Blackmoore

I actually really liked this! It was melodramatic at parts, the bird stuff was too much, and I'm not a huge fan of the generic boy next door as the love interest but this book was surprisingly very enjoyable!

I absolutely hated Edenbrooke by the same author but this one was actually really good and really nice. Very enjoyable read, you have a mansion, picturesque landscape, and suitors! What more could yo uwant?

minor spoiler–We get the rich boy poor girl with big dreams and the rich boy gives up something for HER instead of her giving up HER dreams to be the rich wife. THAT. IS. SO. GOOD. AND. SO. SWEET. I loved it!!!!!!!!

I bought both of Donaldson's books on Thursday...an impulse buy. I came home and promptly proceeded to read all of this one in one sitting! I don't really know why I chose to read her second book first, but...I did. And I didn't go to sleep until 3 am, staying up to finish.
I loved the story and the main characters. The mothers could definitely have been kinder...but the main characters' relationship was so interesting. Another comfort read!
After reading both her books in one day's time frame, I went over to her website, hoping to find that another book was in the works...but alas for me and hooray for her, her latest project is–having a new baby! I hope she gets back to writing soon. :) I will definitely be looking forward to reading them.

Actual rating: 3.5