Título em Português: -- Série: -- Autor(a): Rita Stradling Editora: Kindle Press Páginas: 380 Data de Publicação: 23 de Maio de 2017
Sinopse:
A Near Future Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
Alainn’s father is not a bad man. He’s a genius and an inventor. When he’s hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake. Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in her comes out wrong. To save her father from a five year prison sentence, Alainn takes Rose’s place. She says goodbye to the sun and goes to live in a tower no human is allowed to enter. She becomes the prisoner of a man no human is allowed to see. Believing that a life of servitude lies ahead, Alainn finds a very different fate awaits her in the company of the strange, scarred recluse.
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Opinião: Ensnared traz-nos uma versão robótica de A Bela e o Monstro. O monstro não tem nada de monstruoso e uma das melhores partes do livro é a casa onde a Alainn vai viver com ele – esta casa “conspira” para juntar Alainn e “monstro”, com a ajuda de macacos inteligentes.
É um livro com uma boa ideia de base e lê-se com facilidade, mas no fim soube a pouco. A robot Rose é uma personagem de que não gostamos desde logo, assim como o seu criador, o pai de Alainn, que não é tanto o não gostar como com Rose mas antes uma personagem irritante que apetece dar um par de estalos.
Sei que é uma crítica pequena mas não há muito mais a dizer. É uma versão robótica do conto que, apesar de interessante, não é extraordinária.
A Near Future Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
Alainn’s father is not a bad man. He’s a genius and an inventor. When he’s hired to create the robot Rose, Alainn knows taking the money is a mistake. Rose acts like a human. She looks exactly like Alainn. But, something in her comes out wrong. To save her father from a five year prison sentence, Alainn takes Rose’s place. She says goodbye to the sun and goes to live in a tower no human is allowed to enter. She becomes the prisoner of a man no human is allowed to see. Believing that a life of servitude lies ahead, Alainn finds a very different fate awaits her in the company of the strange, scarred recluse.
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Review: Ensnared brings us a robotic version of Beauty and the Beast. The “beast” has nothing monstrous about him and one of the best things about the book is the house where Alainn goes to live with him – this home “conspires” to get together, with the help of intelligent monkeys.
It’s a book with a good idea as a base, and it’s easily read, but in the end it wasn’t much… The robot, Rose is the character we hate from the start, almost like its creator, Alainn father, although with him is more like he is an annoying character that we just spend the time thinking we want to slap him so he actually see the reality and not what Rose tells him, or shows him.
I know it’s a small review, but there’s not much more to say. It’s a robotic version of the fairy-tale that, even though it had an interesting concept, didn’t make it much further away from that.
Título em Português: -- Série:Imperfect Lords #1 Autor(a): Bronwen Evans Editora: Loveswept Páginas: 260 Data de Publicação: 13 de Junho de 2017
Sinopse:
Alexander Sylvester Bracken, Duke of Bedford, has a mission: sail to the Mediterranean and track down Lady Hestia Cary’s missing father. It is a straightforward task, but for two rather vexing complications. First, the sea holds painful memories; second, for her own safety, Hestia is to accompany him. As Alex battles the demons of his past, he must also resist Hestia’s surprisingly skillful attempts at seduction. After all, Alex has sworn to leave her untouched, and he intends to honour that vow—until he can properly ask the Earl’s blessing.
Ever since His Grace rescued Hestia from the arms of a Turkish pirate six long years ago, her heart has belonged to Alex. So when he agrees to help find her father, Hestia is thrilled. Although Alex tries to hide it, there’s passion in his eyes—and a frisson of desire in the air—whenever they meet. On board ship, miles from home, Alex won’t be able to deny her any longer. But with scoundrels lying in wait, she may not live to tell the tale of her conquest.
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Opinião:
Quando vi o tema que envolvia este livro pensei que seria interessante ver como a autora lidava com o problema do vício do ópio e láudano há uns séculos atrás. E devo dizer que não foi mal apresentado, apesar de ter tido alguns problemas para mim.
Alex Bracken esteve dois anos preso em cativeiro nas mãos de um pirata turco que o fez tomar ópio e depender deste. Quando finalmente conseguiu escapar, obviamente que teve uma luta difícil para largar o vício e essa luta continuava diariamente. Mas mesmo tendo largado o ópio, os pesadelos de tudo o que lhe tinha acontecido durante aqueles dois anos continuava a assombrá-lo e por isso Alex começou a tomar uma gota ocasional de láudano para o ajudar a dormir – o que poderia criar uma nova dependência (apesar de na altura não o láudano não ser visto como uma substância viciante).
