What I Didn't Read This Week

What I Didn't Read This Week

Come Be My Love by Diana Brown -- 19th Century Romance

Since the age of 12, Alexandra, a younger daughter if a country gentleman has worshiped her neighbor, the handsome Darius Wentworth, future Lord Bladen. Darius is a decade older and sees her as a cute kid sister. Alexa casts off her hoydenish ways and throws herself into a course of education selected by Lord Bladen (Darius's father) in hopes of impressing Darius and winning his love. Unfortunately, he chooses a wealthy, beautiful London heiress as his bride and Alexa vows never to marry but to live an independent life free of men. She spends her time reading, caring for Daiu's parents and soon his motherless child. I stopped reading the book halfway through when something incredibly stupid happened between Alexa and Darius. I skimmed the rest of the novel to find out what happened and there's lots of tragedy before the all too brief happy ending. This novel is told in first person which really bogged down the story and made it way too long. There was nothing light or funny about this book and it's not my style.