The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck: Book Review

Title: The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck
Author: Kathleen Y'Barro
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
My Rating: 2 Stars
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"Charlotte Beck may be entering adulthood, but she can't seem to keep her stubborn, independent spirit from bucking social protocol. Fed up with her behavior, Charlotte's father, Daniel, pressures her to settle into a nice marriage, despite knowing she is set on going to college. Then Daniel sees Charlotte with the handsome but annoying English astronomer Alex Hambly, and everything changes.

Though Alex and Charlotte can barely stand one another, Daniel offers them a deal they can't refuse: if they agree to marry, he will save Alex's family from financial ruin and grant Charlotte the freedom to go to college. Reluctantly the couple agrees, but in private they plot to annul the marriage as soon as possible.

But when Alex's feelings change and he refuses to dissolve their contract, will Charlotte find a way out of her vows? Or will she discover that maybe this marriage isn't so inconvenient after all?"

Upon reading the back of the book and finding the cover pleasing (come on, you know you judge what you're going to read somewhat on the cover, too), I requested to review this copy from Blogging for Books. It looked very promising and I really did want to enjoy it, but the fact of the matter is, I just could not fully get into the book.

First of all, I had a pretty hard time enjoying the writing style the author used. Everything was a bit confusing for me and while some of the imagery was nice and descriptive, I had to re-read some sentences several times to understand her meaning. I'm very much into wanting to have a nice, easy and connected flow to writing, but I didn't feel this book reflected much of that.

While the plot was intriguing and I did like how it all turned out in the end, I had a hard time with the briefness of some scenes. There was a lot of skipping around from place to place. For the first time in awhile, I also could not connect with the characters fully. Truthfully, Charlotte Beck acted a little too spoiled and stubborn and most times I got angry at her! I do admit, I did like Alex Hambly with his level-headedness, but that's about the only character I really did enjoy.

As I stated before, I really did want to enjoy this book. The plot certainly is intriguing, but I, for some reason, could not seem to enjoy the book.

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I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for posting a review about it. I am not required to post a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own.

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