Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell (Large Print Edition)
by Loraine Despres (Goodreads Author)
Vicki Ayala's review
Oct 05, 2016 · edit
liked it
Recommended for: historical romance fans
Read in September, 2016 , read count: 1
I always feel constricted by the 1-5 scale and would give this book a 3.5.
I thought this book was going to be sort of a trashy beach novel. (Large print editions don't always do a great job on the back cover-description...)
So, I'm at the beach and it was not a trashy novel that I was expecting (hoping?) for. However, it was a good, interesting, historical romance read. There was SO much to cover that I often wondered how Belle was able to just right some big moments off...but I think it's because the author moved through so many years of the young woman's life.
I was not expecting the historical commentary on the racial conditions of the time. I find it hard to read about the injustices of race inequality but it was treated in a matter-of-fact manner that was not as hard to read as some. And I appreciated Belle's stand on the subject and her repeated stand of social justices...how she sort of didn't think twice, just that they shouldn't exist. She didn't even need specific reasons, she just didn't think it was right.
But that is not the "meat" of the book; Belle's life whether you think it tragic, accomplished, etc. Belle is capable enough to get through it all. (and I *think* there's another book that she appears in and/or her daughter that is a character in this book is a character in) I actually would be inclined to read another Loraine Despres book.
by Loraine Despres (Goodreads Author)
Vicki Ayala's review
Oct 05, 2016 · edit
liked it
Recommended for: historical romance fans
Read in September, 2016 , read count: 1
I always feel constricted by the 1-5 scale and would give this book a 3.5.
I thought this book was going to be sort of a trashy beach novel. (Large print editions don't always do a great job on the back cover-description...)
So, I'm at the beach and it was not a trashy novel that I was expecting (hoping?) for. However, it was a good, interesting, historical romance read. There was SO much to cover that I often wondered how Belle was able to just right some big moments off...but I think it's because the author moved through so many years of the young woman's life.
I was not expecting the historical commentary on the racial conditions of the time. I find it hard to read about the injustices of race inequality but it was treated in a matter-of-fact manner that was not as hard to read as some. And I appreciated Belle's stand on the subject and her repeated stand of social justices...how she sort of didn't think twice, just that they shouldn't exist. She didn't even need specific reasons, she just didn't think it was right.
But that is not the "meat" of the book; Belle's life whether you think it tragic, accomplished, etc. Belle is capable enough to get through it all. (and I *think* there's another book that she appears in and/or her daughter that is a character in this book is a character in) I actually would be inclined to read another Loraine Despres book.
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