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A review by joanav
The Brigadier's Runaway Bride by Erica Ridley
3.0
I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley.
2.5*
Opinion in Portuguese: http://pepitamagica.blogspot.pt/2015/09/livro-brigadiers-runaway-bride-de-erica.html
This was my first NetGalley book. I’ve never heard about this author, so it was all completely new.
In this historical romance, we have a story with a different perspective: usually, we read about what happens before the marriage and kids, how the couple met, if it was love at first sight, and so on. Here, the book focuses on the post-marriage part, and the birth of not one baby, but twins (double the work load!).
Sarah and Edward felled in love at first sight apparently, and before he went off to war, they decided that making love would be a good idea, considering that when he came back they would marry. Well, 8 and something months later, the girl has a huge “bun in the oven” and the guy is presumed dead.
Edward’s friends, even though they only appear in the book a few times, they looked like interesting characters, willing to do anything to help Sarah (who was pregnant and had no baby daddy).
When Edward miraculously returns from war and expects to find his bride worrying about him and why wasn’t he found, his life turns around: instead of being just a fiancé in love, he becomes a daddy just a few days after he marries Sarah, so that his baby boys are not born illegitimate.
The book tries to deal (just a bit) with post-traumatic stress. If you want to work in something like that, at least try to develop it more than just saying he was scarred of loud noises; show the reader what happened, not only to the main character but to the ones surrounding him! Because everyone hurts, even if in different ways.
The love and romance should have been more developed, you can see (and feel) the love they have for their children, but the love for each other isn’t very present.
The writing was a bit repetitive, the descriptions of the characters and places were weak and should have been more explored.
Despite all this, the book took the job (because it’s a real job!) that is to raise two children, twins, without a lot of money and with difficult problems that would take time to overcome, even with the support of friends and family (again, something that could have been more developed). The book could have been bigger, better, even though it ends with the promise of something better for this family.
2.5*
Opinion in Portuguese: http://pepitamagica.blogspot.pt/2015/09/livro-brigadiers-runaway-bride-de-erica.html
This was my first NetGalley book. I’ve never heard about this author, so it was all completely new.
In this historical romance, we have a story with a different perspective: usually, we read about what happens before the marriage and kids, how the couple met, if it was love at first sight, and so on. Here, the book focuses on the post-marriage part, and the birth of not one baby, but twins (double the work load!).
Sarah and Edward felled in love at first sight apparently, and before he went off to war, they decided that making love would be a good idea, considering that when he came back they would marry. Well, 8 and something months later, the girl has a huge “bun in the oven” and the guy is presumed dead.
Edward’s friends, even though they only appear in the book a few times, they looked like interesting characters, willing to do anything to help Sarah (who was pregnant and had no baby daddy).
When Edward miraculously returns from war and expects to find his bride worrying about him and why wasn’t he found, his life turns around: instead of being just a fiancé in love, he becomes a daddy just a few days after he marries Sarah, so that his baby boys are not born illegitimate.
The book tries to deal (just a bit) with post-traumatic stress. If you want to work in something like that, at least try to develop it more than just saying he was scarred of loud noises; show the reader what happened, not only to the main character but to the ones surrounding him! Because everyone hurts, even if in different ways.
The love and romance should have been more developed, you can see (and feel) the love they have for their children, but the love for each other isn’t very present.
The writing was a bit repetitive, the descriptions of the characters and places were weak and should have been more explored.
Despite all this, the book took the job (because it’s a real job!) that is to raise two children, twins, without a lot of money and with difficult problems that would take time to overcome, even with the support of friends and family (again, something that could have been more developed). The book could have been bigger, better, even though it ends with the promise of something better for this family.