The Merchant's Daughter

Finished this little sucker in one day. Two, technically since I stayed up until 3:30am to finish it. Very well done. Beauty and the beast + history + religion. It's been a long time since I read a novel with undercurrents of Christianity that were developed this well but most of all...this novel was truly FUN. I had a great time reading it and will definitely be looking into the authors other stories.

Cons: let me just mention it wasn't perfect. It bothers me that I believe some characters were primarily used in the novel as drama creators and I thought the drama could have easily been done without. It has a point for Anabel's personal emotional development but the drama didn't have to be taken that far. Still, I was too immersed to really care by that point and was too invested to see how each character would react