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Pimpernelles 01: The Pale Assassin (2011)

by Patricia Elliott(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Hachette Children's

series

Pimpernelles

review 1: I really love historical novels. This one has a major focus on the French Revolution, which I actually think is kind of a con. With the popularity of Les Miserables and the works of Alexander Dumas, this type of book is kind of overdone. This book did take its own twist, following the story of an aristocrat trying to escape the horrors, though.The main character is very likeable, although I think the author waffled between having her be a lovesick teen and a fine lady (in an adult sense).This book was not a hard read, although towards the end it drug on a little. some of that may have been because I read most of the book in one night, though.This book left a lot of loose ends, but in a way that I want to know what happens, so on to book 2!
review 2: When I ... moresaw the title (and read the back cover), I was expecting an entirely different sort of story. Maybe some actual assassins, some sneaking around, masquerading as a lady, espionage, etc. The story I got instead was about a girl living during the French Revolution. Her life is in danger because of the social unrest (huge, dangerous mobs and the like) and she has to go from being wealthy and privileged to pretending to be poorer and living someplace more "common." She's not even an assassin (which is what the title and back cover makes it sound like). Still, whatever I was expecting, with this type of story line, I should've enjoyed the read.However, unfortunately, this book was just boring. I gave it two stars because I liked the main character and her cleverness, even if she was a little ignorant and sometimes whiny. But other than that, there wasn't much I liked about it. The romances were completely predictable, the writing was slow and absolutely unexciting, and I found that I had to force myself to keep reading. There was a little too much focus on the historical detail and a little too little elaboration on the story and characters. On top of it all, very little was actually believeable. less

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