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A review by krisrid
The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander
5.0
I love this series, and I particularly enjoyed this installment of the series. The author continues to find ways to keep both the characters and the world they live in fresh for a reader.
This book has two stories that run sort of parallel although they are intertwined, and both of the plots here held my attention completely as I listened to this [I got it as an audio book and the narrator is excellent!]. I found myself totally engrossed in the stories and with the characters in both timelines.
I love Lady Emily and her charming and - if we are to believe everyone around Emily - absolutely gorgeous husband Colin. They are a great couple and have a laudable equal relationship which is seriously unusual for the time they live in. I love the interplay between them - it always charms me!
I also adore the supporting characters in Emily's world, particularly her best friend Cecile, and her suitor turned pal Jeremy. They are both characters of the first order, and add plenty of snap and sparkle to the adventures of Emily's that they participate in.
I also really enjoyed the parallel storyline of the missing heiress Estella that everyone is searching for, and whose own story we learn in snippets of alternating chapters. I really enjoyed the way that past and present were woven together, and how things dovetailed as small facts became clear or more important as the investigation goes on, and as we learn more about what really happened to Estella.
Truthfully, this wasn't a big mystery, as I figured out where things were going fairly early on, but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the book at all. This was a well-plotted, cleverly intertwined double story that I found very entertaining. I enjoyed this a lot and will continue with this series.
This book has two stories that run sort of parallel although they are intertwined, and both of the plots here held my attention completely as I listened to this [I got it as an audio book and the narrator is excellent!]. I found myself totally engrossed in the stories and with the characters in both timelines.
I love Lady Emily and her charming and - if we are to believe everyone around Emily - absolutely gorgeous husband Colin. They are a great couple and have a laudable equal relationship which is seriously unusual for the time they live in. I love the interplay between them - it always charms me!
I also adore the supporting characters in Emily's world, particularly her best friend Cecile, and her suitor turned pal Jeremy. They are both characters of the first order, and add plenty of snap and sparkle to the adventures of Emily's that they participate in.
I also really enjoyed the parallel storyline of the missing heiress Estella that everyone is searching for, and whose own story we learn in snippets of alternating chapters. I really enjoyed the way that past and present were woven together, and how things dovetailed as small facts became clear or more important as the investigation goes on, and as we learn more about what really happened to Estella.
Truthfully, this wasn't a big mystery, as I figured out where things were going fairly early on, but that did not detract from my enjoyment of the book at all. This was a well-plotted, cleverly intertwined double story that I found very entertaining. I enjoyed this a lot and will continue with this series.