RATING GUIDE:
5 – A keeper!
4 – Very good
3 – Passable
2 – I’d rather read a telephone book
1 – An absolute bomb.
Read at your own risk!
Barbara Cartland’s “Love Finds The Way” is the pretty
funny story of John, a twenty-something bachelor who tries to escape his family
problems through travel and the occasional romantic fling. A chauvinist at heart, John abhors anything
that has to do with the horrible creature that has recently appeared in modern
society: the New Woman, who’s not only
educated but (gasp!) has a mind of her own and (oh, no!) isn’t afraid to
express her opinions (Oh, the horror!).
John’s life is turned upside down
when his uncle suddenly dies. Now, John
isn’t just a traveling Casanova-bachelor, he’s now the Duke of Chesterton, with
a whole new set of responsibilities and problems. This includes a run-down castle that needs to be restored pronto
(but he doesn’t have any money), and a whole entourage of househelp, “misfits”
who were adopted by his crazy departed uncle.
Sadly, John makes his way back
home. Along the way, he meets Gina who
is the most beautiful girl he has ever set his eyes on. But he quickly discovers that Gina is
(gasp!) a modern woman who wouldn’t shut up.
Upon learning of John’s problems, Gina proposes a plan to help him
restore the castle.
To his surprise, John doesn’t run
away screaming. In fact, John goes
along with Gina’s plan. As they carry
out their plan to rebuild the castle, the sparks fly between the two. But there’s a problem. John is royalty, and Gina, though very rich,
is just a commoner (shades of Prince William and Kate Middleton, don’t you
think?).
Just like her other book, Love
In The Highlands, Love Finds The Way is a very enjoyable book to
read. Even though the book is set in
the 1800’s, its characters could be someone we could come across in books or
movies, or even in real life. There’s
the commitment-phobe (John), the smart beauty (Gina), the airhead sosyalera (Druscilla,
John’s sister) … why, I can imagine this being turned into a movie, much like Pride
and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. But there are also the interesting servants in John’s employ,
such as an ex-forger, a set of twins that make John wonder if he’s losing his
mind. But it all contributes to the
story’s humor.
The romance in this book is so
sweet, made especially so by Barbara Cartland’s use of the shifting point of
view. By telling parts of the story
through John, it shows female readers that men are capable of deep feelings,
too (and as all women know, nothing beats a hunky guy with a sensitive
side!).
The best part of this book: That dance between Gina and John. So bittersweet! Of course, you have to read the book to understand what I mean.
RATING: 5
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