For starters, this book is incredibly well written. Kudos to the other. Each chapter was relatively short and fluid. One easing into the other. The plot is great, but there were parts that really trigger your emotions.
Spoilers ahead...
Hannah is beyond toxic. She is evil. A woman who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. A woman who was given a second chance at life courtesy of her litter sister. A woman blessed with beauty, wealth and privilege. Yet none of that tempers that hate she has in her heart for the little sister who saved her life.
The chapters involving conversations between Hannah and Raven or Raven and her mother were hard to read. The dialog that took place between these women had this reader feeling so sorry for Raven, yet at the same time wishing Raven grew a back bone sooner. Raven was never loved by her own family. Her father showed tenderness, but did not lover her enough to protect her from the verbal and emotional abuse inflicted upon Raven since she was a child. He took a passive approach as 1 daughter was abused at the hands of his other daughter and their mother. Those were the toughest to read. In the end, Raven cut the 2 women out of her life and maintained a relationship with her father, but I had hoped she would have cut him loose too. He was complicit and a quiet observer to the tyranny of his eldest daughter and wife. So he doesn't get a pass in my book.
Raven. Raven's weakness was really tough to stomach sometimes. Her constant insecurities were so annoying. While it's easy to understand where those insecurities came from, there were so many chapters - way too many - of having to watch her acceptance of being a punching bag. She was so brainwashed in to subservience that it was aggravating to read so much of it in chapter after chapter. It wasn't until towards the later chapters that she finally found her voice, but by then you're more than two-thirds finished with the book. Overall, her character was kind, I just wished she was given a back bone a lot sooner. She took guilt to the point of martyrdom.
Ares. I found this character likeable. Even though he didn't always say the right things when it came to Hannah and Raven, his character is overall an honorable man that bounds himself by duty, obligation, and love for his wife Raven and his Windsor clan. He has a strong moral compass and strives to do the right thing.
This book is a great story and definitely worth reading.
I only caution that it will have you yelling at the pages, especially when Hannah and her mother are speaking. Those women are the definition of venomous creatures. Hannah is especially ruthless and has no conscience and no redeeming qualities. She is the most insidious character in the entire story.
The Wrong Bride: Ares and Raven's Story (The Windsors)
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