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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
No me gustó. Sentí que Adam es muy controlador y el romance en este libro (si es así que se le puede llamar) no fue nada apasionado y surgió de golpe.
A very emotional and touching story by Ms Balogh. I have read some of her other works but this one was much better than most others as it captures the raw emotions of the lead characters poetically. The hero not being a Greek god was the best feature of the story. The gradual growth of love in Fluer from revulsion and fear was impressive and heart-touching.
Not your typical romance. Lots of issues to mull over and debate about.
Mi primer acercamiento a Mary Balogh, me a gustado mucho. Un inicio fuerte y que captó mi atención, me gusto el modo en que fue desarrollando todo, un amor a fuego lento, unos personajes nada planos con valores muy arraigados. Extrañe el epílogo, necesitaba un poco mas de Adam y Fleur.
Un libro muy recomendable.
Un libro muy recomendable.
emotional
medium-paced
Although I happened to finish this book, I've got to say I didn't really like it. The writing just didn't "catch" me. I'm actually surprised I finished it.
Read the full review at Forget the Classics I read Romance
The Secret Pearl is a wonderful historical romance book from the 1990s. Like most romance books from this period the pacing and tone of The Secret Pearl is long and drawn out. With the plot being carried by the secrets and the emotions of the hero and heroine. Yet I loved The Secret Pearl because of this. It gave me time to became immersed in the characters emotions and world. This was particularly important because of how the hero and heroine first meet. When Fleur arrives in London her circumstances force her into prostitution, which is how she meets Adam Kent. Mary Balogh doesn’t shy away from the transactional nature of Fleur and Adam’s first meeting. Nor does she undermine the psychological affect this experience has on Fleur. That for me is what made The Secret Pearl so great.
I don't think I could have been more terrified of the devil than I was of you," she said, "when it was happening and in my thoughts and nightmares afterward. And when you came home to Willoughby and I realized that the Duke of Ridgeway was you, I thought I would die from the horror of it.
I loved seeing Fleur slowly learn to trust Adam. In many ways The Secret Pearl isn't full of grand romantic gestures but instead Fleur and Adam slowly connect and fall in love through small deeds and actions...
Read the full review at Forget the Classics I read Romance
The Secret Pearl is a wonderful historical romance book from the 1990s. Like most romance books from this period the pacing and tone of The Secret Pearl is long and drawn out. With the plot being carried by the secrets and the emotions of the hero and heroine. Yet I loved The Secret Pearl because of this. It gave me time to became immersed in the characters emotions and world. This was particularly important because of how the hero and heroine first meet. When Fleur arrives in London her circumstances force her into prostitution, which is how she meets Adam Kent. Mary Balogh doesn’t shy away from the transactional nature of Fleur and Adam’s first meeting. Nor does she undermine the psychological affect this experience has on Fleur. That for me is what made The Secret Pearl so great.
I don't think I could have been more terrified of the devil than I was of you," she said, "when it was happening and in my thoughts and nightmares afterward. And when you came home to Willoughby and I realized that the Duke of Ridgeway was you, I thought I would die from the horror of it.
I loved seeing Fleur slowly learn to trust Adam. In many ways The Secret Pearl isn't full of grand romantic gestures but instead Fleur and Adam slowly connect and fall in love through small deeds and actions...
Read the full review at Forget the Classics I read Romance
Nos encontramos con una novela histórica romántica, y para los amantes de los libros de época podrían considerar a la escritora.
Narra la historia de Fleur, quien después de haber sido acusada de asesinato se escapa de su hogar hacia Londres, sin dinero y sin nadie a quien acudir.
Adam Kent, el duque de Ridgeway, se encuentra con una prostituta vagando fuera del teatro de Londres, quien compra sus servicios sin saber que la joven era virgen y que esta joven estaba en problemas. Después de tener en su mente a la joven y de lo que había hecho, sintiéndose culpable, envía a su secretario personal en busca de ella, quien es Fleur Hamilton.
La contrata como institutriz de su hija, y de allí ira investigando la misteriosa verdad que la rodea y todo por lo que ha pasado.
Es una novela cargada de romance, erotismo sutil (el cual me ha gustado) la pluma de la escritora ha sido ágil, te deja las ganas de seguir continuando hasta el final para ver la resolución de los problemas.
A veces me dieron ganas de entrar en el libro y abofetear a los protagonistas. ¡¡Si sabían lo que sentían por que no dejan el orgullo al lado!!
Admito que lo disfrute, con sus misterios, sus pasiones y su romance.
Leeré más de la autora.
Narra la historia de Fleur, quien después de haber sido acusada de asesinato se escapa de su hogar hacia Londres, sin dinero y sin nadie a quien acudir.
Adam Kent, el duque de Ridgeway, se encuentra con una prostituta vagando fuera del teatro de Londres, quien compra sus servicios sin saber que la joven era virgen y que esta joven estaba en problemas. Después de tener en su mente a la joven y de lo que había hecho, sintiéndose culpable, envía a su secretario personal en busca de ella, quien es Fleur Hamilton.
La contrata como institutriz de su hija, y de allí ira investigando la misteriosa verdad que la rodea y todo por lo que ha pasado.
Es una novela cargada de romance, erotismo sutil (el cual me ha gustado) la pluma de la escritora ha sido ágil, te deja las ganas de seguir continuando hasta el final para ver la resolución de los problemas.
A veces me dieron ganas de entrar en el libro y abofetear a los protagonistas. ¡¡Si sabían lo que sentían por que no dejan el orgullo al lado!!
Admito que lo disfrute, con sus misterios, sus pasiones y su romance.
Leeré más de la autora.
A good long book! It kept you interested from the beginning. Wasn't sure what was going to happen with the story but it became a little predictable after a while.