Web of Love

Rating:
Summary: So..so
Review: I am an avid historical romance book reader, and a fan of Ms. Balogh. But this early book of her's was not as good as her later ones. I just couldn't get into the story and had a hard time finishing it.
The time line of the story is Battle of Waterloo. I get the fact that it was a war time, and nurse and patients sometimes falls for each other. But, I was very confused while I was reading this book and still (even after finishing it) couldn't really understand the concept that Ellen was in passionate love with Lord Eden one month after (it was also suggested that she was falling in love with him even before her husband's death) she lost her husband who she was so deeply in love with. I still can't get it. She was in love with her husband who was 15 years older than her, but in love with Lord Eden who was the same age as she right after her husband's death? Because??? OK. It is a love story and sometime love doesn't have to make sense. But, the way the author was trying to convince the story line was not working for me.

Rating:
Summary: Not first rate Balogh
Review: I'm a big fan of Mary Balogh's work. She's a superior writer in the romance genre and has written some classics (No Man's Mistress, The Christmas Bride, Tangled, A Precious Jewel to name just a few) but this book is way below par for her. I agree with the reviewer above about the confused motivations of the heroine. It just doesn't work that she was deeply in love with her first husband and than, over a period of a few weeks, falls deeply in love with his one-time best friend. There was very little angst and little of the character soul-searching Balogh is famous for. Skip this one unless you can get it for free!

Rating:
Summary: Not first rate Balogh
Review: I'm a big fan of Mary Balogh's work. She's a superior writer in the romance genre and has written some classics (No Man's Mistress, The Christmas Bride, Tangled, A Precious Jewel to name just a few) but this book is way below par for her. I agree with the reviewer above about the confused motivations of the heroine. It just doesn't work that she was deeply in love with her first husband and than, over a period of a few weeks, falls deeply in love with his one-time best friend. There was very little angst and little of the character soul-searching Balogh is famous for. Skip this one unless you can get it for free!

Rating:
Summary: Web of Love
Review: This is one of her best earlier works. The story was a one sitting read. I just could not put it down.