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Silent in the Sanctuary
by Deanna Raybourn
I keep reading these books, but more and more things are rubbing me the wrong way. Here are some issues with this book:
The father refuses to learn the names of the servants and instead calls them all William (number). This is thrown out as a small detail to show how quirky he is, but I found it awful. If you can remember a number you can remember a name.
Brisbane's relationship with Julia has shades of abuse at times. There's multiple times in the books where he grabs her so hard he hurts her, often times bruising her. "Where Brisbane had grasped my arm there were bruises rising, faintly violet in the candlelight. The sleeve itself was crushed, and no amount of sponging would salvage it. I thrust the gown into the wardrobe and closed the door. I would not wear it again."
I still don't really get how Julia ruined everything for Brisbane trying to catch Charlotte. Why didn't he just follow her at a later time? And why were they so willing to just let her go? Julia is the only one who attempts to even search her things before she leaves.
So they are all sad that Lucy has to marry a guy who is obviously going to be controlling/abusive to her, but she has to do it because she has no other means of support. Except they are all super rich. And no one can just give her money for her and her sister to hide away somewhere?
There was one nice quote where Julia tells Alessandro that she doesn't want to feel like he is giving up anything by marrying her, but instead winning. That was nice. But overall a lot in this book that bugged me.
The father refuses to learn the names of the servants and instead calls them all William (number). This is thrown out as a small detail to show how quirky he is, but I found it awful. If you can remember a number you can remember a name.
Brisbane's relationship with Julia has shades of abuse at times. There's multiple times in the books where he grabs her so hard he hurts her, often times bruising her. "Where Brisbane had grasped my arm there were bruises rising, faintly violet in the candlelight. The sleeve itself was crushed, and no amount of sponging would salvage it. I thrust the gown into the wardrobe and closed the door. I would not wear it again."
I still don't really get how Julia ruined everything for Brisbane trying to catch Charlotte. Why didn't he just follow her at a later time? And why were they so willing to just let her go? Julia is the only one who attempts to even search her things before she leaves.
So they are all sad that Lucy has to marry a guy who is obviously going to be controlling/abusive to her, but she has to do it because she has no other means of support. Except they are all super rich. And no one can just give her money for her and her sister to hide away somewhere?
There was one nice quote where Julia tells Alessandro that she doesn't want to feel like he is giving up anything by marrying her, but instead winning. That was nice. But overall a lot in this book that bugged me.