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A review by jamiegc
Forget Me Not by Sarah M. Eden
4.0
4.5 stars.
Lovely prequel (and book #1 in a new series) to the Jonquil Series books. This is a Georgian era romance. Setting 1785.
This book tells the story of Lucas Jonquil and ‘Mater’, aka Julia Jonquil. Although they had been childhood friends and then were separated by 8 years, theirs was an arranged marriage. Themes of different coping mechanisms to deal with grief and loss. Lucas handles grief by making a vow to live life to the fullest, on behalf of his deceased brother. Julia isolates herself after her losses, because it is easier to be alone.
Lucas’s fun group of friends—the Gents—are introduced.
If you are a fan of Sarah Eden, you will throughly enjoy this book.
Personally, I am not a fan of internal conflict! I get easily bored when all the conflict is in the main characters’ heads, they never talk to each other, and then it is all solved in the end when they have ONE conversation about it!
But this book was very well done. The two main characters do have a lot of dialogue and interaction together. They are both trying to figure each other out. I was entertained. :)
“Life is meant to be lived, and that is best accomplished surrounded by people who make that life full.”
For my own reference.
Lovely prequel (and book #1 in a new series) to the Jonquil Series books. This is a Georgian era romance. Setting 1785.
This book tells the story of Lucas Jonquil and ‘Mater’, aka Julia Jonquil. Although they had been childhood friends and then were separated by 8 years, theirs was an arranged marriage. Themes of different coping mechanisms to deal with grief and loss. Lucas handles grief by making a vow to live life to the fullest, on behalf of his deceased brother. Julia isolates herself after her losses, because it is easier to be alone.
Lucas’s fun group of friends—the Gents—are introduced.
If you are a fan of Sarah Eden, you will throughly enjoy this book.
Personally, I am not a fan of internal conflict! I get easily bored when all the conflict is in the main characters’ heads, they never talk to each other, and then it is all solved in the end when they have ONE conversation about it!
But this book was very well done. The two main characters do have a lot of dialogue and interaction together. They are both trying to figure each other out. I was entertained. :)
“Life is meant to be lived, and that is best accomplished surrounded by people who make that life full.”
For my own reference.