Review: Quite the peculiar romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
This is definitely an unusual novel and that's why I think it probably won't be really appreciated by everyone, and that's a pity.Having said that and if you haven't already figured out, I really liked it, it's sweet, funny and sometimes tragic and especially entertaining.As an aside: I read many Untamed reviews and I completely disagree with some of them, is a unique story, I believe it's quite difficult to find something like this settled in the same period (XIX century) and honestly I think that, also if it was contemporary, someone could have turn up his nose and that's way, before "we" give opinions maybe "we" should reflect more..I really liked Jude, he is opportunist and he used everyone indiscriminately to obtain what he want but behind the appearance he is quite fragile and insecure, I enjoyed how the author built his personality. Kit isn't my favourite and she is the main reason of my vote, I could have given more.I loved, really loved, Tom and Crispin's relationship, how Tom deals with his sexuality, how Crispin is protective, sweet and sympathetic; Tom himself is a beautiful character, marked by his father behaviour and by his feeling different and inadequate, he is really close to Kit.I liked Lydia and his husband's relationship as well: he is deeply in love with his wife and suffer a lot from her affair with the Duke, she is dour and cold but when finally BenRuin understands the reason for her attitude and he tries to explain that he will never hurt her, she decides to give a chance to their marriage and their love.Essentially, if you like this book will depends mostly on you than the novel itself; on my behalf I truly appreciated it but in the end it looses something both in story and characters. The epilogue is beautiful.