Books by Vanora Bennett
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review 1: If I start a book, I have to finish it no matter how bad it is. There are a few exceptions. I could not finish The Host by Stephanie Meyer or The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling. This book almost became an exception to my always finish rule. The plot was blah. I found myself want...
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review 1: In this historical fiction about England’s Richard III, the main character is a young girl from the merchant class forced into a marriage she’s unhappy about. Luckily for her, her husband conveniently dies four chapters in. She then creates a silk empire in England while having a...
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review 1: I tried to finish this book but I was unable to get through it. Surprisingly it took 20 pages to realize what was bugging me; it was the writing style. I read the first 101 pages and I just could not ignore it. My main problems were tenses, the author could not decide what tense ...
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review 1: A splendid blend of romance and history as the author takes one into the world of silk making. Set in the late 1400’s, the story is based around two sisters, Jane and Isabel, who are the daughters of a silk merchant in London, John Lambert. Lambert’s business is suffering and in ...