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The Marrying Season (2013)

by Candace Camp(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

145163952X (ISBN13: 9781451639520)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Pocket

series

Legend of St. Dwynwen

review 1: I liked this book a bit better than the other two in the series, but it still wasn't awe inspiring like the author's previous novels. While the premise was nice, if not a bit cliche -- Genevieve, our heroine, is forced to marry because of a scandal to Myles, our hero, and an acquaintance, friend of a brother -- I thought the book was going along well in that they were getting along and starting to build a relationship. Then, all of a sudden, there is a problem that causes a riff, whereas the story line was a bit weak over a note. I couldn't understand why a maid, who was the go between, would be so scared. I could understand if there was something deeper afoot, but not just because it caused some lady of society to get married.
review 2: I am a big romance read... moreer, especially the old historical romance novels. I love reading the about lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses, and all those old titles. It is a my guilty pleasure. This particular book, The Marrying Season, is book three in a three part series. This one is about a cold woman named Genevieve Stafford who is seen as an ice princess. She sees her brother married happily, but she hold no dreams of having the same for herself. She is arranged to be married to a well off young man, when the unspeakable (at least back then) happens and she is ruined. To save the family's reputation, a friend of her brother's offers her marriage and it is arranged for it to happen. So she enters an sudden marriage where she is not sure of what she expects and what her husband expects. The story is about her journey to figure out what she really wants. Candace Camp is a phenomenal historical romance writer. I think she writes other genre as well, but I have only read the historical romances from her so far. She definitely makes use of character and voice very well constantly referring to different aspects of the character. This aspects sometimes make the character very real to readers because of the fact that there is something in the character's makeup that the reader can connect to. As with most historical romance books, sometimes time is a bit rushed or slowed own causing some distention. I feel like Candace Camp does not do this very often, but it shows up every now and then making you want to skip to the end just to figure out what will happen. I guess this is using the craft of tension well because I was on the edge of my seat to figure out how all this would wrap up in the end. This is another one that I am not sure if I should use to teach. I could use it to teach children how to develop tension, where it is not only the person against person, but other types of tension as well. As with a lot of historical romance novels, there is also a good bit of descriptions so that would be a good thing to use. less

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