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I read this one because I didn’t like the other one I’d read by her and I hate to base opinions of authors on a single read.
This one was basically identical to the other one I read. The only difference was that I didn’t hate the protagonist quite as much.
Severe woman in desperate straits and who thinks herself horrifically plain gets job at impressive Gothic castle where mysterious nobleman fascinates and repulses. Also, he has a dead wife and an unruly daughter. Protagonist inexplicably falls in love with toxic, icky nobleman. Even she says it’s inexplicable. Turns out he’s not super terrible (though still terrible) and she’s totally right to be in love with him and now she gets all the things like the old castle and stuff. Yay. Oh, and some kind of dungeon and treasure.
The main thing I think I disliked though was that, like the protagonist of the other book I read, she was constantly making wild assumptions and then acting on them. And, like, instantly. She’d be having a conversation with the nobleman and be like “I’m sure he’s actually a jerk so I changed my tone to be cold” and it’s like a.) you don’t know he’s a jerk, you’re projecting, and b.) why you gotta be a jerk back? And then nobleman says something that throws her off and she thinks “hmm maybe I’m wrong” and changes her tone AGAIN. And an interaction like this would happen every three pages. I wanted to leave her in the oubliette.
Well I’ve read two of her books now. And that’s plenty.
This one was basically identical to the other one I read. The only difference was that I didn’t hate the protagonist quite as much.
Severe woman in desperate straits and who thinks herself horrifically plain gets job at impressive Gothic castle where mysterious nobleman fascinates and repulses. Also, he has a dead wife and an unruly daughter. Protagonist inexplicably falls in love with toxic, icky nobleman. Even she says it’s inexplicable. Turns out he’s not super terrible (though still terrible) and she’s totally right to be in love with him and now she gets all the things like the old castle and stuff. Yay. Oh, and some kind of dungeon and treasure.
The main thing I think I disliked though was that, like the protagonist of the other book I read, she was constantly making wild assumptions and then acting on them. And, like, instantly. She’d be having a conversation with the nobleman and be like “I’m sure he’s actually a jerk so I changed my tone to be cold” and it’s like a.) you don’t know he’s a jerk, you’re projecting, and b.) why you gotta be a jerk back? And then nobleman says something that throws her off and she thinks “hmm maybe I’m wrong” and changes her tone AGAIN. And an interaction like this would happen every three pages. I wanted to leave her in the oubliette.
Well I’ve read two of her books now. And that’s plenty.
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