The Chick: Lilly Beecham, wild as a child, she became reserved after the death of her father to please her mother. She is only out in society when it is connected with her work in the evangelical church and so when she eventually gets to visit London, she wishes to make the most of it and find out what sort of person she really is.
The Dude: Jack Alden, having be thwarted by a thief who was trying to steal antiquities. Jack is obsessed with catching the thief and bringing him to justice. His only connection is the missing cousin of Lilys, but will she tell him where he is?
The Plot in 10 (ish):
Priest: I'm going away for a year, but I wish for you to wait for me and when I return we shall marry?
Lily:*life flashes before her eyes* this is not what I dreamed of.. who have I become.
Jack: I need to find this thief! Why don’t you stay with mother and experience society and you can tell me if you hear from your missing cousin.
Lily: Yey, I get to go out and be my self for a change!
Jack: you are so good and kind, I want to be in your presence at all times
Lily: oh no the orphanage has burn down, we must save the orphans!
Jack: Your goodness emanates from you, but you have lips which make me want to sin....
*Bown Chika wow wow*
Jack: I can't be with you because I am not good enough!
Lily: come back to me when you have caught the thief... then you will know if you are good enough
*thief caught*
Jack :I'm Back and I realised I was always good enough.
Huzzah!
The Book:
After the death of her father Lily has became the perfect daughter to try to win her mothers respect. Helping her mother with her work with the Evangelicals. She has stayed away from London and society and instead helped with causes and raise awareness. She is in London with her mother to raise money for a cause but she will not be able to go to a ball and see the sights or parks which she deeply wishes to visit. When a rector proposes to her and asks her to wait for a year until his return, she realises that this is what her life will be and she will never be able to do what she wanted to do.
In shock she walks in to the road and is almost run over by a carriage driven by Jack. Jack is a recluse scholar who was recently shot while trying to stop thieves stealing antiquities. Unfortunately one got away and Jack is still searching for him, so that he can be brought to justice. Jack believes that Lily's cousin may hold a clue as to the location of the thief, but he is missing too and so he must gain her trust and find out what she knows. He manages to manipulate the situation so that she can stay in London with his mother for the season while her mother is travelling spreading the evangelical word. Lilly cannot believe her luck as she will be able to be herself again and maybe even attend a ball!
Jack feels a connection to Lily but he is very guarded with his feelings because of how his father treated him and so he does not think that he is good enough for Lily. Lily can see past his emotional walls and wants to be part of his life, if only he would bring them down long enough so that she could show him.
I found this book a little bit annoying.
It felt like I needed a construction hat with the constant references to walls being built and destroyed and then rebuilt and then partially destroyed, it got annoying after a while.
And then there was the constant monologuing, he would look at her and from one facial expression he knew that she could bring world peace and end world hunger and cure cancer, etc. Some people really enjoy reading the constant self - physoc analysis of characters, but it just isn’t my cup of tea. I much prefer showing how they feel than talking about it and analysing it.
I'm also not sure about the name cinderella story, I'm mean lets do a check list of what makes cinderella:
Poor – nope
Ugly sisters – nope
Evil step mother – nope
go to a ball in a dress– check
Dance with prince and him not know who you are – nope
Loose an item of clothing at ball – nope
Prince then try to find out who you care carrying lost item - nope
fairy godmother – half check (his mother sort of counts)
seems to me a bit of a long shot to call it that. It should be called something like 'the walls that he built'.
The story wasn't awful but the characters seemed a bit flat and boring Lily was a bit little miss perfect who is kind to animals and the poor and sings, if she started talking to the animals then she would definitely be a Disney character. Jack I didn’t really find him interesting, I just found it all mediocre. I understand that this is part of a series about the brothers, so perhaps reading the others would help me understand them, but it just did nothing for me.
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