The pride of the Peacock
by:
Victoria Holt (author)
ISBN:
9780002216708 (0002216701)
Publish date: 1976
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 314
Edition language: English
There are slow burn books and then there is this one where nothing of importance happens for a good 70 percent of the book and then you just have an ineffectual heroine through most of the story who somehow saves herself in the end by talking. Definitely not one of Holt's best. With a hero that I wa...
My rating is an attempt at objectivity. Objectively speaking, this is a very well-written romantic suspense, heavy on the romance. I believe it to be everything that was beloved of romances in the 60's and 70's. It was very well plotted and a great deal of care was taken with both atmosphere and ...
If the last 20 pages would not have been so crappy, this book could have been more likeable.Unfortunatley I can not give it a rating of 2,5 stars, 'cause that is how I really feel about it.
It must be a trend in me, but I really love books that take me by surprise. Take, The Pride of the Peacock. I have never heard of Victoria Holt before. I was 11, and desperate to read a book. So I found this book, and reading the synopsis, I was like, love story? *shrug* Okay, I'll read it.I didn't ...
13 years ago
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