Review: What a weird and at times horrible story
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
I agree with others that this story is different but that doesn't make it good. I don't like to read a book that from the start has me uptight. I found both the H and h unlikable for most of the book, even though I should have had sympathy towards the h.****Spoilers****The h's father had somehow taken all of the H's family's properties at some point in the past, which also played a part in the H's father also committing suicide. We are not given loads of details about this, only the fact that the H is incredibly bitter about it. He then works his way back, becomes very wealthy and takes everything back from the h. By now her family is all dead except for her sickly aunt. The H goes out of his way to virtually put her on the streets (although he does give her basic financial support). He deliberately forces her from her position in society and he knows that she'll have to become someone's mistress or try to find work, but that's impossible because of her aunt. Early on the h is forced to move back into her old house with the H because of her aunt's health, which gives society the impression that she is the H's mistress. The H is totally ok with her reputation being ruined. For most of the book the H doesn't care that she is becoming part of the demi monde. She seduces him very early on so that she can lose her virginity in preparation for possibly becoming someone's mistress. And so the book goes on. It's totally depressing for the most part.Don't expect your usual kind of hea with the H and h falling madly in love with one another. If you are a hopeless romantic like me and want to feel good when reading a romance, then this book is probably not for you!