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A review by ab18
The Storm and the Splendor by Jennifer Blake
3.0
This just went on for waaay too long. I didn’t mind the Napoleanic story, that was fascinating. It was Blake’s dragging the whole Algier saga into it that made me wish the story would wrap itself up already.
Julia could have been more cautious with her allies in the beginning and maybe a little less forgiving of Rud towards the end, in my opinion.
I did like their dynamic as a couple, and did appreciate him doing what he could to save her throughout the story but she shouldn’t have been as involved in the first place.
The more I read about Middle Eastern harems the more grateful I am for some aspects of Westernization’s modernizing influence.
Julia could have been more cautious with her allies in the beginning and maybe a little less forgiving of Rud towards the end, in my opinion.
I did like their dynamic as a couple, and did appreciate him doing what he could to save her throughout the story but she shouldn’t have been as involved in the first place.
The more I read about Middle Eastern harems the more grateful I am for some aspects of Westernization’s modernizing influence.