Amita4ever's manga / #Overcoming(587)

One shot (2*)- I didn’t like the premise this whole story started on, well, two things. SPOILERS FOLLOW: Firstly the BBV (Bed Before Vows), and secondly, predominantly, his reaction. I understand he is desperate at the moment, but never once - when it happened or anytime over the next 7 years - does he ever stop to consider how he blindsided her and gave her mere seconds to make a decision that would shape the rest of her life. And IS there something wrong with wanting your parents and family to bless your marriage? He knows they won’t now, but would they later? He doesn’t even consider that possibility. He just paints her reluctance and confusion over with class discrimination, even though NOT ONE WORD implied it, and never gives her point of view another thought. Marriage is suppose to be considering what is best for the other person, and he never did. He could have told her what happened. They could have arranged a way to stay in touch. They could have made plans for when she got out of college, but no. He gives her 30 seconds to throw her future and family away and then resents that she wants to consider the ramifications if she does. His family got fired and had to leave the country, but I bet he’s still in touch with them. He wanted her to risk being disinherited on his whim! I would have thought better of him if he ever stopped to consider how he put her in the spot 7 years ago, but it would have ruined the plot if he was anything but irrationally bent on revenge. I just don’t enjoy stories like that. I’d rather have an actual basis for the rift, even if it’s a stupid misunderstanding, than irrational anger based on refusal to never once consider the other person’s point of view or their heart in 7 years time.

This was a good story. I enjoyed that the FL was not only strong, but she's shown as quite capable within her limitations. And I loved her self appointed guide dog. And you got to love a servant willing to get into his Lord's face when he needs it.

In some ways typical - strong loving heroine butting heads with an rich, arrogant, emotionally tortured-past hero, and throw in 2 cute kids for her to nanny, a dash of disapproval from the matriarch and an episode with a jealous brother and you have the main elements down, but this story does a good job torturing the heroine and coming up with good reasons to foil her escapes before we get a seriously good apology from the hero and a happy ending, all without any emotionally confusing BBV [Bed Before Vows], and believe me, this couple needs a strong, stable foundation to their relationship before they add hormones to the mix .

SUMMARY: A rich, seeminly arrogant, CEO lost his sight in a car accident and he isn't taking it very well. Having gone through all the specialist, his doctor take a new tact and brings in someone to teach him how to cope with his blindness instead. But this woman has a past with him few know of. Can she help him adjust to this world of darkness before her past catches up to her and leaves her unable to finish repaying the debt she owes. Except for the uneeded (IMO) BBV [Bed Before Vows], there was a lot to like about this story. Going blind isn't easy. Being a major mover and shaker in the business world and going blind would likely have felt emasculating, and so all that rage and frustration and fear gets channeled into proving that feeling wrong to your self and the world at large at the expense of those around you and beneath you. I can feel for the ML, and that was a rough circumstance for the FL to be thrown into, but gratitude is a great motivator (although I think she would put herself out there for any client). It was an interesting twist that he unconsciously knew who she was but didn't realize it until the end. Overall, it was a good story. I just think it would have been better without the BBV, especially considering her history.

A strong romance between a strong, independent French woman and a handsome, belligerent Englishman with a grudge. It’s also a good tale about not painting with a broad brush and letting the past destroy your future. The only thing I didn’t like was the BBV (Bed Before Vows).

I’m not a big fan of BBV (Bed Before Vows) or royalty romances, but i’ll make an exception for this one. I really enjoyed the FL. She was strong, and had a cocky attitude she never truly lost. The ML was your typical arrogant, traumatized royal, but it worked out well between them. He educated her, but she changed him. It’s just sad the author felt the need to include BBV, because the story really didn’t need it, and romances that develop without it are more likely to result in a longer, stronger marriage according to RL statistics.

It starts with BBV (Bed Before Vows), which is disappointing, but it takes a twist after that. It's a unique plot that has the heroine and hero reuniting to participate in a murder mystery that has an ulterior motive. We don't find out till nearly the end just how serious the hero is, and how he very deliberately wooed the heroine, ever respectful of her of feelings, until he'd opened her eyes and her heart. That part was enjoyable.