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A review by lilylanie
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
2.0
This is my least favourite of all the books so far. It compounds all of the flaws that in previous books were fairly minor into what I found to be one big irritation. This included predictable and unnecessary conversations, ludicrous coincidences, excessive repetition, a total lack of new information about our leading characters, and a massive plot hole that I just couldn't deal with. I'm sad to say that I skimmed a lot of this one.
HERE BE SPOILERS .......
We are supposed to believe that everything went horribly and fatally awry because Killian/Keelin couldn't be honest about why he/she couldn't marry Zillah. Unfortunately that just doesn't hold water because there's one very simple and obvious answer: he could just say that he can't father children. It's not a lie, it would very quickly and easily squash any desire to pursue the marriage without hurting feelings, and it doesn't need to be proven. It seems like such an obvious answer that the entire plot just made me mad.
I've only stuck with the last few instalments because I really wanted to see how they would resolve the relationship between Hester and William, so I feel like one more book and I might be done.
HERE BE SPOILERS .......
We are supposed to believe that everything went horribly and fatally awry because Killian/Keelin couldn't be honest about why he/she couldn't marry Zillah. Unfortunately that just doesn't hold water because there's one very simple and obvious answer: he could just say that he can't father children. It's not a lie, it would very quickly and easily squash any desire to pursue the marriage without hurting feelings, and it doesn't need to be proven. It seems like such an obvious answer that the entire plot just made me mad.
I've only stuck with the last few instalments because I really wanted to see how they would resolve the relationship between Hester and William, so I feel like one more book and I might be done.