Alex escapou com a ajuda do pai de Hestia e, por isso, devia-lhe a vida. Quando este lhe pede ajuda para salvar a filha do mesmo pirata que o tinha raptado, Alex não hesita e volta ao local que mais odeia e salva-a. Na altura, a jovem de 15 anos desenvolve uma paixoneta por Alex, por ele a ter salvo, e vê-o apenas como um herói. Alex começa a gostar dela mas o pai da jovem não aprova a união.
Anos depois Hestia recorre a Alex quando pensa que estão a tentar enganá-la ao dizerem que o seu pai morreu e este, com ela, volta novamente às ilhas gregas, onde o pirata turco dos seus pesadelos se encontra. Durante esta viagem, Hestia percebe que Alex não é só aquela visão apaixonada que ela tinha de menina, mas um homem com problemas e que continua a ser assombrado diariamente. Mas isso não a afasta, pelo contrário. Apesar dos meus elogios à força destas personagens, sinceramente não foram das minhas favoritas. Achei Hestia um pouco irritante e Alex... bem, não sei.
Estava constantemente a ser relembrada de todos os efeitos que o ópio tinha e ao fim de uns capítulos já podia dizer de cor aquilo que autora ia repetir sobre esse vício. Claro que a luta é constante e dura, mas a história podia mostrar isso sem serem só diálogos internos.
O pai de Hestia é egoísta e não presta atenção à filha, deixando-a sozinha com a tia meses e meses enquanto se aventurava nas ilhas gregas. Além de que não trata Alex da melhor maneira.
Foi um livro diferente do habitual, mas acho que não resultou para mim.
Title: Addicted to the Duke Serie: Imperfect Lords #1 Author: Bronwen Evans Publisher: Loveswept Pages: 260 Publication date: June 13th 2017
Synopsis:
Alexander Sylvester Bracken, Duke of Bedford, has a mission: sail to the Mediterranean and track down Lady Hestia Cary’s missing father. It is a straightforward task, but for two rather vexing complications. First, the sea holds painful memories; second, for her own safety, Hestia is to accompany him. As Alex battles the demons of his past, he must also resist Hestia’s surprisingly skillful attempts at seduction. After all, Alex has sworn to leave her untouched, and he intends to honour that vow—until he can properly ask the Earl’s blessing.
Ever since His Grace rescued Hestia from the arms of a Turkish pirate six long years ago, her heart has belonged to Alex. So when he agrees to help find her father, Hestia is thrilled. Although Alex tries to hide it, there’s passion in his eyes—and a frisson of desire in the air—whenever they meet. On board ship, miles from home, Alex won’t be able to deny her any longer. But with scoundrels lying in wait, she may not live to tell the tale of her conquest.
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Review:
When I saw this book’s theme, I thought it might be interesting to see how the author would deal with the addiction to opium and laudanum a few centuries ago. And I must say it was well presented, in the majority of times.
Alex Bracken was captured by a Turkish pirate and was held hostage for two years. He made him an opium addict. When Alex finally escaped, he obviously had a very hard struggle to give up opium and that continued daily. But, what Alex could get rid of was the nightmares, and so he started taking the occasional drop of laudanum to help him sleep, which could create a new addiction (even though at the time laudanum wasn’t seen as an addictive substance).
Alex escaped with Hestia’s father help, and so he owed him his life. When he came to him to ask for help to retrieve his daughter that had been captured by the same pirate that had held him hostage, Alex doesn’t hesitate and rescues her. At the time, Hestia was around 15 years old and developed a crush, seeing Alex only as her hero. Alex starts to like her, but her father doesn’t approve of their union.
A few years later, Hestia asks for Alex’s help to uncover the truth about her father’s supposed death, and both of them returned to the Greek islands where they had been held hostages to see if her father is still alive and get him back to England. During this voyage, Hestia realizes that Alex isn’t just the hero she envisioned, but also a very troubled man who is haunted by his problems every day. But that doesn’t keep her away – on the contrary. However, despite these complements, neither Hestia nor Alex were characters I particularly liked. Hestia was a bit annoying and Alex…well, I don’t know.
