Review: Three great stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
I really don't like doing reviews, but I felt there were some points that needed clarification regarding any rape scenes in these books.  I liked all three of the books, even though books two and three contained rape.  I didn't feel that the sex scenes were meant to be titillating, just that they were meant to tell the story.  The sex scenes were far less descriptive than those in most of the books I choose to read.  Rape was as much a part of real life in the 1800's as it is today.  It is especially confusing for a woman when it is acquaintance rape or date rape, because she may have been sexually attracted to him before force was introduced.  As unfair as it is, this type of thing causes severe emotional upheaval in reality, and I think the author did a good job of showing just how unfair life was during that time period.  I only wish these stories had been related.  As far as I could tell, they were stand alone books.