{"id":5425,"date":"2015-09-27T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:29:26","slug":"the-berkeley-square-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5425","title":{"rendered":"The Berkeley Square Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Berkeley Square Affair<\/a><\/em> (2014) Teresa Grant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"the-berkeley-square-affair\"<\/a>Set in London in 1817.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this is a re-writing of her first book, Secrets of a Lady<\/a><\/em>, so I was slightly confused for awhile, until I realized what was going on.<\/p>\n

I actually like this better than the original book, partially because she didn’t take the “easy” way of having a child in jeopardy to bring the main characters back together after secrets were exposed.<\/p>\n

And there is quite a bit of awfulness.<\/p>\n

\u201c(T)that applies to your father as well.\u201d
\n\u201cPerhaps. Save that I long since came to terms with the fact that Alistair didn\u2019t love me.\u201d
\n\u201cYou can\u2019t know\u2014 I mean at times everyone thinks their parents\u2014\u201d
\n\u201cQuite. Save that in my case Alistair admitted it flat out.\u201d Crispin stared at him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The relationships between members of the nobility were also somewhat horrifying.<\/p>\n

I told him I\u2019d been Alistair\u2019s mistress first, so even though I thought exclusive rights were something claimed by colonial powers, not mature adults, if he was going to get in a huff about betrayal he\u2019d have to get in line behind Alistair and my husband, to name only two with a prior claim.\u201d She took a sip of whisky and coffee. \u201cI\u2019m afraid that didn\u2019t improve the situation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though in so many ways, that makes sense, since these were arranged marriages from which there was no divorce.<\/p>\n

The mystery was better than in the original version, and the characters were (of course) more developed, since they’ve had several books to grow their relationships.<\/p>\n

I also found the start of the mystery–a lost early version of Hamlet<\/em> quite interesting as well.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Kensington Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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