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A review by riskyduck
A Kiss to Remember by Teresa Medeiros
2.0
Ugh. This book was so weird. There was some good parts, but they were put together so clumsily that it made it all seem like a half finished thought. The whole story was awkward and ridiculous.
Laura needs to marry ASAP to keep her home for her two younger siblings and their eccentric elderly servants. These 4 secondary characters were suppose to be adorable comic relief, but they were mostly annoying. She prays to God for a man to save them from the Big Bad Duke who's coming to evict them.
Said Duke Sterling (awful pretty boy name) gets thrown from horse to end up as an amnesiac right in Laura's arms.
Laura wants hims, so she comes up with a TSTL plan: tell Sterling he's her fiance and marry him. Laura is an idiot. She might as well have cut off his balls and made him wear a collar cone. She names him Nicky (gag), sets him up to be the county rector, and gives him this clean living, insipid character back story. She takes advantage of him while he's incredible vulnerable, and he's too shallow of a character to question it.
It really made me sympathize for Sterling, womanizing drinker and gambler that he was. Then, he just falls in line with all this crap, only struggling against her expectations to kiss her now and then. They fake marry, then all is revealed. Apparently Sterling is not feeling betrayed/foolish/vengeful/angry. He calmly forces her to marry him, and then eventually they have a fabulous life together. it was so ridiculous.
Plus, the ending was awfully sugary sweet. The hasty forgiving of the mother, the ghostly flowers on the grave, the stupid cat story, and the ugly epilogue. And they named their son Nicholas. Gross and awkward.
Laura needs to marry ASAP to keep her home for her two younger siblings and their eccentric elderly servants. These 4 secondary characters were suppose to be adorable comic relief, but they were mostly annoying. She prays to God for a man to save them from the Big Bad Duke who's coming to evict them.
Said Duke Sterling (awful pretty boy name) gets thrown from horse to end up as an amnesiac right in Laura's arms.
Laura wants hims, so she comes up with a TSTL plan: tell Sterling he's her fiance and marry him. Laura is an idiot. She might as well have cut off his balls and made him wear a collar cone. She names him Nicky (gag), sets him up to be the county rector, and gives him this clean living, insipid character back story. She takes advantage of him while he's incredible vulnerable, and he's too shallow of a character to question it.
It really made me sympathize for Sterling, womanizing drinker and gambler that he was. Then, he just falls in line with all this crap, only struggling against her expectations to kiss her now and then. They fake marry, then all is revealed. Apparently Sterling is not feeling betrayed/foolish/vengeful/angry. He calmly forces her to marry him, and then eventually they have a fabulous life together. it was so ridiculous.
Plus, the ending was awfully sugary sweet. The hasty forgiving of the mother, the ghostly flowers on the grave, the stupid cat story, and the ugly epilogue. And they named their son Nicholas. Gross and awkward.