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sammy234's review
DNF @ page 90.
Bitterleaf held none of the charm that Lisa Gregory's Bonds of Love did, though the writing was still quite beautiful. Also, all the characters were intensely racist, which made me dislike all of them so much and not want to keep reading.
Bitterleaf held none of the charm that Lisa Gregory's Bonds of Love did, though the writing was still quite beautiful. Also, all the characters were intensely racist, which made me dislike all of them so much and not want to keep reading.
zeey's review
3.0
2.5 stars
This is antebellum so go in at your own risk.
My problems were with Meredith, Oh God.
there were moments where it was good but then we would circle back to Meredith decrying her terrible looks then good moments then back to Meredith feeling bad for herself and her terrible looks.Good Grief, we get it. Also Headache.
I get it's old school and all and tbh was better then most old school stuff (no bodice ripping) but too much of that whole must-misunderstand-everything overthink-everything stuff that ruined the good bits for me. I did like the writing so maybe I'll check out some other books by the author.
This is antebellum so go in at your own risk.
My problems were with Meredith, Oh God.
there were moments where it was good but then we would circle back to Meredith decrying her terrible looks then good moments then back to Meredith feeling bad for herself and her terrible looks.Good Grief, we get it. Also
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The wedding. I mean, for chrissakes stop with the navel gazing for a minute maybe... You just married him and yet your have overfrothed yourself to believe he still hates you?! One min you are afraid he is going to ravish you, then you are afraid he is going to humiliate you and then you think he is going to get revenge on you.... Then on the wedding night he tells her she has overexcited him and he hasn't had anyone for along time and Meredith immediately thinks he must be longing for lydia and using her , meredith, to assuage the want...WTF???????? Multitude of such stupid stupid misunderstandings and distrust later, she finally decides he wants to kill her because she is shot at... BrAVA! Brava, Meredith!I get it's old school and all and tbh was better then most old school stuff (no bodice ripping) but too much of that whole must-misunderstand-everything overthink-everything stuff that ruined the good bits for me. I did like the writing so maybe I'll check out some other books by the author.
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