Reviews

Miss Jacobson's Journey by Carola Dunn

helenephoebe's review

3.0

Review - I loved the dynamic between the three main characters, and how it was constantly changing. I loved Felix in particular and I look forward to reading his story in the next novel. I felt that his prejudices formed an important part of the story. You don't read much about the Jews in Regency era romances, but I think that this series copes with a controversial topic well. It is definitely worth a read and keep an open mind, because it's never what you expect.

Genre? - Adventure / Historical / Romance

Characters? - Miriam Jacobson / Isaac Cohen / Felix, Viscount Rowarth / Jakob Rothschild / Wellington / Hebert

Setting? - France, England & Spain

Series? - Rothschild Trilogy #1

Recommend? - Yes

Rating - 15/20

tunnel_time's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

I loved reading a regency romance from the perspective of a Jewish woman. It was so interesting to see how her choices and lifestyle differed from the usual female protagonist. 

books_songs_tea's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

wordnerdy's review

3.0

http://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2015/12/2015-book-303.html

On the one hand, hooray for Regency romances with Jewish characters! On the other, nothing much happens in this one, even though a plot summary makes it sound exciting: a young British Jewish woman meets her intended, takes one look, says NOPE, and decides to accompany her uncle to Europe to assist him with his medical research. Now it's like nine years later and her uncle has died, buttttt she can't just go home b/c there's a war with Napoleon! Somehow the Rothschild brothers convince her to accompany two British dudes who are smuggling gold to Wellington (she has good language skills)--one a handsome young anti-Semitic lord, and the other . . . her former intended, who is now hot. But then they just like ride around in a carriage for a while and have conversations, it's kind of dull. The depictions of Jews are also a little weird to this Jewish reader--I am one hundred percent certain that the author is not Jewish. I mean, they're positive depictions, which is nice, but it's all a little . . . romanticized? I believe this series predates Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple books, or at least, those are slightly more entertaining. Still, yay Jewish characters. B.

june1832's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

bethmitcham's review

3.0

Fun regency, with an interesting twist of a Jewish protagonist. I thought the end was a bit weak, but I enjoyed the travels through France as the four people learned to trust each other.