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A review by ikepauh
First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
5.0
First Comes Marriage is precious and I am happy to be afforded all my faculties to read it. Many times I was giggling away, shedding tears (at all the pain and inferiority) and or unwillingly thrown into moments of introspection while reading this amazing book. Tons of highlighted and bookmarked sections that I am certain I need to get a physical copy of First Comes Marriage. I don't know if I will reread it soon though because like most of my favourites; the book, the characters are at times too human. Like one reviewer puts it, "It's a very beautiful story, but it was painful in its beauty". In my list of Mary Balogh favs, First Comes Marriage is on par with A Matter of Class; another one of the author's great works that plays with genius twist.
I remember reading a Huxtable in my teens and finding it boring. I think it was one of the other works in the Huxtable Quintet, either A Secret Affair or Then Comes Seduction. From there, I unfairly judged the quintet to be one of Mary Balogh's less appealing series. Looking back, it could be that it was not the right time for me to read and fully appreciate it. Or maybe I started with the wrong book? We'll see because upon completed reading First Comes Marriage, I am tempted to try out the next book [b:Then Comes Seduction|3975368|Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable Quintet, #2)|Mary Balogh|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438137907l/3975368._SY75_.jpg|4021133].
I am glad I gave the series a second chance. I was intrigued and wanted to test what this reviewer (Starrfish Rivers) meant when she said First Comes Marriage or really, some of Balogh's earlier works contained more passion and sexual connection. It is true!
Love Vanessa, Elliot, the writing, the pace, the Huxtable family bond, the prologue which set up a supposed "baddie" who just leaves me more curious about what is true and what is hearsay. This is my spoilery theory about Con:
I remember reading a Huxtable in my teens and finding it boring. I think it was one of the other works in the Huxtable Quintet, either A Secret Affair or Then Comes Seduction. From there, I unfairly judged the quintet to be one of Mary Balogh's less appealing series. Looking back, it could be that it was not the right time for me to read and fully appreciate it. Or maybe I started with the wrong book? We'll see because upon completed reading First Comes Marriage, I am tempted to try out the next book [b:Then Comes Seduction|3975368|Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable Quintet, #2)|Mary Balogh|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438137907l/3975368._SY75_.jpg|4021133].
I am glad I gave the series a second chance. I was intrigued and wanted to test what this reviewer (Starrfish Rivers) meant when she said First Comes Marriage or really, some of Balogh's earlier works contained more passion and sexual connection. It is true!
Love Vanessa, Elliot, the writing, the pace, the Huxtable family bond, the prologue which set up a supposed "baddie" who just leaves me more curious about what is true and what is hearsay. This is my spoilery theory about Con: