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A review by 33p3barpercent
How I Met My Countess by Elizabeth Boyle
2.0
Guh. Oh, man was this one not good.
This is one of those "we used to know each other, fell in love a long time ago, he left, and I had a crappy life" stories. But, instead of filling us in on their backstory a little at a time, a huge chunk of this book is a flashback. That drove me NUTS. She could have told us all we needed to know in a couple of paragraphs, not 200 pages.
Also, I hate that he called "BETRAYAL!" when he came back from war two years later and found out, after not having sent her any letters or anything (just flowers), that she got married. HOW COULD SHE? You left! Ugh!
When we finally make it back to present time, the two main characters don't have a scene together until page 265! WAYYYYYY too late! They have to fall in love again! They have to like each other again! They have to learn to forgive each other again! Two years is a long time to be apart.
On pg 325, the Hero finds about about The Boy. THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE. Now, from the summary on the back, I thought the kid would be the impetus for the getting together, but is he? NO. He's barely even a plot point. Honestly, I don't even know why he's in this.
And then, as if not knowing the Hero at all, much less liking him, wasn't enough, as soon as he finds out about The Boy, he tries to take him away from the Heroine! WHAT? I get being upset about what he thought the circumstances were, but no. That I cannot forgive.
In the present part of the story, the Hero and Heroine had about four scenes together. FOUR. No joke.
Also, the "demmed" and "gel" got on my nerves.
Skip. Skip hard.
This is one of those "we used to know each other, fell in love a long time ago, he left, and I had a crappy life" stories. But, instead of filling us in on their backstory a little at a time, a huge chunk of this book is a flashback. That drove me NUTS. She could have told us all we needed to know in a couple of paragraphs, not 200 pages.
Also, I hate that he called "BETRAYAL!" when he came back from war two years later and found out, after not having sent her any letters or anything (just flowers), that she got married. HOW COULD SHE? You left! Ugh!
When we finally make it back to present time, the two main characters don't have a scene together until page 265! WAYYYYYY too late! They have to fall in love again! They have to like each other again! They have to learn to forgive each other again! Two years is a long time to be apart.
On pg 325, the Hero finds about about The Boy. THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE. Now, from the summary on the back, I thought the kid would be the impetus for the getting together, but is he? NO. He's barely even a plot point. Honestly, I don't even know why he's in this.
And then, as if not knowing the Hero at all, much less liking him, wasn't enough, as soon as he finds out about The Boy, he tries to take him away from the Heroine! WHAT? I get being upset about what he thought the circumstances were, but no. That I cannot forgive.
In the present part of the story, the Hero and Heroine had about four scenes together. FOUR. No joke.
Also, the "demmed" and "gel" got on my nerves.
Skip. Skip hard.