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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
När Cecilias far dör och kusin Horace menar att de borde gifta sig - han kommer ju ändå att ärva godset så Cecilias bror är i Amerika och krigar (så han kommer ju ändå inte komma hem...) - åker hon över Atlanten. Fadern fick brev om att Thomas är skadad (just efter dödsfallet), så hon måste ju ta hand om brodern. Men väl på plats vet ingen var han är. Däremot hittar hon hans vän, Edward Rokesby, i sjuksäng - medvetslös efter ett slag i huvudet. Fast endast familjemedlemmar får sköta om officerarna. Så hon säger att de är gifta. När han vaknar känner han igen henne, men har inget minne av de senaste månaderna. Och när det visar sig att det är lättare att få hjälp i sökandet av Thomas som mrs Rokesby än miss Harcourt väntar hon med att avslöja sig. Dessutom dröjer det innan han kan klara sig helt själv. Och så har hon ju förälskat sig i honom via broderns brev redan innan...
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Del två i serien om familjen Rokesby och även denna är svår att släppa.
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Del två i serien om familjen Rokesby och även denna är svår att släppa.
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was fine, but not nearly as good as the other Rokesby books. I think the narrator’s voice was too mature, and I should have stuck with solely reading the paperback. I think the whole plot was just a tad too convoluted for me. The spicy scenes were good, and I liked Cecelia, Edward was fine but I think the narration detracted from him rather than just enjoying the words on the page.
Interesting story. I was hoping for a juicier ending, maybe that she would be pregnant and the ship would leave before he realized, and by the time they reunited she’d be married to her cousin. Something tragic and moving. But I shouldn’t be surprised with the way this author writes her books that they ended up staying together and all was forgiven. Weird that they mentioned slaves and their comments on them were that the characters were indifferent to slavery but that they supposed they’d want to be free too??? Like? Why’d you even put that in here?
I'm not sure if it's the inconsistency of marketing this as a prequel on some sites or that it's the second one in the Rokesby's elsewhere, but I just wasn't sucked into it. It seemed like there wasn't a significant enough of a climax to bring Thomas and Cecilia together. They continually pushed things under the rug to avoid being honest with each other. I much preferred the banter and tension between Billie and George in the first one.
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not great, not terrible. A very middle-of-the-road novel as far as Julia Quinn goes. The plot dragged a bit in several spots, and there were more than a few plot points that seemed inserted for no purpose other than to act as filler. The book also just wouldn't have happened if the characters had more than a single brain cell to share between the two of them, but it's just like that sometimes.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes