2 of 5 starsThis book was such a conundrum to me. On one hand, I really wanted to see Christian escape his French prison, but on the other hand, the prose was so drawn out and very confusing at times that I put the book down time after time. There were so many unsaid words that would have helped me to understand Christian and Gilly better. I find too much innuendo just leads to confusion.
This book took me days to finish because I had a hard time connecting with Christian and Gilly and their instant connection. Both of them had suffered unimaginable torture--Christian as a French captive and Gilly as the wife to Lord Greendale. Both used silence as their weapon of choice, but all those silences made it difficult to route for them.
Poor little Lucy. I felt so bad for the child as she suffered as well, losing her mother and brother and not knowing if her father would ever come home. I had guessed the villain right away, and it seemed so naive that Christian did not see it.
I did like the ending, even though it took me days to reach it. While I have enjoyed other books by Ms. Burrows, sadly, this was not one of them.
I voluntarily read the advanced reader copy and all opinions are my own.
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