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A review by ellaalves
Ravish Me with Rubies by Jane Feather
2.0
I had a few issues with this book. For starters, when reading the synopsis, one of the main subjects of the book is not even hinted at anywhere. I would have liked to know that the suffrage movement would be address in this book before going in; it would encourage a lot more people to read than to simply believe this is one more cliche historical romance.
That being said, I was disappointed that everything happened so fast, and the main characters simply "forgot" everything about the other up until the middle of the book, only to remember they have different opinions to become the conflict when they knew they had a different view on something and choose to ignore and marry anyway, like the other's believes would just disappear because they are now husband and wife.
Another issue is that they meet when the heroine was 14 years old and the "hero" was 24 years old. They were together unchaperoned, kissed, and he leads her on. That is not the problem, but the age is. She was very young and it felt wrong. There was no need to include something that would not even matter for half of the book because the heroine just forgot she was angry at him for leading her on in the very begging. Also, the fact he likes to call her "girl" throughout the entire book like he wants her to be the girl he first met and not the woman she is. It is just creepy.
To speak of the suffrage since the description doesn't, it is very present in the book and it is probably what I like the most about the book. And the fact the heroine does not back down from it since the "hero" doesn't support her is what marked her for me because her making excuses for the guy was not.
That being said, I was disappointed that everything happened so fast, and the main characters simply "forgot" everything about the other up until the middle of the book, only to remember they have different opinions to become the conflict when they knew they had a different view on something and choose to ignore and marry anyway, like the other's believes would just disappear because they are now husband and wife.
Another issue is that they meet when the heroine was 14 years old and the "hero" was 24 years old. They were together unchaperoned, kissed, and he leads her on. That is not the problem, but the age is. She was very young and it felt wrong. There was no need to include something that would not even matter for half of the book because the heroine just forgot she was angry at him for leading her on in the very begging. Also, the fact he likes to call her "girl" throughout the entire book like he wants her to be the girl he first met and not the woman she is. It is just creepy.
To speak of the suffrage since the description doesn't, it is very present in the book and it is probably what I like the most about the book. And the fact the heroine does not back down from it since the "hero" doesn't support her is what marked her for me because her making excuses for the guy was not.