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Za Razbitim Steklom (2013)

by Tasha Alexander(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Učila International, d.o.o.

series

Lady Emily

review 1: In my opinion, this one is not as strong as others in the series. That being said, I still really enjoyed it.Set in and around Colin's country home, the story revolves around the murder of a Marquess from a neighboring estate, who happens to collapse and die in Colin and Emily's home.I think the main thing that bothered my was the alternating point of view. You have a chapter from Emily's POV (in first person), then a chapter (in third person) titled 'downstairs' revolving around a maid named Lily, and her improbable romance with Simon, a friend of Colin's, as well as her issues with another servant named Prudence. The 'downstairs' chapters really pulled me out of the story, and while they connected to the main story and the Emily chapters in the end, at the time I was re... moreading the book, I found myself getting frustrated with them. The previous book in this series used a similar format with the Emily chapters alternating with a historical storyline, and I thought it worked beautifully in that book, but for some reason in this book, it fell a little flat for me.Emily's very proper, very rigid mother was an interesting addition to the cast of characters, and I enjoyed the way Emily quite neatly handled her difficult parent.All-in-all, while I didn't quite love this one as much as others in the series, it's still quite entertaining, and I look forward to reading the next in the series.
review 2: Yay, Lady Emily is back! I loved the first three books in the series, but felt like the next few were not very interesting and occasionally quite frustrating. Then, with book 7, Alexander really hit it out of the park. I felt like part of the success of that novel depended on the alternating chapters set in different time periods. This novel takes a lesson from that one, and alternates viewpoints: from upstairs (traditional Lady Emily first person POV) to downstairs (with the limited omniscient narrator focusing on one particular maid). This was very successful for a few reasons, the most important of which is that it was so fun to see more about the servants, in a Downton-like fashion. But this also ended up being cool because the main maid that she focuses on is just a really compelling character! The mystery in this book wasn't my favorite, though, and there was one particular romance that felt odd and rushed. But overall, this book will keep me on the lookout for the next one! less

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