About book Pimpernelles 01: The Pale Assassin (2011)
This book was a little bit slow to start, but from the start I loved the story line, and it just kept getting better. When I came to the end of the book I was thinking how it would end well, because so much still had to happen and there was only a few more pages. Turns out there is another book(s) in this series and I can't wait to read it!My rating is probably more like 4.5 stars. I found the writing style a tiny bit confusing at times but nothing a quick re-read won't fix. Anyway, I'm so glad I read this book! I really did not expect to love this book as much as I did. My motto is, "Never judge a book by its cover, always go by the inside flap." This book was an exception. The inside cover made Eugenie sound really lame and the book seem one dimensional. But honestly, it was neither of those things at all!This book takes place in France during the French Revolution. I stayed up late to finish so I'm not going to go too in depth into the plot, but basically Eugenie, the main character, is a rich girl. But during the French Revolution, there is a genocide of sorts towards the aristocrats, so Eugenie goes into hiding in a poorer part of town. She thinks she's in love with Guy Deschamps, and her older brother and his 'dull' friend Julien are planning to rescue the king. Eugenie is also betrothed (without her knowledge) to a creepy serial killer who is called Le Fantome, or The Ghost, because he's really pale. Eugenie's brother's plan fails and the king is executed before they are about to flee from the revolution to England. But Eugenie's brother knows that his friend Julien will be detained for questioning, so he stays behind and sends Julien to England with her instead. They have some trouble escaping National Guard and Le Fantome, but in the end, they end up on their way to England safely and Julien and Eugenie get married (well it's implied. That's what I like to think). The only reason I couldn't give this five stars was just because of silly technical things that made the book a bit confusing. There were several pronoun use issues, where it was unclear which 'she' the author was talking about. I also noticed a few missing quotation marks and errors such as that. I was a shipper of Eugenie and Julien since the time when Julien was first introduced so I was very happy with that! This book was very interesting, and definitely one of the best historical fiction books I've read in a while!
Do You like book Pimpernelles 01: The Pale Assassin (2011)?
Slow to start, but compelling towards the end.
—sassy1
