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A review by quinn_0611
A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp
4.0
Reading Binges are the best, but one downside to reading one book after the other, is not writing those reviews right away. I’m struggling a bit with my review for A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp because I finished it more than 10 days ago, and I can’t remember a lot of the details. Which, actually, does say something about the book itself. I absolutely really liked A Winter Scandal, but it’s clearly not a book that stuck with me.
Althea is the heroine of A Winter Scandal, and I liked her very much. She’s the village vicar’s sister, and she’s a spinster. Althea has accepted this, but she isn’t happy with her life. She feels even worse when Gabriel, Lord Morecombe, a man she met when she was a teenager, doesn’t even recognize her. But, then she finds a baby, abandoned at the manger at the church. Trying to locate the baby’s (Thea names him Matthew) mother, leads to Thea and Gabriel spending lots of time together and they get closer and closer.
As I said, I liked Thea so much. She’s very relatable, and I love how devoted she becomes to Matthew. I could also relate to her feeling unhappy in her life, but not really having a way to change things. What did frustrate me a bit, though, was her acceptance that nothing permanent could come of her and Gabriel’s relationship. This being a romance, you all realize that she gets together with him. But never does she say to him, after they’ve been together, that she deserves to be a permanent person in his life. And I found that a little annoying.
Not that Gabriel was really going to ditch Thea once they got together. Actually, once Gabriel started helping Thea and Matthew I liked him so much. Even when I wasn’t in love with him, I could tell that he was a genuinely nice guy, if a little arrogant and used to getting his way. He is an aristocrat after all, with a title and a fortune.
I was SERIOUSLY shipping these two. I mean, they were just so darn adorable together. I loved Gabriel's obsession with Thea's wild and crazy curls.
One part that was lacking was the mystery part. I mean, I called it from almost the beginning. Granted, I’m not reading a historical romance for the mystery, but after awhile I couldn’t help wondering how Thea and Gabriel couldn’t figure it out. Or at least have suspicions.
A Winter Scandal, though, was still so enjoyable, and it was a great introduction to Candace Camp, an author I definitely want to read more of.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook
Althea is the heroine of A Winter Scandal, and I liked her very much. She’s the village vicar’s sister, and she’s a spinster. Althea has accepted this, but she isn’t happy with her life. She feels even worse when Gabriel, Lord Morecombe, a man she met when she was a teenager, doesn’t even recognize her. But, then she finds a baby, abandoned at the manger at the church. Trying to locate the baby’s (Thea names him Matthew) mother, leads to Thea and Gabriel spending lots of time together and they get closer and closer.
As I said, I liked Thea so much. She’s very relatable, and I love how devoted she becomes to Matthew. I could also relate to her feeling unhappy in her life, but not really having a way to change things. What did frustrate me a bit, though, was her acceptance that nothing permanent could come of her and Gabriel’s relationship. This being a romance, you all realize that she gets together with him. But never does she say to him, after they’ve been together, that she deserves to be a permanent person in his life. And I found that a little annoying.
Not that Gabriel was really going to ditch Thea once they got together. Actually, once Gabriel started helping Thea and Matthew I liked him so much. Even when I wasn’t in love with him, I could tell that he was a genuinely nice guy, if a little arrogant and used to getting his way. He is an aristocrat after all, with a title and a fortune.
I was SERIOUSLY shipping these two. I mean, they were just so darn adorable together. I loved Gabriel's obsession with Thea's wild and crazy curls.
One part that was lacking was the mystery part. I mean, I called it from almost the beginning. Granted, I’m not reading a historical romance for the mystery, but after awhile I couldn’t help wondering how Thea and Gabriel couldn’t figure it out. Or at least have suspicions.
A Winter Scandal, though, was still so enjoyable, and it was a great introduction to Candace Camp, an author I definitely want to read more of.This review was originally posted on Quinn's Book Nook