Review: Love's five star sorrow
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
I have to admit when I read the blurb and first started reading Love's Sorrow I though it was a very well written but run of the mill historical romance, but don't be mistaken I do not at all regret reading this book in fact I am avidly awaiting the next instalment and believe me if I could help Terri Rockenski in any way for it to be out earlier I would.This was partly a romance but so much more it bought out elements of Victorian times that are just not mentioned, as they weren't mentioned back then and it gets quite deep and serious with some of it's issues while never losing the emotional hold the characters have on us.Anne's character held the whole book together seen through her eyes we move from an unloved childhood through to the extravagance of a season in London, marriage and despair. I don't want to say too much because I really don't want to give anything away but want to allow you the feelings that Anne feels as she travels through the situations she finds herself in.I do have to say that Gavin never really caught me, some main characters you sympathise and empathise with from the beginning but there was always something about Gavin that held me off and while I could feel Anne's emotions I just had my reservations about him.There were a couple of characters that I really did bond with Maggie, Anne's maid but really best friend and Joanna Anne's cousin as well as her husband, were so well written that I felt I really knew them.I cannot imagine where this story is going to go all I can say is that I want to be along for the ride and I cannot wait for the sequel as this was definitely not a happily at all ending, but it fit the book perfectly.I received a free copy for an honest review.