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Something in the Heir
by Suzanne Enoch
Something in the Heir Review Many thanks to Netgalley and publishers for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.
1/5
My first issue, not plot related, is that there are several typos and mistakes within the book. Misplaced “” and incorrect grammar. This makes me question if it has been thoroughly proofread as I haven’t received any other books with this many mistakes.
ex. page 312 “there’s shouldn’t”.
Now, onto the actual plot itself:
Wow. When I tell you that this book sounded like such a cute and fun read, I wouldn’t be lying. I would be lying if I said it met my expectations and I actually enjoyed reading it.
This book was pitched as a “Historical Romance”, now typically I don’t go for Historical books but I was wanting to expand my reading. Clearly, I should have chosen a different book to get me into the genre.
This book, disappointingly, was not really a romance. I was excited to read about a convince marriage where they guy actually loved the girl and watch her fall in love with him too. That was not this book.
This book is where they barely talk for 8 1/2 years of their marriage, the entire marriage basically. Then it comes to light that the wife lied to her Grandfather about having 2 children with her husband to keep the house, since she was infertile and the condition for keeping the home was to have a kid.
Invited to her grandfather’s birthday, Emmie now has to face her lie.
So then she goes on to ask neighbors to, get this, BORROW their kids. It might have been okay if she had looked after them before, the parents and kids were okay it, and she told them why or gave more of an explanation.
But, alas, she comes off creepy so, of course, the parents say no.
That's when the genius, hint at my sarcasm, idea comes up. It goes something like this:
“If only there was a shop so we could buy a kid :(“
“Oh! There is! The orphanage!! :D”
… no one else see the issue with this??
They end up “borrowing” two kids for 8 weeks and train them to be all proper for their little lie.
Then they threw in the childrens’ older brother, an unnecessary and irritating “plot twist”. Maybe I would have given the book 2 or 3 stars if not for this.
But, we will never know.
At the end, the kids mess up, the lie is discovered and the husband loses his job.
The end.
Throughout the entire book I could never tell right away whose perspective it was in. The chapters are unnamed and don’t disclose whose pov it’s in. The perspective would change during the chapters as well, which only made me more confused.
This book felt like a dumpster fire of a story, for me, it lacked any real organization and the ending was rushed. So much “build up” for a let down of a resolution.
The beginning was promising! Unfortunately, 20% in I realized the book had already peaked.
Overall, this book was repetitive and irritating. “A struggle to push through, and you will wish you hadn’t picked it up” is how I would pitch it. Honestly, I don’t get why people liked it. I came for the romance, but got characters I could not care less and a disappointment of an ending, the servants were the only characters I liked.
1/5
My first issue, not plot related, is that there are several typos and mistakes within the book. Misplaced “” and incorrect grammar. This makes me question if it has been thoroughly proofread as I haven’t received any other books with this many mistakes.
ex. page 312 “there’s shouldn’t”.
Now, onto the actual plot itself:
Wow. When I tell you that this book sounded like such a cute and fun read, I wouldn’t be lying. I would be lying if I said it met my expectations and I actually enjoyed reading it.
This book was pitched as a “Historical Romance”, now typically I don’t go for Historical books but I was wanting to expand my reading. Clearly, I should have chosen a different book to get me into the genre.
This book, disappointingly, was not really a romance. I was excited to read about a convince marriage where they guy actually loved the girl and watch her fall in love with him too. That was not this book.
This book is where they barely talk for 8 1/2 years of their marriage, the entire marriage basically. Then it comes to light that the wife lied to her Grandfather about having 2 children with her husband to keep the house, since she was infertile and the condition for keeping the home was to have a kid.
Invited to her grandfather’s birthday, Emmie now has to face her lie.
So then she goes on to ask neighbors to, get this, BORROW their kids. It might have been okay if she had looked after them before, the parents and kids were okay it, and she told them why or gave more of an explanation.
But, alas, she comes off creepy so, of course, the parents say no.
That's when the genius, hint at my sarcasm, idea comes up. It goes something like this:
“If only there was a shop so we could buy a kid :(“
“Oh! There is! The orphanage!! :D”
… no one else see the issue with this??
They end up “borrowing” two kids for 8 weeks and train them to be all proper for their little lie.
Then they threw in the childrens’ older brother, an unnecessary and irritating “plot twist”. Maybe I would have given the book 2 or 3 stars if not for this.
But, we will never know.
At the end, the kids mess up, the lie is discovered and the husband loses his job.
The end.
Throughout the entire book I could never tell right away whose perspective it was in. The chapters are unnamed and don’t disclose whose pov it’s in. The perspective would change during the chapters as well, which only made me more confused.
This book felt like a dumpster fire of a story, for me, it lacked any real organization and the ending was rushed. So much “build up” for a let down of a resolution.
The beginning was promising! Unfortunately, 20% in I realized the book had already peaked.
Overall, this book was repetitive and irritating. “A struggle to push through, and you will wish you hadn’t picked it up” is how I would pitch it. Honestly, I don’t get why people liked it. I came for the romance, but got characters I could not care less and a disappointment of an ending, the servants were the only characters I liked.