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Francesca spends her life finding the perfect vintage dress with the perfect stories to their new brides in her bridal store The Whispering Dress. When she finds a 1950s dress of dreams, she's determined to find out about the brides who once wore it but the son of the family isn't interesting. Rude and arrogant, Rafael Colt is ashamed of family secrets and has closed himself off from love, until Fran comes along demanding answers.
This is a sweet book, perfect for those looking for a romance to be whisked away on. Rafael is definitely very much a Mr Darcy-like character - dark, brooding and a little bit rude - though, for me, he didn't have much of the better qualities of Darcy either. Francesca is a typical quirky character, who loves bounding around everyone, sharing stories and doting on long dead grooms to try and get over her own heartbreak.
I personally found the plotline of this book a little bit too dramatic. There were so many ups and downs with Rafael and Fran, and I never really felt them as a couple or bought into their so-called romance. I didn't feel the chemistry between them at all. The drama with the dress was all over the place as well, and was a bit darker than I would have wanted it to be which put a but of a downer on the whole thing. There were scenes in the book that seemed very serious, and then were shaken off very quickly and I just felt everything was too glossed over. I feel like the author wanting to delve into some subjects but was afraid to ruin the overall contemporary romance feel of the book. Better flashbacks or diary entries would have worked well for Alessandra or Janice to get to know them.
This book is written in present tense which is really, really off putting as well. Definitely not a tense I want to read a lot of. I kept feeling like I was being told things rather than shown them, and the story felt pushy.
I think for those looking for an easy read this could work. I just wanted something a bit more.
Francesca spends her life finding the perfect vintage dress with the perfect stories to their new brides in her bridal store The Whispering Dress. When she finds a 1950s dress of dreams, she's determined to find out about the brides who once wore it but the son of the family isn't interesting. Rude and arrogant, Rafael Colt is ashamed of family secrets and has closed himself off from love, until Fran comes along demanding answers.
This is a sweet book, perfect for those looking for a romance to be whisked away on. Rafael is definitely very much a Mr Darcy-like character - dark, brooding and a little bit rude - though, for me, he didn't have much of the better qualities of Darcy either. Francesca is a typical quirky character, who loves bounding around everyone, sharing stories and doting on long dead grooms to try and get over her own heartbreak.
I personally found the plotline of this book a little bit too dramatic. There were so many ups and downs with Rafael and Fran, and I never really felt them as a couple or bought into their so-called romance. I didn't feel the chemistry between them at all. The drama with the dress was all over the place as well, and was a bit darker than I would have wanted it to be which put a but of a downer on the whole thing. There were scenes in the book that seemed very serious, and then were shaken off very quickly and I just felt everything was too glossed over. I feel like the author wanting to delve into some subjects but was afraid to ruin the overall contemporary romance feel of the book. Better flashbacks or diary entries would have worked well for Alessandra or Janice to get to know them.
This book is written in present tense which is really, really off putting as well. Definitely not a tense I want to read a lot of. I kept feeling like I was being told things rather than shown them, and the story felt pushy.
I think for those looking for an easy read this could work. I just wanted something a bit more.