A review by anna3101
La Perla Secreta = The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh

3.0

The book was not so bad, no. Especially as the book for practising Spanish. However at times I did wish I could just grab the oh-so-romantic hero by, hmm, whatever part of his body and shout it into his ears: "Stop being an idiot!". Really, just how far one can go in being "noble" and "loyal" and other rubbish of the kind? A psychologist would probably find an adequate explanation for the characters obsession with "doing things right" and putting anyone else first. Maybe they had a harsh life (yep, they did - of course). Maybe they have self-confidence issues (yep, they do). Maybe they are afraid of being happy. Either way, the whole nobleness-at-my-cost thing was really getting on my nerves. If I had a choice between being happy and hurting someone else's feelings (and that someone else is not my nearest&dearest), then sorry, it wouldn't take me 5 minutes to make a decision in favour of my own happiness. I guess I'm too selfish. Then again, I probably have much less drama in my life. And I'm really glad I do.