I was being constantly reminded of the opium’s effects and after a few chapters I knew by heart what the author was going to say (again) about them. Obviously that it is a constant hard struggle, but the story could demonstrate that without it just being shown with inner dialogues.
Hestia’s father is a selfish man who doesn’t pay attention to his daughter, leaving her alone with her aunt for months and months while he goes to Greek islands. Also, he doesn’t treat Alex the best way, although he claims to see him as a son.
It was a different book from what I’m used to, but I don’t think it actually worked for me.
Título em Português: -- Série:Sinful Suitors #4 Autor(a): Sabrina Jeffries Editora: Pocket Books Páginas: 400 Data de Publicação: 20 de Junho de 2017
Sinopse:
When Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, is forced to flee after killing a man in a duel, he expects his secret love, Brilliana Trevor, to go with him, or at the very least wait for him. To his shock, she does neither and sends him off with no promise for the future. Seven years and one pardon later, Niall returns to England disillusioned and cynical. And being blackmailed by the government into working with his former love to help catch a counterfeiter connected to her father doesn’t improve his mood any. But as his role as Brilliana’s fake fiancé brings his long-buried feelings to the surface once again, he wonders who is more dangerous—the counterfeiter or the woman rapidly stealing his heart.
Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. So having to rely on him to save her father is the last thing she wants, much less trusts him with....But as their scheme strips away the lies and secrets of their shared past, can she let go of the old hurt and put her pride aside? Or will the pleasures of their renewed passion finally enable them both to rediscover love?
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Opinião:
Primeira vez que li um livro da Sabrina Jeffries – e foi um bom começo, mas podia ser melhor.
Todo o livro revolve à volta de dois enredos interligados – a história do casal principal e um esquema de contrafeição.
Niall e Brilliana tiveram conheceram-se sete anos da nossa história, e tiveram uma relação secreta que não passou de declarações de amor e carinhos. Quando Niall se vê forçado a fugir de Inglaterra e pede a Bree para ir com ele, ela recusa por causa da mãe doente. Niall sente-se traído quando não tem qualquer notícia de Bree, excepto um recorde de jornal que o pai lhe manda com a notícia das núpcias de Bree com Mr. Trevor, poucos meses depois de Niall ter fugido para a Península Ibérica. Bree sabe que Niall fugiu porque matou um homem num duelo mas não sabe porquê, o que a torna vulnerável às ideias que lhe são apresentadas sobre Niall não ser quem ela pensa.
Todos estes desentendimentos levam a que eles odeiem as razões que os levaram a afastar-se e é necessário reconstruir a confiança perdida, tudo ao mesmo tempo que tentam descobrir se o pai de Bree anda a criar notas falsas. Com um noivado fingido e imensas dúvidas e desconfianças, o livro acaba por perder algo ao repetir várias vezes as mesmas ideias do porquê de perda de confiança e dificuldade em voltar a partilhá-la – mas para nós, leitores, não é necessário estar sempre a insistir no mesmo.
Para mim houve algumas falhas no enredo – o que aconteceu verdadeiramente à mãe de Bree? Sempre viveu com ela e Mr.Trevor ou ficou com o marido até à morte? Que problema de saúde tinha? Quanto tempo esteve doente, isto é, faleceu pouco depois de Niall fugir ou já foi tarde de mais para tentarem encontrar-se novamente? Bree escreveu a Niall – porque não escreveu ele a ela também (e Inglaterra sabia perfeitamente onde ele estava por isso não era desculpa)? Estas, entre outras perguntas, ficaram sem resposta.
A parte mais interessante pareceu-me ainda o enredo da contrafeição e como, apesar de forçados a agir de certa maneira para descobrirem o criminoso (que soube desde logo quem era), todas as personagens funcionam como uma roda bem oleada à volta deste enredo. Sem dúvidas as mais interessantes foram a (excêntrica) tia Agatha e o misterioso Lord Fulkham.
Foi um livro agradável e que li bastante rápido, o que mostra a facilidade de escrita e o enredo que apesar de tudo consegue manter-nos interessados.
