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Title: This Rose is Blighted...
Review: I won't reiterate others' comments about the plot-weaknesses (a man who can't recognize his lover when she's cleaned up? Oh, yeah, she "pinched" her face up!). I'll just mention the title character...she's appalling, in my opinion. Her self-indulgent masquerade set off a chain of events that resulted in the death of over 70 miners, yet she expresses no remorse or misgivings. She does nothing until the end to stop a miner from stalking and trying to kill Blair. I could go on, but I'll just say "Rose's" amorality & selfishness disgusted me. I wish Blair had told her, "Beat it, sister! I'm tired of being used by you and your dad!" The book gets 2 stars only because of the historical setting. Oh, and Leveret was a nice character (about the only one).
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