Review: So much promise
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2013
The story starts out interesting enough. Cora is an American working at her cousin's pub in the English countryside after coming over to the UK to help care of her sick aunt who pasted away 9 months earlier. Eric is a Lord who just purchased a Manor near by. It has the elements of a Cinderella like story however the main element of the story was lost on me. The Benefactor/Charge relationship was contrite and unnecessary since it really did not prove anything to the main characters story line other than support characters that could have been written into the story line in a much more appeal way.While I love HEA (Happily Ever After) story lines and I appreciate the fact that this was not setup as a series. I ended up skipping over parts of the story due to lack of interest in the scene. Plus the way the author wraps everything into a nice little unbelievable bow made the story even more of a turnoff. I also believe that Mrs. Brightman left of lot of untouched subplots.I did not click with the characters, I found Cora annoying and childish. Eric was dashing and unpredictable, which I would normally love however it was poorly executed in the book. I honestly believe Mrs. Brightman would have been better off writing a book about Tristan and Jane. Even though their characters were only in the last past of the book. I found then to be more engaging and believable then anything else written.