My first book review, if you don’t like my opinion, you can go join the other schmucks who have little to no taste. Just thought I’d give you options before you either a) waste your time or b) dig your eyes out with a rusted pitch fork. Her books take you all over the world, and the books themselves are inspired, although not religious. A great victorian (Jane Eyre era for the uninformed) author is Madeleine Brent. If you are looking for superbly written regency novels, you can never go wrong with either Georgette Heyer, or Clare Darcy. If you’re looking for a well written regency by a current author, I suggest you read Julianne Donaldson’s works. I feel as if it is very poor fanfiction or a twelve-year-old wrote it. This book claims to be christian, and so I found the scene where she walks in on Edward in the bathtub completely inappropriate! Can’t believe I paid almost ten dollars for this. I disliked every single character, not likeable at all. There was little to no character development or descriptions for that matter. First she’s almost raped in the woods, then she’s trespassing, then she’s in jail, then she’s choked and almost raped again, then she’s under some sort of house arrest, then she’s almost raped a dozen more time, blah blah blah. The first few chapters seemed to be from different books they were so random. Julie is also the author of Lady of Milkweed Manor, which was a finalist for the Christy award, The Apothecary's Daughter, and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book more disjointed or full of so many illegitmate births. The Girl in the Gatehouse also won a Midwest Book Award and The Silent Governess was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.
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