Reviews

The Heir of Brownlie Manor by Anita Stansfield

kebreads's review

4.0

I was excited to read this book, and I really enjoyed this story. The story immediately drew me in, and I felt invested in the story and the characters. The main characters were very likable. At times they seemed a bit too perfect, but they did have their imperfections. I liked the love the main characters showed, and I liked the honesty in Thomas and Ruth's relationship. They faced difficult trials with kindness, faith, and compassion. The pacing was at times a bit laid back, but it was still difficult to put the book down.

Content: Clean - unwed pregnancy, mild violence
Source: NetGalley review copy

leslie_books_and_socks_rock's review

3.0

This is my first book of Stansfield that I've read. I was drawn to the cover and the plot seemed intriguing. I couldn't put it down but it was fairly predictable and almost to the point of being too lovey dovey...it was too perfect and much of Thomas and Ruth's interactions were so full of "I love...I prayed..." that it was getting old and boring. I will read more of her books if they're not all like this. But still a fun read.

jenmikesmith's review

2.0

DNF.
I couldn't take how sickeningly sweet Thomas was.

cats_cardigans_and_catalogs's review

1.0

Wow, what an all time low. I can usually get through Anita Stansfield (mainly for recommending purposes) but this one... Ugh! Okay, so characters: of you've read any of Anita stand Stansfields other books, you already know them all. There was almost nothing original. It's like she took parts of the plot from By Love and Grace and a few others, changed the names and put it in Regency Era. The phrasing she used, especially when describing Ruth and Yvette's emotions were almost cut and paste from her other novels. The only reason I finished it was to see if she had an original ending. If you haven't read any Anita Stansfield then it won't be so bad, but seriously almost painful to read...

wannabe_bibliothecary's review

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. It was slow-moving but not so much so that I wanted to quit. My main qualm is that the good characters were impossibly good, and the bad ones were almost unbelievably bad. I know this isn't real life, but it's not that black and white in real life. I did like Thomas and Ruth's characters, but I had a hard to getting completely involved in the story because they never seemed to make any mistakes and therefore grow from them.