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The Suffragette Scandal
by Courtney Milan
I think it's rather hard to sum up this book in a quickie review. I don't find Milan's books to be simply historical romance, it's a mix of historical fiction and romance. While the romance is certainly a big part of the story, it's the characters themselves - their motives and ideas that drive the story.
I find it a little funny that this series was named "The Brothers Sinister". One would imagine the driving force behind the series are the men. But I find it's the women who are paired up with the men to be the major focus of these stories. I almost think it's the men who are lucky these women have decided to be with them. I think it'll be easy to say that these women were light years ahead of their time with their progressive thoughts and actions, when in fact women did do these sort of things in their day. We did have women who fought for the right to vote, we did have women who went undercover in a hospital to write about the inhumane treatment of its patients.
Edward Clark tells Free something to the effect of "what you're doing at the end of the day won't change the minds of men". And Free says something to the effect of "we're trying to chip down men and one day even if it's 200 years from now, we'll have made a difference for women, even it's a single woman." To have such a strong female character, who despite being rather perfect still has her flaws which we need for realism needs to be paired up with an equally strong man. I imagine it's very easy for one character to outshine the other and it's kudos for Milan for having two equally moving characters.
The character have this particular nuances to them, we see them progress to become better people, to accept who they really are and challenge who they are supposed to be.
As I kept reading and previous characters kept popping up I thought they added to the story so well. It's always nice to have a little update on previous characters, but being this is the last book the series I felt like so many of the characters (particularly the male characters) came full circle.
I find it a little funny that this series was named "The Brothers Sinister". One would imagine the driving force behind the series are the men. But I find it's the women who are paired up with the men to be the major focus of these stories. I almost think it's the men who are lucky these women have decided to be with them. I think it'll be easy to say that these women were light years ahead of their time with their progressive thoughts and actions, when in fact women did do these sort of things in their day. We did have women who fought for the right to vote, we did have women who went undercover in a hospital to write about the inhumane treatment of its patients.
Edward Clark tells Free something to the effect of "what you're doing at the end of the day won't change the minds of men". And Free says something to the effect of "we're trying to chip down men and one day even if it's 200 years from now, we'll have made a difference for women, even it's a single woman." To have such a strong female character, who despite being rather perfect still has her flaws which we need for realism needs to be paired up with an equally strong man. I imagine it's very easy for one character to outshine the other and it's kudos for Milan for having two equally moving characters.
The character have this particular nuances to them, we see them progress to become better people, to accept who they really are and challenge who they are supposed to be.
As I kept reading and previous characters kept popping up I thought they added to the story so well. It's always nice to have a little update on previous characters, but being this is the last book the series I felt like so many of the characters (particularly the male characters) came full circle.