A review by clkyle
Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning

1.0

I’m sure that this is a good story, eventually, but the tale is so predictable that I could not finish it. The characters are flat and cartoonish —the lady newspaper reporter is uncouth; the heroine’s father is going to get involved in labor unrest while her mother remonstrates in French; and the heroine herself will fall for the rich boy against both of their families’ wishes. I wondered whether this was a YA novel—but no. The writing was at a 5th grade or below level. Good for Ms Manning for making a bestseller out of this.