Review: An enjoyable romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2012
Blue Rose in Chelsea is a rather modern day romance. It starts out with Haley, the main character and narrator of the story, dropping out of Princeton and moving in with her brother, Dylan, in his apartment in New York.On her first day back, and even before her brother has agreed to let her live with him, they stop by a friends house where she meets the ever so handsome/prefect/mysterious man named Evan.From then on she is smitten with him and all she can do is obsess about him. At the same time there is something about him that frightens her and she won't admit her feelings and feigns nonchalance on the matter.She is also a ballerina and dances with a group where she ends up meeting Synclaire. He makes the costumes for the dancers, is gay, says he is a Scottish count in exile, and becomes a very good friend and confidant.He tries to help her in winning Evan and trying to figure out his true feelings for her. Synclaire also finds her a job as a nanny for a little boy where they offer an apartment as well. She takes the job and is able to move out of her brother's home as well as start making her own money.The other part of Haley is she is an aspiring author that is always writing poetry and working on a manuscript with hopes of getting published one day. She is constantly quoting characters from her favorite books or lines of poetry.Over time she continues to learn more about Evan but is also not able to confess her true feelings or find out his feelings for her.The book will keep you reading to see if they ever find true happiness with each other or if the "aid" of her friends will foil all chances or if she may instead end up living the life of her favorite book characters like she dreams of.I absolutely loved the imagery in the book. It is beautiful and creates a perfect canvas for the book to be written upon. The characters are colorful and likeable, once you're able to get a decent introduction to them.My only issues with the book was that sometimes it was a little too fast-paced, like it would jump from one event into another without decent forewarning. Also certain characters were introduced in such a way that they weren't memorable and then when they reappeared in the book later on I didn't even remember that they had already been mentioned. There were just some other little things relating to time and such that were a bit confusing or would leave questions, but I'm a reader that will over think something and keep thinking about little events even when I'm not reading. I like to rehash out everything that I've read so that I can maybe figure out the ending to the story before it happens. This time I wasn't able to come up with the final outcome which was a good thing.The story was enjoyable and definitely kept the interest with no boring and dull parts. The ending was unexpected so it wasn't just the cliche romance story. I would recommend this book if you're looking for an interesting romance that is littered with vivid imagery and don't mind tons of book and poetry quotes.*I did receive a free copy of the book to provide an honest review