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A review by readingrosiee
Once a Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle
3.0
2.5 star rounded up
Lydia is living in a small town either her daughter Annie. One day she is late for school and runs into the new school teacher Mr Lowle.
After 2 years, Annie gets sick and Mr Alfred Lowe starts making visits to check on Annie. Over the course of a few weeks, he tends to Lydia and Annie, bring books, sweets, and pie. But what he doesn’t know is Lydia has a secret that could ruin everything she’s built in the last 10 years.
There are some things I liked about the ONCE A FALLEN LADY but most I didn’t.
I liked:
1. The working class setting - it’s rare to read a book focused on the working class in the 1800s. Usually it’s dukes and earls. So that was really refreshing.
2. Lydia’s strength and determination to make a good life for her and her daughter. She’s built a really special place for them.
What I didn’t like:
1. Mr. Lowe has been infatuated with Lydia for 2 years- but we never know it. There wasn’t much ground work for the story.
2. The choppiness. It was very matter of fact and seemed to miss the finer detail of romance.
Would I recommended it? Probably not. But maybe that’s just me.
Lydia is living in a small town either her daughter Annie. One day she is late for school and runs into the new school teacher Mr Lowle.
After 2 years, Annie gets sick and Mr Alfred Lowe starts making visits to check on Annie. Over the course of a few weeks, he tends to Lydia and Annie, bring books, sweets, and pie. But what he doesn’t know is Lydia has a secret that could ruin everything she’s built in the last 10 years.
There are some things I liked about the ONCE A FALLEN LADY but most I didn’t.
I liked:
1. The working class setting - it’s rare to read a book focused on the working class in the 1800s. Usually it’s dukes and earls. So that was really refreshing.
2. Lydia’s strength and determination to make a good life for her and her daughter. She’s built a really special place for them.
What I didn’t like:
1. Mr. Lowe has been infatuated with Lydia for 2 years- but we never know it. There wasn’t much ground work for the story.
2. The choppiness. It was very matter of fact and seemed to miss the finer detail of romance.
Would I recommended it? Probably not. But maybe that’s just me.