Nope! I don't want to read this book, I want to read a book based on their backstory!
I feel the amount of back story provided in beginning was very rushed. Wayyyyy to rushed.
The entire story that both Amber and the major were part of this wild situation involving a harem of an enemy of the British empire is too intricate and fascinating to just be plainly stated over a few paragraphs. We are rushed through their entire experience and expected to believe that there is hardly any mental or emotional repercussions from this experience other than the fact that they are now engaged?
And their entire scene together feels extremely superficial. You get a general sense of the major's feelings about Amber, his qualms about her, Amber's overall outlook of her past experiences, her view of her fiancee, her view of her family and the public's view of her all in very broad strokes. There is so much to dissect there, and it's just glossed over. Their conversation isn't broken down to show us anything, the author is just telling us what they are feeling and what they are thinking.
If the same amount of time was spent on the couple's scene together as was spent describing the chase of the pickpocket, I think the beginning of the story would be much better off. How can you go so in depth about a pickpocket and completely sugar coat a scene focused on the relationship of the main characters?
Also, not a big fan of the cover, I thought the book was going to be about animals when I first saw it- it reminded me of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Note: There was a typo on the last line of page 11 - "such [an] asset to him in his career"
The entire story that both Amber and the major were part of this wild situation involving a harem of an enemy of the British empire is too intricate and fascinating to just be plainly stated over a few paragraphs. We are rushed through their entire experience and expected to believe that there is hardly any mental or emotional repercussions from this experience other than the fact that they are now engaged?
And their entire scene together feels extremely superficial. You get a general sense of the major's feelings about Amber, his qualms about her, Amber's overall outlook of her past experiences, her view of her fiancee, her view of her family and the public's view of her all in very broad strokes. There is so much to dissect there, and it's just glossed over. Their conversation isn't broken down to show us anything, the author is just telling us what they are feeling and what they are thinking.
If the same amount of time was spent on the couple's scene together as was spent describing the chase of the pickpocket, I think the beginning of the story would be much better off. How can you go so in depth about a pickpocket and completely sugar coat a scene focused on the relationship of the main characters?
Also, not a big fan of the cover, I thought the book was going to be about animals when I first saw it- it reminded me of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Note: There was a typo on the last line of page 11 - "such [an] asset to him in his career"