I usually immediately launch myself into a Dunant novel and am immersed until I have finished. This book was the first one to break the pattern. Unlike The Birth of Venus or In the Company of the Courtesan, Sacred Hearts started out fairly slow and fairly boring, sad as it is to say.However, I stuck it out because even when the subject wasn't my favorite, I cannot help but enjoy the way she writes. So the writing, if not the plot itself kept my interest just long enough for me to be completely enthralled by the story. Building slowly, the reader finds themself in a colorful world, awash with political maneuvering, young love, and defiance and independence on different and individual terms. Yes, it's a slow starter, but after a while I found the pages flying by and me desperate to know how everything was going to end.Dunant's strengths are her writing, and her descriptions of Renaissance Italy. Her protagonists were different and intriguing women, that despite initial antipathy quickly grew into well-developed, intelligent, fun to read characters. I am very happy I read the entire novel and realized how lovely it was.More of my reviews here: http://bibliophileanonymous.blogspot.com/
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I usually immediately launch myself into a Dunant novel and am immersed until I have finished. This book was the first one to break the pattern. Unlike The Birth of Venus or In the Company of the Courtesan, Sacred Hearts started out fairly slow and fairly boring, sad as it is to say.However, I stuck it out because even when the subject wasn't my favorite, I cannot help but enjoy the way she writes. So the writing, if not the plot itself kept my interest just long enough for me to be completely enthralled by the story. Building slowly, the reader finds themself in a colorful world, awash with political maneuvering, young love, and defiance and independence on different and individual terms. Yes, it's a slow starter, but after a while I found the pages flying by and me desperate to know how everything was going to end.Dunant's strengths are her writing, and her descriptions of Renaissance Italy. Her protagonists were different and intriguing women, that despite initial antipathy quickly grew into well-developed, intelligent, fun to read characters. I am very happy I read the entire novel and realized how lovely it was.More of my reviews here: http://bibliophileanonymous.blogspot.com/
