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Brighter Than the Sun |
Author: Julia Quinn
Published: 1997-12-01 |
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 Not "so brighter" after all
It makes me truly sad to give a two star review to a book written by my favorite author, but i honestly felt discontent with this book. BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN, appears to have been written by a rookie in the genre, and not by an author who brought us wonderful stories like THE DUKE AND I, THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME, AND ROMANCING MISTER BRIDGERTON. I finished the book just because it was a Julia Quinn's piece, but i have never been so disappointed with a story before. The main character, Ellie, was an annoying girl, she appeared angry through out the whole book, and Charles just never really stood out. Ellie wanted to have her way (no highway option) all the time, and Charles just wanted to have sex (plain and simple). The story line, was very dull, nothing to look forward to, also i must mention something another fellow reviewer wrote about, what is up with them getting injured in every chapter? my goodness how annoying it got.!!!!!! I love Julia's writing, i think it's superb, no wonder she is my favorite, which is why i would put this book where i may never see it again.
Yawn
I've read all of Quinn's books and I usually like them enough to give them a 4 to 5 rating, but this one is just plain boring.
Although the idea seemed decent(the main characters marry before they really know each other), it was just poorly executed. Charles and Ellie get married within first 50 pages of the book and the rest 330 pages or so is just constant fighting. In the last couple of pages they do 'realize' that they actually love each other and they live happily ever after.
I know that Quinn's trademark is humor, but it seemed that it was just overly done in this book. There is no real romance,no real character exploration, no real plot, no building up etc., just (cheap) laughs and some sex.
 Wonderful book!
I think this book is great. I read it over and over. The romance between the characters is sweet and just left me sighing in the end. I liked this book better than Everything and the Sun. I think in general, this is a cute story. It's nothing intense or passionate like the other books I've read but it's still lighthearted and sweet.
 I actually loved this book
Some of the reviews on here run hot and cold. I love Julia Quinn and also love a good 'marriage of convienence' story. Yes there was a lot of bickering between Ellie and Charles but I found it entertaining most of the time. I laughed a lot during this book.
The most refreshing part of the entire book was Charles. In most of these stories, the rake gets married with preconceived notions of having a wife that will look the other way and leave him alone. Then they find themselves falling in love with thier wife and do the craziest things. They run from them. I read one book (which was horrible) where he wouldnt talk to her during the day because that might stop him from falling in love. But in this one, he doesnt try to avoid it. He just deals with it. There are no major games going on.
Ellie has her moments of childishness, but overall she treats thier relationship with a lot of maturity as does Charles. I realized after I finished the book, I didnt know much about the backround of the characters. You dont really have any idea what Charles' childhood was like but honestly I didnt care. I was entertained enough that I am considering re-reading the book some day.
Charming book
Eleanor Lyndon is minding her own business when Charles Wycombe, the Earl of Bilington falls out of a tree very drunk. Both Charles and Ellie are trying to deal with there own problem when they realize by getting married will slove their them. They marry but they don't really know each other. But dark forces that could end it for them.
"Brighter than the Sun" is the first book that I read by Julia Quinn and I really liked it. Ms. Quinn gives her readers charming characters and romance. This was the first book by Ms. Quinn, but it will not be the last.
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