- Mass Market Paperback: 345 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778322963
- ISBN-13: 978-0778322962
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,370,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Brandewyne has so lost her edge
27 July 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What has happened to Brandewyne? She used to write rich passionate romances that turned the reader on. The Crystal Rose is a sad attempt at bringing back her art. I don't understand what happened. And where are the love scenes? They kiss and fade to black...then nothing! This is nothing compared to what she used to write. And Hugo is so boring. What happened to her deep brooding heroes who were scarred and afraid to love? Hugo is so thin he waves in the wind.
She seems to be attempting to write something Dickensian with the 1850s setting, but it doesn't work. Plus the plot to kill Queen Victoria is just thrown in. Why not focus on Hugo having to prove who he is? And the claim that Victoria was seriously concerned with social reform is totally bogus!
All together this book was a disappointment. I miss the old Brandewyne. Some of her heroes were too abusive, but at least they had more dimensions. And the heroines had more depth. Oh, the eighties...
She seems to be attempting to write something Dickensian with the 1850s setting, but it doesn't work. Plus the plot to kill Queen Victoria is just thrown in. Why not focus on Hugo having to prove who he is? And the claim that Victoria was seriously concerned with social reform is totally bogus!
All together this book was a disappointment. I miss the old Brandewyne. Some of her heroes were too abusive, but at least they had more dimensions. And the heroines had more depth. Oh, the eighties...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Sweet Rose
3 Dec 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've been a long time fan of Ms. Brandewyne's novels and I've read them all. Her latest offering, The Crystal Rose, reads like a young adult historical novel. It's an interesting enough premise, youngsters Rose and Hugo are separated by a tragedy in Hugo's family. They meet many years later (1850 London) and quickly find themselves invovled in political intrigue. There was more romance (ala young adult) in The Crystal Rose than the last Brandewyne novel, The Ninefold Key (it was a historical novel with a dash of romance thrown in), but as much as I liked the Crystal Rose I was also disappointed that the dark, passionate and sexual intensity that has been Ms. Brandewyne's trademark was TOTALLY absent in this book. The main characters were pale imitations of previous wonderful Brandewyne creations and I am sad to see this happen. Ms. Brandewyne has been writing for many years and she has a right to change her style, but from the past few books she has had published, I feel her heart isn't in writing extremely sensual novels any more. That's too bad, because at her peak, she was the best in the business and that's how she made a name for herself.
If you like historical novels with an old-fashioned, formulatic G-rated romance then you will enjoy The Crystal Rose. If, like me, you miss the passionate, larger than life characters of Ms. Brandewyne's previous works, reread some of her backlist titles.
If you like historical novels with an old-fashioned, formulatic G-rated romance then you will enjoy The Crystal Rose. If, like me, you miss the passionate, larger than life characters of Ms. Brandewyne's previous works, reread some of her backlist titles.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good premise but very weak story
8 Mar 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I really wanted to like this book but I was unable to make a connection with the cardboard characters. There was little to no emotional, or sexual tension between Rose and Hugo. The worst part of the book were the research dumps interspersed throughout the book. There is a fascinating paragraph about the history of Mayfair, and many others like it, but they were completely out of place, pointless and disrupted any flow of the story.
I recommend that you pass on this one.
I recommend that you pass on this one.
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