Title: The Pleasures of Passion Serie: Sinful Suitors 4# Author: Sabrina Jeffries Publisher: Pocket Books Pages: 400 Publication date: June 20th 2017
Synopsis:
When Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, is forced to flee after killing a man in a duel, he expects his secret love, Brilliana Trevor, to go with him, or at the very least wait for him. To his shock, she does neither and sends him off with no promise for the future. Seven years and one pardon later, Niall returns to England disillusioned and cynical. And being blackmailed by the government into working with his former love to help catch a counterfeiter connected to her father doesn’t improve his mood any. But as his role as Brilliana’s fake fiancé brings his long-buried feelings to the surface once again, he wonders who is more dangerous—the counterfeiter or the woman rapidly stealing his heart.
Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. So having to rely on him to save her father is the last thing she wants, much less trusts him with....But as their scheme strips away the lies and secrets of their shared past, can she let go of the old hurt and put her pride aside? Or will the pleasures of their renewed passion finally enable them both to rediscover love?
~ We've received an eARC directly from the author Sabrina Jeffries, in exchange for an honest opinion. Thank you! ~
Review:
First time reading a Sabrina Jeffries’ book – and it was a good start, but it could have been better.
The entire book revolves around two connected plots: the main couple’s history and a counterfeit scheme.
Niall and Brilliana had met seven years before our story, and had had a secret relationship of love declarations and sweet gestures (nothing else). When Niall is forced to flee England and asks Bree to run away with him, she refuses because of her sick mother. Niall feels betrayed when Bree doesn’t send any news, and he only knows through his father that she married Mr. Trevor a few months after his departure. Bree knows he ran away because he killed a man in a duel, but she doesn’t know why, which made her vulnerable to speculation when confronted with a different idea about Niall’s true character.
All of these misunderstandings make them hate the reasons that kept them apart and of course, hate what each thinks the other had done wrong. Trust needs to be rebuilt, at the same time as they must find out if Bree’s father is creating and distributing counterfeit bank notes. With a fake engagement, doubts and suspiciousness, the book ends up losing something by repeating several times the same ideas of why the trust was lost and how it’s so difficult to regain it – but for us readers, it’s not necessary to keep pushing the same button so much.
It seemed like there were some plot holes: what really happened to Bree’s mother? Did she end up living with Bree and her husband or did she stay with her husband until her death? What was her condition? How long was she sick, did she pass away shortly after Niall’s departure or was it years later? Bree wrote to Niall – why didn’t he write to her? He knew where to find her and England knew exactly where he was so that’s no excuse. These questions, among others, were left unanswered.
The most interesting part for me was the counterfeit scheme and how, even though they were forged to pretend to be engaged to discover the criminal (who I identified from the very moment he first showed up), every character just worked like a well-oiled clock. Without question, the best characters were (the eccentric) Aunt Agatha and the mysterious Lord Fulkham.
It was a pleasant book, a quick read, read at ease, which kept me interested the entire time.
Título em Português: -- Série: -- Autor(a): David D. Hammons Editora: Curiosity Quills Press Páginas: 283 Data de Publicação: 28 Setembro 2015
Sinopse:
After ten years of being told she can't tell the difference between real life and a fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she's going crazy.
Only when the White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical land she visited as a child is real.
But all is not well in Wonderland.
The Ace of Spades has taken over Wonderland and is systematically dismantling all that makes it wonderful. Plain is replacing wondrous, logical is replacing magical, and reason is destroying madness. Alice decides she must help the Mad Hatter and all those fighting to keep Wonderland wonderful.
But how can she face such danger when she is just a girl?
Alice must journey across the stars to unite an army. She discovers that fairy tales are real in the magical world beyond the rabbit hole. But they are not the fairy tales she knows.
Fairy tales have dangers and adventures of their own, and Alice must overcome the trials of these old stories if she wants to unite the lands against Ace.
With the help of Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Snow White and heroes old and new, Alice may have the strength to take back Wonderland.
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Opinião:
Antes de mais nada quero agradecer à Curiosity Quills por me ter cedido Alice Takes Back Wonderland para leitura. Qualquer coisa relacionada com Wonderland e eu estou pronta para agarrar com unhas e dentes.
Muito sinceramente não sei o que estava à espera deste livro. O início foi algo enfadonho e, confesso, continuei a ler porque era um eARC do qual teria que escrever uma crítica. Mas ainda bem que o fiz porque melhora substancialmente. Não fazia ideia que Alice Takes Bacl Wonderland seria uma mistura de tantos contos de fadas (só para referir alguns: Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Branca de Neve… entre muitos outros, mas também mitologias como a Grega e Viking.) e acho que essa foi uma das partes que mais gostei do livro. Há crossovers entre os vários contos, havendo mesmo sobreposição de personagens – que não vou revelar para não deixar passar nenhum spoiler.
