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Jun. 12th, 2015 11:26 pmIt occurs to me that I never did my post-Woods book list. I will do that when I get back from Thunder Bay.
IN THE MEAN TIME, today I got Mary Balogh's ONLY A PROMISE, the latest of her Survivors' Club series. The book before that, ONLY ENCHANTING, had a lot of leg work to do (I think it was the "congrats! you get to write seven books instead of three!" book, so she basically had to build up a bunch of characters at the same time), and it did it well, but the pacing was weird, and Flavian is, well...Flavian.
ANYWAY, all of this to say that going into Ralph's book, I had no idea what to expect. We didn't really know much about Ralph, except that he had recovered from his physical injuries but still suffered from INTENSE guilt, and had been suicidal. Emma and I both wondered if Balogh was setting him up with Imogen (she's not), but aside from that...nothing.
It was so. freaking. good.
Like, 10 million things happened. And they were all adorable. And Mary Balogh made me care deeply about a rich white dude. It was incredible.
Also amazing was this book's lady, Chloe. She was smart and capable and brave. She might actually be my favourite one so far.
This was also the first book in this series to have an upstairs/downstairs angle, which I always like. And there was an adorable old married couple that just slayed me. And also Great Aunt Mary who, just, oh, read it.
As always, I am left absolutely loving these people while also desperately wishing for the next book (which will be Imogen. I am not prepared). If you want a good series with historical accuracy, smart yet emotional characters, brilliant writing about various disabilities, and excellent kissing, you should give the Survivors' Club a shot.
IN THE MEAN TIME, today I got Mary Balogh's ONLY A PROMISE, the latest of her Survivors' Club series. The book before that, ONLY ENCHANTING, had a lot of leg work to do (I think it was the "congrats! you get to write seven books instead of three!" book, so she basically had to build up a bunch of characters at the same time), and it did it well, but the pacing was weird, and Flavian is, well...Flavian.
ANYWAY, all of this to say that going into Ralph's book, I had no idea what to expect. We didn't really know much about Ralph, except that he had recovered from his physical injuries but still suffered from INTENSE guilt, and had been suicidal. Emma and I both wondered if Balogh was setting him up with Imogen (she's not), but aside from that...nothing.
It was so. freaking. good.
Like, 10 million things happened. And they were all adorable. And Mary Balogh made me care deeply about a rich white dude. It was incredible.
Also amazing was this book's lady, Chloe. She was smart and capable and brave. She might actually be my favourite one so far.
This was also the first book in this series to have an upstairs/downstairs angle, which I always like. And there was an adorable old married couple that just slayed me. And also Great Aunt Mary who, just, oh, read it.
As always, I am left absolutely loving these people while also desperately wishing for the next book (which will be Imogen. I am not prepared). If you want a good series with historical accuracy, smart yet emotional characters, brilliant writing about various disabilities, and excellent kissing, you should give the Survivors' Club a shot.
