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Summary: Previous reader didn't read the book too carefully
Review: Had the critic who slammed Ms. Everett's history in SWEET VIOLET bothered to read it closely or read any other book in the series, she would have realized that the family owns property in town and that Violet's mother doesn't "commute" from the plantation because she has employees who run the shop for her, a shop she started 20 yrs. ago from economic necessity in the first book LOVING LILY. The reader also doesn't understand the lack of class structure in 18th c. America -- women did work and one of Williamsburg's most popular taverns today is Cristiana Campbell's named for its (historically accurate) female owner. Plenty of women worked in the Colonies; Violet's mother only moved to a plantation out of town when she married a landowner. Read the other books!
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Summary: Previous reader didn't read the book too carefully
Review: Sweet Violet lives up to its name, a light and charming piece set in 1790's Colonial America that is sure to please most readers. Dark-haired, gray-eyed Gabriel, Duke of Belmont is properly heroic and Violet isn't the complete slut one seems to find cramming the pages of many of today's romances. The plot holds enough twists and turns to keep you turning the pages, too. However, as with her earlier works, the author has a huge hole in her historical research or a complete lack of regard for the well-known social mores of the time period, such as having Violet's mother run a flower shop. Ugh. Of course, Violet's father would have been ostracized from society for allowing such a thing. Not to mention that if the family truly lives on a plantation--does the mother commute to town via yea-old subway every day despite the fact it wouldn't be built for a few decades yet? Despite such goofs, I can heartily recommend this one since it is a delightful change from the filth poured out by Susan Johnson or Stella Cameron.
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Summary: A pleasant read
Review: Sweet Violet lives up to its name, a light and charming piece set in 1790's Colonial America that is sure to please most readers. Dark-haired, gray-eyed Gabriel, Duke of Belmont is properly heroic and Violet isn't the complete slut one seems to find cramming the pages of many of today's romances. The plot holds enough twists and turns to keep you turning the pages, too. However, as with her earlier works, the author has a huge hole in her historical research or a complete lack of regard for the well-known social mores of the time period, such as having Violet's mother run a flower shop. Ugh. Of course, Violet's father would have been ostracized from society for allowing such a thing. Not to mention that if the family truly lives on a plantation--does the mother commute to town via yea-old subway every day despite the fact it wouldn't be built for a few decades yet? Despite such goofs, I can heartily recommend this one since it is a delightful change from the filth poured out by Susan Johnson or Stella Cameron.
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