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What The Bride Wore (2013)

by Jade Lee(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

140228375X (ISBN13: 9781402283758)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

Bridal Favors

review 1: Reviewed by AllisonBook provided by NetGalleyReview originally posted at Romancing the Book.Review: What the Bride Wore is the hot new historical romance from author Jade Lee. At times poignant, wickedly funny, and sometimes just wicked, it was a fast read and I did not want to put it down.Grant Benton, Earl of Crowle, has been hiding away for five long years, doing the worst thing he could imagine: toiling away at a mill like a common laborer. His father, the gambler, sold the family’s home and land and bought a mill in the country, then fled, never to be seen again. So “Mr. Grant” he becomes, hiding the fact he is a disposed Earl, and he’s been making a go at the mill, working his fingers to the bone, trying to raise the funds to buy his family’s home back a... morend take his place as the Earl of Crowle.Grant meets Irene Knoppe, a beautiful woman clinging to her widow’s weeds upon his return to London, and is drawn to her. But Irene is reluctant to move on after being a widow for three years, even as she begins to fall for Grant.Both the hero and heroine have great character arcs as each learn to embrace who they have become, as well as let go of what used to matter to them in order to find love. Grant has to learn that while he sees himself as a common laborer, what he has done is tremendous. He develops a very good work ethic and the fact that he takes a floundering mill and turns it into one of the best mills in the country—in fact, the angora fabrics are highly sought after by the ton.Irene has to learn that she can still love the husband she lost, but she’s still a young, vibrant woman, with plenty of love to share with someone else. She’s a loyal friend, but she needs to let go and learn to live and love again.Told from the points of view of both Grant and Irene, it was interesting as Grant keeps hearing a voice in his head, a really snarky conscience, which he thinks is his ‘madness’.I really enjoyed this book, and this look at what happens when the elite from the ton find themselves without ready funds. It’s a wonderful love story, and I can’t wait to read more in this series.
review 2: Very disappointing. Grant is not likeable; he feels sorry for himself, is prideful, depressive and seemly suicidal . On top of all that he has this obnoxious "voice," or what he calls his madness. I think his interest in Irene is creepy obsessive, not exciting hot guy obsessive. Irene is not exactly interesting either; her reason for refusing Grants proposal is just dumb. She wants "Mr Grant not the Earl"... Really?!?! I'm tempted to stop reading Jade Lee books after this 1. Actually I skipped thru most of this book so I can't say I really read it... I just wanted to b done w it! less

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