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A review by intonewrealms
From Cinderella to Countess by Annie Burrows
1.0
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.
Eleanor doesn't come from a bad family but all her parents left her were books that didn't sell for much so she becomes a ladies' companion to a quite abrasive older woman whose nephew, Lord Lavenham, comes to visit sometimes, and whom she gets on much better with. So she's horrified when her mistress forbids her from interacting with him when she sees something between them, but when he finds out, Lavenham strikes out by proposing to her. Yet his practical offer of an open marriage is quite different- and insulting- to her idealistic view, making her reject him. Eleanor decides to flee but Lavenham is determined to track her down, to where she is staying with a duchess.
It sounds like the premise where a heartless man gains one, and they say he does, but I couldn't see him. I more understood what Eleanor saw in him before the proposal, certainly not afterwards when he says to be helping her but it's always so he can boost his own ego in some way. He also acts like he's tracking her down to keep her safe but he seems pretty intent to brutally murder her at times. The duchess was totally manipulative and although that made sense, not much was done with her. When I saw I had only 3% of the book left but the couple hadn't really said a nice word to each other, and that the plot was just idling around Suffolk, I knew it wouldn't be able to stick the landing.
Eleanor doesn't come from a bad family but all her parents left her were books that didn't sell for much so she becomes a ladies' companion to a quite abrasive older woman whose nephew, Lord Lavenham, comes to visit sometimes, and whom she gets on much better with. So she's horrified when her mistress forbids her from interacting with him when she sees something between them, but when he finds out, Lavenham strikes out by proposing to her. Yet his practical offer of an open marriage is quite different- and insulting- to her idealistic view, making her reject him. Eleanor decides to flee but Lavenham is determined to track her down, to where she is staying with a duchess.
It sounds like the premise where a heartless man gains one, and they say he does, but I couldn't see him. I more understood what Eleanor saw in him before the proposal, certainly not afterwards when he says to be helping her but it's always so he can boost his own ego in some way. He also acts like he's tracking her down to keep her safe but he seems pretty intent to brutally murder her at times. The duchess was totally manipulative and although that made sense, not much was done with her.