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A review by smemmott
Purity of Blood by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
3.0
Entertaining, compelling, with memorable characters.
And here's a bit of rant on a personal pet peeve: I am tired of the notion that a man (or boy) can be "helpless" when charmed by a beautiful woman. Her beauty is more important than her obviously rotten core, so he can't help being in love with her forever. I suppose that's supposed to be one of *his* flaws, and I guess that's not necessarily unrealistic. But I can't enjoy reading about it.
And here's a bit of rant on a personal pet peeve: I am tired of the notion that a man (or boy) can be "helpless" when charmed by a beautiful woman. Her beauty is more important than her obviously rotten core, so he can't help being in love with her forever. I suppose that's supposed to be one of *his* flaws, and I guess that's not necessarily unrealistic. But I can't enjoy reading about it.