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A review by tobyyy
The Ambassador's Daughter by Pam Jenoff
4.0
How to sum up this book in just a short review... hmm.
Well, I went into this book with the assumption that it would just be a romance novel. Aside from the setting in history (just after WWI, in Europe), I wasn't really sure that I would be terribly interested in the plot.
But man, was I surprised!
Yes, there's romance... but although that's the focus of the plot, it's not really what the book is about.
You're probably thinking, "Whaaa?" right about now, so let me explain.
The book is about growing. Changing. Realizing the finality of some choices (of many choices). Understanding freedom and what that means, and how your personal definition of freedom can change, given your circumstances. Realizing that as time passes, your world can expand -- if you let it. Realizing that although sometimes someone (a parent or guardian) has your life all planned out to the Nth degree, you don't have to follow that plan. You can carve your own path.
My one complaint with this book is that the ending was not satisfactory. But it wasn't a cliffhanger either. And apparently this is a book in a series? (Something I didn't know when I picked it up.) So I may look for the other books in this series...
Definitely recommend, especially if you feel like reading a romance-y type book that actually has substance.
(Also, spies!)
Well, I went into this book with the assumption that it would just be a romance novel. Aside from the setting in history (just after WWI, in Europe), I wasn't really sure that I would be terribly interested in the plot.
But man, was I surprised!
Yes, there's romance... but although that's the focus of the plot, it's not really what the book is about.
You're probably thinking, "Whaaa?" right about now, so let me explain.
The book is about growing. Changing. Realizing the finality of some choices (of many choices). Understanding freedom and what that means, and how your personal definition of freedom can change, given your circumstances. Realizing that as time passes, your world can expand -- if you let it. Realizing that although sometimes someone (a parent or guardian) has your life all planned out to the Nth degree, you don't have to follow that plan. You can carve your own path.
My one complaint with this book is that the ending was not satisfactory. But it wasn't a cliffhanger either. And apparently this is a book in a series? (Something I didn't know when I picked it up.) So I may look for the other books in this series...
Definitely recommend, especially if you feel like reading a romance-y type book that actually has substance.
(Also, spies!)