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Une Lady Sinon Rien (2012)

by Meredith Duran(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

2290056235 (ISBN13: 9782290056233)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

J'ai Lu

review 1: I enjoyed this one. A wee bit melodramatic and flowery in places, and repetitive in others. But I thought it did a good job of depicting the differences in class, as well as the battle between mind and heart.The heroine's struggle is learning to trust her heart, and trust in her dreams. To believe in the impossible. And ultimately to believe in love. Duran does a good job of depicting her struggle and journey. While there is a villain and supporting characters - the majority of the book is focused on the relationship between Simon St. Maur, Earl of Rushden, and Nell (the missing Cornelia, the old Earl's daughter). It's mainly their thoughts, and dialogue. And through their relationship - the author explores issues of trust, faith, and belief in love.I didn't find it as dar... morek as some reviewers, but I also read George RR Martin's Dance of Dragon's prior to it along with various urban fantasy novels and Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth, which combined basically make this book look sort of fluffy and rather light in comparison. I suppose if you are used to fluffy romance novels, it probably seemed really dark to you? Like most things - it depends on what you are comparing it to. Also, I don't tend to categorize "romance" as necessarily equaling light, happy, and fluffy. In some respects I preferred it to Judith Ivory's The Proposition - which felt a bit silly in places and played more like a comedy, so far less realistic. This feels more realistic, and grittier. Overall - I recommend. I'm a hard grader. I only give 4 or 5 stars to books that knock my socks off.
review 2: 3.5. Well written and great awareness of the vast gulf between the titled ones and those from the working class and that even within the latter group, it was further tiered into those in the gutter who led a hand-to-mouth existence and those slightly more fortunate. Unfortunately, H was an arrogant ass for most of the book, which was well intended by the author, yet made it hard to warm to his character. As for h, her decisions and reasonings especially towards the end were foolish and made little sense. less

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