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Title: Pointless read
Review: The prologue promised a great tale. A young woman elopes with a nefarious cad who abuses her. She escapes to the Continent with the aid of her brother who also helps her get a scandalous divorce. Eight years go by. I was intrigued.Then came the first chapter. The first 4 drag on and on, introducing absurd secondary characters and back story that I'm sure were meant to be amusing and/or informative - it failed miserably. Fifty pages into the story we finally get an indication that the hero will so make an appearance. I could barely tolerate the TSTL Sophie and the intrusion of Honorine and Lucie Cowplain type characters.I skimmed over the pages, looking for some substance to this story. I got so annoyed with crowd of characters who suffocated this romance with their own little personalities that up just ended up throwing it against the wall.
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