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its_tara's review
3.0
This is the story of Abby, a young girl whose family has an interesting story – and it’s about to be replayed generations later – with Abby taking the female lead. Abby’s Great-Grandmother, Emma, was a feisty character, born to a rich German family. Upon being engaged by her family to Wilhelm – an engagement she didn’t want or welcome – Emma chose instead to run away to America, and lead a very different life there.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that Wilhelm’s family forgets things easily – and Abby finds herself being an unwitting pawn in this whole game.
The story is told in three different points of view – Abby’s, her best male friend Corey’s, and her Great-Grandmother, Emma’s. The similarities between Abby and Emma were done well – though it was still possible to tell the two apart – however, I would have liked Corey’s voice to be somewhat more masculine at times than it was. Also, I did notice a few tense swaps when characters were talking, which distracted me a little from the story.
I enjoyed the fairytale elements to the story – with Wilhelm playing the villain, Abby being the damsel in distress and Corey playing the Knight who saves her. The underlying love story between Abby and Corey was also quite sweet, and it did make my inner romantic happy. That said, a few details with the story bothered me – such as the fact that Abby didn’t seem all too worried when she was kidnapped. It was only a little niggle – but because Abby is such an integral part of the story, it bothered me throughout.
That said, the actual storyline’s pretty good – and whilst fairytale retellings have been done before, as have generation-jumps, this is a nice addition to the genre. Not a massively long read and not particularly difficult, but that was what made it enjoyable – and besides, who doesn’t enjoy a bit of girl power with both Emma and Abby standing up for themselves against things they didn’t want?
Basically, not a bad read – maybe a good holiday read given it has the romance and happy ending everyone is looking for.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that Wilhelm’s family forgets things easily – and Abby finds herself being an unwitting pawn in this whole game.
The story is told in three different points of view – Abby’s, her best male friend Corey’s, and her Great-Grandmother, Emma’s. The similarities between Abby and Emma were done well – though it was still possible to tell the two apart – however, I would have liked Corey’s voice to be somewhat more masculine at times than it was. Also, I did notice a few tense swaps when characters were talking, which distracted me a little from the story.
I enjoyed the fairytale elements to the story – with Wilhelm playing the villain, Abby being the damsel in distress and Corey playing the Knight who saves her. The underlying love story between Abby and Corey was also quite sweet, and it did make my inner romantic happy. That said, a few details with the story bothered me – such as the fact that Abby didn’t seem all too worried when she was kidnapped. It was only a little niggle – but because Abby is such an integral part of the story, it bothered me throughout.
That said, the actual storyline’s pretty good – and whilst fairytale retellings have been done before, as have generation-jumps, this is a nice addition to the genre. Not a massively long read and not particularly difficult, but that was what made it enjoyable – and besides, who doesn’t enjoy a bit of girl power with both Emma and Abby standing up for themselves against things they didn’t want?
Basically, not a bad read – maybe a good holiday read given it has the romance and happy ending everyone is looking for.
gabs_myfullbookshelf's review
4.0
Despite grammar mistakes and some choppy sentences, I really liked this book.
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