Review: The Governess Club: Claire
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
Since the death of her father Claire Bannister has been forced to make her own way in the world.  As a governess she spends her days taking care of children that are not her own and occasionally evening out a dinner party of her employers.  When a new tutor arrives at the household she isn't impressed.  Jacob Knightly doesn't not behave the way a tutor should and after a few pointer, Claire helps him to become better at his job.  What she doesn't know is that he is an earl, the second son of a Duke, and is just pretending to be a tutor to get away from town life for a little while.I enjoyed reading a historical that wasn't focused on the members of the aristocracy and the ton activities.  We see the day to day life of a governess and some of the servants.  While there are members of the ton in the story, the obvious one being Jacob, the life they lead isn't put front and center.  We see how Claire deals with her new station in life her desire for more.There is a nice build up in Claire and Jacob's relationship.  They start as friends and progress slowly toward more.  She makes him work for her affections which I think is always fun to watch.  When they do officially get together it was nice to see that Jacob was as affected by their time together that Claire was.  We get declarations of affection and intentions all at the same time.  There is of course that inevitable moment when Claire finds out she had been lied to but I think it was handled well.  I liked how all the characters didn't automatically forgive Jacob for his deception even though he is a peer.  It seemed more believable to me.I would have liked to see what happened to Jacob when he went home to his father.  Was he forgiven? Cut off? Did he explain how he felt to his father? We know he told his mother about Claire and she wants to meet her but that is all we get. I didn't like how there was such a large jump at the end of the book in time. I would have like to have had more of the time Claire and Jacob spend apart.  Whether it explained how the governess all got together again and how they managed to organize themselves or what Jacob did while he waited for her in London.Overall I really enjoyed this story.  It was a strong start to the series and I am looking forward to seeing how the rest of the governess' tales turn out.book provided by the publisher for the purpose of an honest reviewreviewed by Megan