Apesar de o livro melhorar mais ou menos a meio, o livro soube-me a pouco. Não senti aquele nonsense e maravilhoso de Wonderland. Fiquei um tanto ao quanto desiludida, ainda que tenha sido uma leitura minimamente decente, pois não tiro o mérito ao autor, uma vez que é, de facto, um livro bem escrito. Só que para mim falta qualquer coisa que para um livro relacionado com Wonderland tem que ser.
Title: Alice Takes Back Wonderland Serie: -- Author: David D. Hammons Publisher: TEXTO Pages: 283 Publication Date: Semptember 28th, 2015
Synopsis:
After ten years of being told she can't tell the difference between real life and a fairy tale, Alice finally stops believing in Wonderland. So when the White Rabbit shows up at her house, Alice thinks she's going crazy.
Only when the White Rabbit kicks her down the rabbit hole does Alice realize that the magical land she visited as a child is real.
But all is not well in Wonderland.
The Ace of Spades has taken over Wonderland and is systematically dismantling all that makes it wonderful. Plain is replacing wondrous, logical is replacing magical, and reason is destroying madness. Alice decides she must help the Mad Hatter and all those fighting to keep Wonderland wonderful.
But how can she face such danger when she is just a girl?
Alice must journey across the stars to unite an army. She discovers that fairy tales are real in the magical world beyond the rabbit hole. But they are not the fairy tales she knows.
Fairy tales have dangers and adventures of their own, and Alice must overcome the trials of these old stories if she wants to unite the lands against Ace.
With the help of Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Snow White and heroes old and new, Alice may have the strength to take back Wonderland.
~ This digital arc was sent by Curiosity Quills in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ~
Review:
First of all, I want to thank to Curiosity Quills for sending me Alice Takes Back Wonderland so I could read it. I’m always ready to read anything related to Wonderland.
To be honest, I don’t know what I was expecting from this book. The beginning was boring, and I must confess, I only continued with my reading because it was an eARC sent to me so I could review it. But I’m glad I did it, because it got a lot better. I didn’t know Alice Takes Back Wonderland was suppose to mix so many different fairy tales (just to name a few: Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Snow White… and so many others, but also mythologies as Greek and Viking), and I think it was the best part of the book, in my opinion. There are crossovers between fairy tales, and some characters even overlap – I will not reveal any of them, so I avoid spill spoilers.
Although this book gets better halfway through it, it's a bit unsatisfactory. I didn’t feel the nonsense and wonder usually associated to Wonderland. I felt disappointed, even though it was a half decent reading. It was actually well written, the author did a good job. But for me, there is missing something really important for a book related to Wonderland.
Título em Português: -- Série: Disney Beauty and the Beast #1 Autor(a): Mallory Reaves Editora: TokyoPop Páginas: 160 Data de Publicação: 18 de Abril de 2017
Sinopse:
In Disney's live-action film Beauty and the Beast, Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. This manga explores Belle's innermost thoughts as she learns that true beauty comes from within.
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Opinião:
Vou começar por referir duas coisas. Primeiro, quero agradecer ao NetGalley por me ter dado a oportunidade ler este livro. Segundo, eu sou uma grande fã deste tipo de livro; quer seja graphic novel, comics ou manga.
A estória d'A Bela e o Monstro é uma das estórias que mais gosto da Disney; não é favorita, mas gosto bastante. Quem não se consegue rever na Belle? Uma jovem rapariga que adora ler e que tem uma paixão pelo conhecimento... Este manga em particular tem por base no recente filme da Disney (pode-se ver claramente pelo estilo de desenho das personagens; o Lumiere, por exemplo, é obviamente do live action e não da animação). Tenho que confessar que ainda não tive a oportunidade de ver o filme por isso abstenho-me de qualquer comentário comparativo nesse aspecto.
Neste primeiro volume, Belle's Tale, temos a estória centrada na Belle. Nós partilhamos o olhar com a Belle. Há também um segundo volume dedicado ao Monstro, mas centremo-nos neste volume, por enquanto. E tenho pena de dizer que não fiquei muito fascinada com ele. A arte é bonita, isso não posso negar, mas senti que faltava algo, porque apesar de gostar da estória, e em particular da Belle, não consegui criar qualquer tipo de ligação a ela neste manga. Ainda assim foi uma leitura prazerosa, e irei obviamente ler também o segundo volume.
