Review: Interesting historical with good story - a little below average characters
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2012
The Harlot Bride was much tamer than I thought it would be, all things considered. From the blurb you feel like it will be very harsh - I guess I didn't see it that way. It's harsh - but nothing like some others I've read including Faulkner's work (Prima,Generation Stables,  etc).The story here is interesting - girl grows up untamed in India and all the sudden ends up back in high society in England - but is used to calling the shots. I didn't feel like what she did to cause the issues was really like her so that was the first thing that just didn't sit right. Once Edwards takes her in hand you do get a sense for her personality and she certainly likes to be in charge of her own everything - which at times come off as purely bratty behavior. Edward is demanding - so from that point of view the constant discipline is of the more moderate to severe. There was humiliation in this one as well - including a bit of ageplay and that was definitely where it was going at the end. Maybe for me since its only in front of the servants and not usually huge groups of people I didn't see it as such a humiliation that it was so bad.I enjoyed it, the CP scenes were good. I like the historical setting - I just didn't feel much between the characters so a 3 is the best I can do.