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is so heartbreakingly beautiful that her father keeps her locked away from slimy manhands, while also berating her for not picking out a suitably husband.
. . GREAT START. So after an illicit runin with a smexy Welshman in her private gardens not a euphemism, she uglifies herself up for this tournament and ends up married to the winnerthe smexy Welshman! At first, she's all like "gots to keep his slimy manhands off me so he doesn't realize that underneath this dowdy gown is a lush bosom and delicate ladyhips.
" Then, she's like "gots to win his attention from this ladybird that he's enamored of! Activate maturity function!" Then, smexy Welshman is like "Dude, you're too hot.
Get away. " And there's a curse.
. SORRY I'M NOT SORRY. This book suffers from a heroine who is a MAJOR ASS BRAT at first, before stuff happens and she matures and swings to the far other side of that dichotomy.
It's frustrating as hell, too, because it's hard to follow and Holly comes off as manic and foolish rather than stubborn and focused
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I actually didn't mind Holly being SO HOT because there was some weight to what she was saying.
It wasn't all just "Oh, everyone LOOKS at me ALL THE TIME, and they all LIKE ME so MUCH and it's HARD to be POPULAR.
" She was also kept locked up, and she actively struggled
with the worry that she was, at heart, empty and vain and foolish.
True, it wasn't wellhandled, but it was better handled than I was expecting,
. The whole curse of the Welshmen was, . . whatever. Clearly the answer was trust your damned woman instead of flying off the handle like a fucknet, but, y'know, sometimes you do things for a plot that aren't good things.
I did like that he gets his hose all in a knot when he sees Ugly!Holly talking with the priest and discovers that plainness isn't going to offset the curse because he's still jealous as shit.
That was fun.
. Which is basically how I can sum up the few Medeiros books I've read: collections of Moments that I love and enjoy and delight in, packaged in a slimy soup of mediocrity and sloppy characterization.
: Kalo ingatan gw gak salah, ini novel HR pertama yg gw baca si hero nya dr Walse
Holly Felicia Bernadette de Chastel ato Lady Holly terkenal akan kecantikannya
Sayangnya semua pria cuma tertarik ama penampilan fisiknya itu, dan itu yg paling di benci holly.
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Lady Holly menolak menikah dgn para pengagumnya itu krna mrka tidak pernah peduli dgn inner beautynya dia.
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Ayahnya yg cemas akan status putrinya yg sepertinya tidak akan pernah mau menikah, memutuskan mengadakan kompetisi.
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Sir Bernard mengundang para bangsawan maupun Ksatria buat ikut serta dalam turnamen yg hadiahnya adl Holly sendri dan tentu saja mas kawin yg melimpah.
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Holly yg tidak setuju dgn ide bapaknya nekat me make over dirinya, bukan jd lebih cantik melainkan jd jelekkk bgt,,
Rambutnya dia gunting jd pendek bahkan bulu matanya jg dia gundulin, giginya dia pakein walnut supaya keliatan busuk
Pokoknya tujuannya spy gak ada yg mau memenangkan turnamen bodoh itu.
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Sayangnya ada yg emang niaaat bgt buat menang, tp bukan demi Holly tp mas kawin yg satu paket ma Holly.
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Sir Austyn of Gavenmore adl seorang knight dr walse, kabarnya earldom dia di cabut ma raja n tiap taon ada yg nagihutang ke dia
Dan jg dia mesti memperbaiki kastil nya
Ketika Austin melihat Holly dia agak sedikit lega karna Holly jelek walopun dlm hatinya dia agak
brharap kalo Holly adalh gadis cantik yg dia cium di taman Tewksbury.
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Austin lega bukan krna dia pria aneh yg tidak mau menikah ma wanita cantik, dia lega krna ada kaitannya ma kutukan buat para pria dlm keluarganya ”let love be your mortal weakness and beauty your eternal doom”
Ada satu kejadian yg bikin gw ngakak waktu Austin bawa holly pulang ke kastilnya,
PelayanAustin yg tau benar ama kutukan majikan mrka selama berabad abad seneng bgt pas liat lady mereka yg baru jelek bgt,, trus mrka pujisi Holly yg katanya kaya boneka, wkkwkwkwk
Salut gw ama Holly yg berniat menaklukkan Austyn lewat inner beauty dia, n Austyn sndri yg awalnya gak punya feeling apamulai tertarik ma Holly yg jelek
Buat yg suka emosian kalo baca cerita yg ada abuse nya pasti bakal benci ama hero ini.
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Gw sih agak kesal n pengen bgt gampar Austyn pas dia ngurung Holly di menara,, grrrrrrrrrr
Tapiii krna Holly nya mantapp karakternya jd gw gak kasihbintang, meski ada niat kasihbintang krna gondokkk bgt ma heronya,, yah setidaknya Austyn punya alesan kuat jg sih knapa dia ngurung Holly Bukan karna pengen menghukum Holly yg sudah menipu dia dgn wajah jeleknya tapi dia ingin melindungi Holly dr dirinya yg sangat menginginkan Holly yg cantik maupun yg jelek
hmmmmmmmmmmm Well, this is one of those books my "BFF" gave me because she just wanted to see my reaction.
About two weeks after she gave it to me she says: "So, . . did you read that book I gave you" I very dryly commented yes and didn't say anything else and I looked away.
And when I glanced at her, she was staring at the floor, And finally after a very long pause and a ton of uncomfortable feet shuffling, she asks me what I thought.
I skillfully avoided the question until my dear friend pinned me down and asked about "the scene.
" Now I'm not going to go into detail about said "scene" because if you've read this book you absolutely know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, the bestie and I have never spoken of this book again and maybe sometime in the nextyears or so I will be able to forgive her for knowingly giving me this book.
Yes, my best friend used my love of reading against me and punked me the heifer, On the good side of things, I passed the "see your best friend isn't a total perv" test.
All I can say is: You shouldn't have gone there, Ms, Medeiros. You. Shouldn't. Have. Gone. There. Ik heb de Nederlands talige uitgave gelezen : Verraderlijke schoonheid Candlelight Historische roman,
Dit is verhaal rammelt aan alle kanten en is op geen enkele manier als romantisch te omschrijven.
T. M. is een goede schrijfster maar heeft met dit verhaal de plank volledig mis geslagen, .