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A review by jenblei
Il suffit d'un amour, tome 1 by Juliette Benzoni
4.0
I read it in English.
I think that this was one of the very first historical fiction series that I read, in the mid-70s. They've been out of print in English, hard to find, or not in ebook form for quite a while, but I stumbled across this yesterday. Now I'm very much hoping that the others become available at some point as well.
I've got quibbles with it- it's definitely pre-feminist. And while I do like a good romance, I'm still not so convinced that the "I take one look at you and am willing to sacrifice everything in my life just to be with you" is love...I think that perhaps that might be infatuation :-)
But she does a wonderful job of conveying the historical setting, I liked how even though Catherine was "desperately in love" with someone she "could never have" she still had a healthy sexual appetite, and while the "diverse" characters are fairly stereotypical, it's still one of the first "grown up books" that I read that had diverse characters.
Loads of fun to revisit- I hope that I can get my hands on the others at some point.
I think that this was one of the very first historical fiction series that I read, in the mid-70s. They've been out of print in English, hard to find, or not in ebook form for quite a while, but I stumbled across this yesterday. Now I'm very much hoping that the others become available at some point as well.
I've got quibbles with it- it's definitely pre-feminist. And while I do like a good romance, I'm still not so convinced that the "I take one look at you and am willing to sacrifice everything in my life just to be with you" is love...I think that perhaps that might be infatuation :-)
But she does a wonderful job of conveying the historical setting, I liked how even though Catherine was "desperately in love" with someone she "could never have" she still had a healthy sexual appetite, and while the "diverse" characters are fairly stereotypical, it's still one of the first "grown up books" that I read that had diverse characters.
Loads of fun to revisit- I hope that I can get my hands on the others at some point.