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Lady Charlotte's First Love
by Anna Bradley
Somebody said Anna Bradley’s Lady Charlottes First Love was absolutely tragic. I can’t help but agree.
This book utterly broke my heart. And it’s still broken. I’m not happy. The hero is not redeemed in my eyes. The heroine is not healed. I give 🌟🌟🌟 for the emotional turmoil but cannot give above that for multiple reasons.
Lady Charlotte and Julian have a messy history. This history begins in book one (Lady Eleanor’s Seventh Suitor) yet you don’t get all the details of it. You can make assumptions for what happens, and I was correct in them, but it’s almost like you are looking through a foggy glass. I was hoping this book would provide more details to that history, at least one good flashback but I didn’t get it. I think I would have been extremely annoyed if I read this as a stand-alone, especially as I’m already annoyed and DID get whatever history was offered.
The book starts many months after their separation from book one. Julian returns from war and the drama between them begins again. I feel like I cannot really discuss this book without giving away spoilers. Lots of drama. Lots of angst. Secrets. Lies. Hurt. Betrayal. Tears.
This hero is a complete jerk. He says awful, unforgivable things. I am okay with this if it’s a heart wrenching scene that he is then crawling on his knees for forgiveness. I didn’t feel that. He says horrible things not once, or twice, but multiple times to the heroine. He is hurt and lashes out. She has wronged him as well and is punishing herself. It’s just such a dark book.
The character development is deep. I enjoy her writing. I do get immersed in the story (however, I did find this book a little boring until about 100 pages in). But I felt no tension. I didn’t care at all about the sex. In fact it felt WRONG. No sex, more groveling is what I wanted.
They get their happily ever after but I want to leave a book feeling like there’s no loose ends. They truly love each other. They understand and have healed from their past hurts between them. I didn’t feel like that.
I seriously feel so depressed. 😭 I’m going to read the fortnight read, which is by Tessa Dare and will hopefully cheer me up.
This book utterly broke my heart. And it’s still broken. I’m not happy. The hero is not redeemed in my eyes. The heroine is not healed. I give 🌟🌟🌟 for the emotional turmoil but cannot give above that for multiple reasons.
Lady Charlotte and Julian have a messy history. This history begins in book one (Lady Eleanor’s Seventh Suitor) yet you don’t get all the details of it. You can make assumptions for what happens, and I was correct in them, but it’s almost like you are looking through a foggy glass. I was hoping this book would provide more details to that history, at least one good flashback but I didn’t get it. I think I would have been extremely annoyed if I read this as a stand-alone, especially as I’m already annoyed and DID get whatever history was offered.
The book starts many months after their separation from book one. Julian returns from war and the drama between them begins again. I feel like I cannot really discuss this book without giving away spoilers. Lots of drama. Lots of angst. Secrets. Lies. Hurt. Betrayal. Tears.
This hero is a complete jerk. He says awful, unforgivable things. I am okay with this if it’s a heart wrenching scene that he is then crawling on his knees for forgiveness. I didn’t feel that. He says horrible things not once, or twice, but multiple times to the heroine. He is hurt and lashes out. She has wronged him as well and is punishing herself. It’s just such a dark book.
The character development is deep. I enjoy her writing. I do get immersed in the story (however, I did find this book a little boring until about 100 pages in). But I felt no tension. I didn’t care at all about the sex. In fact it felt WRONG. No sex, more groveling is what I wanted.
They get their happily ever after but I want to leave a book feeling like there’s no loose ends. They truly love each other. They understand and have healed from their past hurts between them. I didn’t feel like that.
I seriously feel so depressed. 😭 I’m going to read the fortnight read, which is by Tessa Dare and will hopefully cheer me up.