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A review by kikkrareads
The Countess by Lynsay Sands
5.0
So I firstly must start by saying that I was so worried reading this! Lynsay Sands is one of my favourite authors and I had read a review of this book that wasn't all that flattering. But I decided to try for myself and found myself more than in love with this story.
Christiana, a name that I just LOVED, is someone who has been through a lot. Her first year of marriage was one filled with emotional abuse. The relief she feels when she finds her husband dead is almost euphoric, only to find him alive a well a her hours later and action so odd and strange.
Richard has had to deal with his miserable twin brother all his life, and their relationship has never been the same since George tried to have Richard killed. Richard is kind and caring and wants to fix all that his brother has done, feeling it is his responsibility to help others.
Together the two main characters grow and learn so much. They learn about their own inner strength, abilities and passions whilst trying to solve who was it that killed George.
The inclusion of Christiana's sisters and Richards two friends was a great welcome to the story! With their own little side stories it opened a lot of questions for the up coming sequels whilst helping the story for Richard and Christiana progress nicely.
My favourite thing about the entire book was the inclusion was romance novels. There is one scene where Christiana's sister predicts she will have a happy ending because it happens in all the Romance novels she reads. Christiana was quick to dismiss her, telling her it was only a work of fiction. I found I related to that in a sense. I read a lot of romance, and I think a small (okay okay a large) part of me dreams of my price, on a beautiful white horse, rides up to me, sweeps me off my feet and we fall madly deeply in love. (it can happen right? Well except for my fear of horse riding).
I found this story to flow quite well and I loved how each character had their own defined traits yet they worked well as a group. I was also so happy to find out that the case of 'mistaken' or stolen identity didn't drag on into some long winded affair where I am left going HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW!
5 out of 5 for Lynsay Sands as she once again wrote an amazing stories. This is the first in a series that I am now CRAVING the second book for.
Christiana, a name that I just LOVED, is someone who has been through a lot. Her first year of marriage was one filled with emotional abuse. The relief she feels when she finds her husband dead is almost euphoric, only to find him alive a well a her hours later and action so odd and strange.
Richard has had to deal with his miserable twin brother all his life, and their relationship has never been the same since George tried to have Richard killed. Richard is kind and caring and wants to fix all that his brother has done, feeling it is his responsibility to help others.
Together the two main characters grow and learn so much. They learn about their own inner strength, abilities and passions whilst trying to solve who was it that killed George.
The inclusion of Christiana's sisters and Richards two friends was a great welcome to the story! With their own little side stories it opened a lot of questions for the up coming sequels whilst helping the story for Richard and Christiana progress nicely.
My favourite thing about the entire book was the inclusion was romance novels. There is one scene where Christiana's sister predicts she will have a happy ending because it happens in all the Romance novels she reads. Christiana was quick to dismiss her, telling her it was only a work of fiction. I found I related to that in a sense. I read a lot of romance, and I think a small (okay okay a large) part of me dreams of my price, on a beautiful white horse, rides up to me, sweeps me off my feet and we fall madly deeply in love. (it can happen right? Well except for my fear of horse riding).
I found this story to flow quite well and I loved how each character had their own defined traits yet they worked well as a group. I was also so happy to find out that the case of 'mistaken' or stolen identity didn't drag on into some long winded affair where I am left going HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW!
5 out of 5 for Lynsay Sands as she once again wrote an amazing stories. This is the first in a series that I am now CRAVING the second book for.