Review: About To the lady born.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
I don't quite know how to begin. Let me start with this. I love Le Veque books.  BUT, I chose only three stars because I am conflicted on this one. To say I'm disappointed sounds negative but to say I loved it would be false. There were SO many typos and usually typos don't deter me from enjoying a good book, however, the main characters, Weston and Ammy, got on my nerves. He was sappy and she was just overall a big baby. To say she was brave running into a fight when West was beating Sorrell and then again when Sorrell assumed Wellbourne' s identity is not quite right, it's just well, stupid to think that that would go over so casually. Weston is supposed to be a big strong, tough knight and a leader, baron, etc... and to assume that with his wife being his weakness and basically controlling him with her pathetic whining that any of his men would have any respect for him is joke worthy. Half of Weston' s behavior would have been frowned upon. Ammy was such a whiner I could hardly be impressed when she did say something insightful. I'm seriously not trying to put the author's ABILITY to write a good story down but I just don't have a lot of gushing review statements to include. The little girl Aubria wasn't so terrible but the little boy (understandably, a baby) was treated like a baby one minute and talked to like a young boy the next. I can see trying to make it seem realistic with the children's intolerable behavior, but to make it seem like Ammy was superwoman when dealing with them made me think to myself, "Oh come on," more than once. And, if I had to read "My angel" one more time regarding Ammy, I was going to scream. Wishy washy. I found Sutton to be a relief from West and Ammy and their constant drama . Other characters like John and Heath could've been given more personality and Owyn could've been given more notability. I could go on but suffice it to say, as much as I LOVE Le  Veque's books I WAS NOT impressed with this one, and I'm truly sorry to say so.