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Zakazane Wiersze Lady Louisy (2014)

by Grace Burrowes(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Amber

series

Windham

review 1: No matter how much I may take exception to a certain inconsistency about details in Burrowes' novels, or how much scandal is really going to stick and damage a ducal family, she does her research homework when she gives a character a skill or talent that is central to who they are. For Louisa, a genius in multiple disciplines, and Joseph Carrington, it is a love for words, especially in the form of poetry. It is the language of their romance, and Burrowes gives them a breadth and variety of poetic knowledge that is impressive, Latin and English. Louisa is refreshing in her blunt assertiveness, and Joseph is endearing as the baffled and overwhelmed single-dad of two little girls. His conversations with his livestock, especially his pig Ophelia, are funny and sweet. (Pigs mu... morest be a favorite of Burrowes because Joseph is not the only Burrowes hero with an affinity for sows). By the end of the novel Joseph became my second favorite of Burrowes romantic heroes. As always secrets create obstacles, but in this case they are the kind of secrets that when revealed only deepen their appreciation for each other. Reading the entire corpus to-date of Burrowes' work makes for repetitive reviews where her villains are concerned. They are just so melodramatic and superficial! The whole side story about Prinny giving Joseph a title didn't work for me either. Burrowes seems to make more of what ranks of the aristocracy are appropriate to marry into each other than the majority of writers in this genre, so maybe she felt she had no choice but to wrangle Joseph a higher title. Still after making such a big deal about the foundling home Joseph will be saddled with once he claims his barony from abeyance, by novel's end Joseph still has no idea. We never learn of his or Louisa's reaction, and it is never referred to in future novels, despite Joseph taking a major role in them. Very odd.
review 2: 9/4 - This was pretty good; not great, not worth returning to the library unread. Louisa and Joseph's affection for eachother wasn't very clear, possibly restricted by the fact that they called eachother Husband and Wife more often than they used eachother's names (how is that romantic?) or any other term of endearment. According to the series it's included in it's the 3rd in The Duke's Daughters series, but if you look at the family tree inside it shows that it's the 6th book to do with the Morelands, starting 30 years back with the original Duke and Duchess. Whether it's 3rd in an offshoot series or 6th overall, it's clear that it's best if you read the preceeding books first. There were a number of pieces of family history that weren't described very well, Burrowes obviously assuming all the readers would have read all the previous books first. To read books in series order is my usual choice, but my library website often doesn't give any details on whether a book is part of a series or not. I've got to start researching the books I intend to borrow, here, so this confusion doesn't keep happening. less

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