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Confessions From An Arranged Marriage (2012)

by Miranda Neville(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062023055 (ISBN13: 9780062023056)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Avon

series

The Burgundy Club

review 1: I'll give it a 5. Maybe it could be docked down to 5-, 'cause the conflicts between H & H kindof annoyed me at times. The kind of problem which would be easily overcome if they'd just talked to each other a bit.There's also lots of sex. And a variety of that, too, which is more sophisticated than the average.But I do like this book for the Hero suffering dyslexia, and the struggles he has from that.The novel's Heroine is Minerva, Book #2's Heroine's little sister. She's not quite as loveable as she was when we first met her, I think, but she still manages to hold her own.Both H & H suffer anxiety for feeling inadequate for their partner. Both quite unfounded.I'm not sure the author did enough to bring about the emotional transformation from the character's mutual distaste ... morefor each other, into the point where both characters love each other.
review 2: Well, this book came as a surprise for me. I never expected to like it so much. i think the factor of making this a great read for me was the characters. The plot was simple, there were hardly any drama or twists and it maybe a tad bit predictable. But it was the characters that won me over. The heroine is sweet and innocent and I love her passion for politics. Knowing this gave me a dimensional view of her. Unlike other heroines, she has substance other than being beautiful. She has flaws, too but it made her more human to me. Her prejudice of the hero, in the first part of the book and her understanding when she found out the truth moved me. This quote is one I would remember forever:“With great difficulty she’d bitten back her questions about the hold his former schoolmate had over him. Ever since their engagement she’d suspected Blake had a secret. He might be persuaded to tell her if she insisted; she’d always been good at arguing her friends and family into submission. But Blake could be incredibly stubborn. She also learned every day that marriage wasn’t the same as dealing with a recalcitrant brother. She wanted to win her husband’s trust.”Excerpt From: Neville, Miranda. “Confessions From an Arranged Marriage.” HarperCollins US, 2012-04-01. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.She wasn't a patient girl, she explained it in the story but she was willing to wait for Blake because she has a great respect for the man; and earning his trust despite already knowing his secret is important to her. Readers know how much Minerva values intelligence. In a time where the term dyslexic is nonexistent and condemn it as stupidity, he would have been considered an idiot. She would have confirmed her prejudice with finding out his secret. However, she didn't. This time she sees Blake in a different light and understands him. She realizes there is more to being smart than just knowing things.The hero is naive in a way, and too guarded. He hardly trusts anyone that he is dyslexic. He has been afraid of other people knowing because he was betrayed by a friend. This particular person knew about his inability to read and used it as a leverage against him. There are some decisions that would define your life forever, and allowing himself to be blackmailed is one of those. He did not fight back, though having every means to do so as he is a peer of the realm, a duke at that, because at the end of the day his fear is greater than his strength. His exchange with his father was heart wrenching, and when Blake wasn't able to confide in his father before he died was enough to make me cry. His relationship with his father can be summarized into this:“Suppose he’d told his father. Suppose he’d explained his inability to master the simple act of reading, instead of taking every measure to disguise it. He knew why he’d never been tempted. As long as he was perceived as lazy rather than brainless he had a chance to one day win his respect. Laziness could be cured; stupidity was forever.”Excerpt From: Neville, Miranda. “Confessions From an Arranged Marriage.” HarperCollins US, 2012-04-01. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.I think this book could be divided into two parts in reference to Blake. The first would be his estranged relationship with his father and the second would be him hiding his disability again from his wife. In the first, he deeply regretted not being able to tell his father: in the second showed the growth of his character. He no longer fears the opinions of other as long as his wife thinks highly of him. less

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