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A review by librarydanielle
A Counterfeit Betrothal by Mary Balogh
3.0
everyone in this story, except for lord francis, is a total and utter selfish twit, and he comes close. olivia especially. and sophia, who tries to manipulate the world like a naive twit.
olivia goes into a sulk and tells her husband that she can never forgive him after an indiscretion. (note, I would leave him immediately myself, but different time, different mores.) she holds onto her sulk for 14 years. fourteen. they never see each other, they never speak, she sulks. marc becomes a doormat and then a self righteous twit over it. he does admit he screwed up big time, which gives points, but then he just bends over and says ok, sulk for 14 years, I'm cool with that. sophia waits till she's 19 and an "adult" (sure) to make a stand and act like a 6 year old. she decides to fake a betrothal and manipulate her parents into loving eachother again. lord francis agrees to be her dupe.
then the story meanders around and around and over and sideways and on and on and on as all four twist things to fit their happy little world view. if mary balogh wasn't such a good author this would have been deleted asap.
olivia goes into a sulk and tells her husband that she can never forgive him after an indiscretion. (note, I would leave him immediately myself, but different time, different mores.) she holds onto her sulk for 14 years. fourteen. they never see each other, they never speak, she sulks. marc becomes a doormat and then a self righteous twit over it. he does admit he screwed up big time, which gives points, but then he just bends over and says ok, sulk for 14 years, I'm cool with that. sophia waits till she's 19 and an "adult" (sure) to make a stand and act like a 6 year old. she decides to fake a betrothal and manipulate her parents into loving eachother again. lord francis agrees to be her dupe.
then the story meanders around and around and over and sideways and on and on and on as all four twist things to fit their happy little world view. if mary balogh wasn't such a good author this would have been deleted asap.