Title: Belle's Tale Serie: Disney Beauty and the Beast #1 Author: Mallory Reaves Publisher: TokyoPop Pages: 160 Publication Date: April 18th, 2017
Synopsis:
In Disney's live-action film Beauty and the Beast, Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. This manga explores Belle's innermost thoughts as she learns that true beauty comes from within.
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Review:
I’ll start this review by stating two things. First, I have to thank NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book. Second, I’m a super fan of this kind of books – graphic novels, comics or manga.
Beauty and the Beast is one of the Disney’s stories that I like the most; it’s not my favourite, but I really like it. How can you not relate to Belle? A young woman who loves to read and has a huge passion for knowledge… The recent Disney’s movie is the base of this particular manga (we can see it clearly by the style used in the characters; for example, Lumiere is obviously the Live-Action version and not the Animation version). I must confess that I haven’t seen the movie yet, and for that reason I’ll not be comparing both things.
In this first volume, Belle’s Tale, we have Belle’s point of view. We share her story. There is a second volume where we get to see the story from the Beast’s point of view; but let’s focus on this volume, for now. I’m deeply sad to say that I was not impressed by this book. The art is beautiful, I can’t deny that, but I felt there was something missing. Even though I liked the story, I couldn’t connect with Belle. Still, this is a nice reading, and I’ll definitely read the second volume.
Título em Português: -- Série:Rogues to Riches #1 Autor(a): Erica Ridley Editora: WebMotion Páginas: 300 Data de Publicação: 11 de Abril de 2017
Sinopse:
Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires. Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight mishap has them leg-shackled by dawn—the tables have finally turned in his favor. But when past demons catch up to them, holding on to new love will mean destroying their dreams forever.
Opinião:
Se puser de parte um aspecto deste livro, terei de dizer que gostei de o ler.
Em geral, manteve-me interessada e teve uma boa história: um casamento indesejado que junta as nossas personagens principais e fá-las trabalhar juntas em prol do seu objectivo: separarem-se. Isto, contudo, muda e torna-se mais que um casamento de fachada.
O meu maior problema foi com o personagem masculino, Anthony Fairfax. Ele é um jogado inveterado e joga (praticamente) sem pensar ou sequer considerar que o está a fazer. Foi muito difícil para mim pensar que ele conseguiria parar com tanta facilidade por causa de Charlotte - e isto verifica-se numa cena particular. Tudo isto me fez questionar a veracidade do enredo. Como disse, foi algo que não me agradou.
Tirando isso, Anthony é o típico herói charmoso e Charlotte é uma mulher forte que vai à procura do pai para que este a ajude, mas acaba por ser mais uma viagem de auto-descoberta. Passam por várias aventuras juntos, e ele considera-a a sua Dama Fortuna/Sorte.
O livro está bem escrito e passa-se bem o tempo a lê-lo, mas comigo a não gostar de jogadores, não foi tão agradável como poderia ter sido.
Title: Lord of Chance Serie: Rogues to Riches #1 Author: Erica Ridley Publisher: WebMotion Pages: 300 Publication date: April 11th 2017
Synopsis:
Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires. Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight mishap has them leg-shackled by dawn—the tables have finally turned in his favor. But when past demons catch up to them, holding on to new love will mean destroying their dreams forever.
Review:
If I put aside one aspect of this book, I have to say I liked it.
In general, it kept me interested and had a compelling story - an unwanted marriage that puts two people together and made them work towards one goal - separating. This, however, changed and became more than just a facade wedding.
My main problem was with the hero, Anthony Fairfax. He's a gambler, and he does it almost (not to say completely) without thinking. It's very hard for me to believe that he would stop so easily just because of Charlotte - and this is shown in a scene in the book. That made the story quite improbable to me, which made me question the entire plot. As I said, I had an aspect of the book that put it off for me, and this was it.
Apart from that, Anthony is the charming hero type, and Charlotte a strong woman that is looking for her father as a way of helping her and more so to discover herself. They go through several adventures together and he considers her his Lady Luck.
It's a well written book that gives you a good time, but with me not really liking gamblers it just wasn't as pleasant as it could have been.
