understand in the context of story that this is important to bring up a few times but not over and over again. We are intelligent readers! We get the point.
teaandbooklover's review against another edition
2.0
Frustrating!
At the beginning of this book, I was loving it. Then she started rehashing the same stuff going on in both characters' minds. OVER and OVER again-throughout the whole book!! I can't even remember how many times I rolled my eyes and said out loud "Again?! I KNOW!!" I was so tired of this book by the time I was done with it. Plus I wanted to slap Rowena for being so obstinate.
Teachers tell writing students continually to SHOW, NOT TELL but this is what repeatedly happens all throughout the book. We are hit over the head with the same dang information-telling not showing. I was so bored and frustrated after the very beginning of this book. What could have been a great book ended up dreadful.
At the beginning of this book, I was loving it. Then she started rehashing the same stuff going on in both characters' minds. OVER and OVER again-throughout the whole book!! I can't even remember how many times I rolled my eyes and said out loud "Again?! I KNOW!!" I was so tired of this book by the time I was done with it. Plus I wanted to slap Rowena for being so obstinate.
Teachers tell writing students continually to SHOW, NOT TELL but this is what repeatedly happens all throughout the book. We are hit over the head with the same dang information-telling not showing. I was so bored and frustrated after the very beginning of this book. What could have been a great book ended up dreadful.
crazychriss93's review against another edition
3.0
Plot?
MCs spent ten years apart from each other. Took them about 60-65% of the book to talk about what had happened back the and to identify the real villain - villains in this case.
Some inconsistencies. A lot of confusion. The heroine was a vice's daughter. How could she know about all the things that were done in the ton? Apart from some evening dinners. How would she be accepted as a teacher at a school that teaches ladies of the ton? Without any knowledge about that?
Some subplots are never resolved. What about her parents? Will there ever be any contact again?
Writing style?
Too much inner monologues... not enough dialogues.
Kind of dragging... I skipped a lot of pages cause I simply needed to find out what had happened in the past between them and what the hero would do to make amends. Not a lot, as it turned out.
The author built everything up to this moment but then it just wasn't enough... Not enough blame put on him, not enough groveling,... Argh, unfortunately, I didn't fall in love with this book...
Characters?
Both of them are not perfect.
The hero put his trust in the wrong people.
The heroine betrayed herself. She tried to make a living but had to go against her principles to do so...
All in all, I loved the idea itself, I loved the idea of the plot but it took too long for them to find each other again! He asked her a out her husband three freaking times and she didn't say anything ! Drove me a big mad...
MCs spent ten years apart from each other. Took them about 60-65% of the book to talk about what had happened back the and to identify the real villain - villains in this case.
Some inconsistencies. A lot of confusion. The heroine was a vice's daughter. How could she know about all the things that were done in the ton? Apart from some evening dinners. How would she be accepted as a teacher at a school that teaches ladies of the ton? Without any knowledge about that?
Some subplots are never resolved. What about her parents? Will there ever be any contact again?
Writing style?
Too much inner monologues... not enough dialogues.
Kind of dragging... I skipped a lot of pages cause I simply needed to find out what had happened in the past between them and what the hero would do to make amends. Not a lot, as it turned out.
The author built everything up to this moment but then it just wasn't enough... Not enough blame put on him, not enough groveling,... Argh, unfortunately, I didn't fall in love with this book...
Characters?
Both of them are not perfect.
The hero put his trust in the wrong people.
The heroine betrayed herself. She tried to make a living but had to go against her principles to do so...
All in all, I loved the idea itself, I loved the idea of the plot but it took too long for them to find each other again! He asked her a out her husband three freaking times and she didn't say anything ! Drove me a big mad...
julieputty's review
I got about halfway through, but it was a struggle. Very repetitive, with the same half dozen sentences seeming to crop up endlessly.
dianed's review
5.0
Every time I review a Chrisi Caldwell book I always thing this is her best book yet and then I read the next one. Well this is the best. Christi manages to take a story of young lovers separated by family and create an amazing story of older (~30) people finding each other and finding their was back to love. This book has every character type - an imperious Duke who only cares for his legacy, an illegitimate heroine who is forced to leave her home and family, a wounded soldier who thinks his love has abandoned him, a traitorous friend, and a feisty, independent ward who brings everyone together.
The narrative is smart and the characters well written. This book had places where I laughed but more where I cried. You can't help but feel for the two main characters Rowena and Graham and all they have lost because of the meddling of those closest to them. If this is the first book in the series, I can't wait to see what comes next.
The narrative is smart and the characters well written. This book had places where I laughed but more where I cried. You can't help but feel for the two main characters Rowena and Graham and all they have lost because of the meddling of those closest to them. If this is the first book in the series, I can't wait to see what comes next.
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