Whitney, My Love

Re-read 1/7/23 - 1/9/23This might be my 4th or 5th word for word re-read (random perusing doesn't count). I wanted something classic to start the New Year on a good foot. I chose correctly. This is one the first romance novels I ever read and I must say that [a:Judith McNaught 9885 Judith McNaught https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1670890212p2/9885.jpg] was on to something when she wrote [b:Whitney, My Love 1404766 Whitney, My Love Judith McNaught https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327870166l/1404766.SY75.jpg 340933]. She certainly departed from what was being published at the time in terms of content and length and landed on something good.I clearly see the ‘problems' that have been pointed out, i.e. Clayton is most surely guilty of rape, he's possessive, irrational, overbearing etc. Whitney can be super annoying, jumps to conclusions, and like most young women her age is ruled by unchecked & unwise emotions. Yet I come back to this story because it IS the LOVE story of two complicated people, romantic parts, ups & downs, and the ugly warts too. To my eyes it's fairly authentic to the mores of the time. We all like what we like at different times and for different reasons. I love this.As usual YMMV