Will gaining the world cost him
everything he holds most dear?
When stable hand Nolan
Price learns from his dying mother that he is actually the son of the Earl of
Stainsby, his plans for a future with kitchen maid Hannah Burnham are
shattered. Once he is officially acknowledged as the earl’s heir, Nolan will be
forbidden to marry beneath his station.
Unwilling to give up
the girl he loves, he devises a plan to elope—believing once their marriage is
sanctioned by God that Lord Stainsby will be forced to accept their union.
However, as Nolan struggles to learn the ways of the aristocracy, he finds
himself caught between his dreams for tomorrow and his father’s demanding
expectations.
Forces work to keep
the couple apart at every turn, and a solution to remain together seems farther
and farther away. With Nolan’s new life pulling him irrevocably away from
Hannah, it seems only a miracle will bring them back together.
A Most Noble Heir is
a stand-alone novel, and is actually the second one of Susan Anne Mason’s books
that I have ever read. I borrowed Irish Meadows from the library awhile back, and really enjoyed it, so I was
looking forward to reading this story, especially once I learned I would get to
be a part of its promotion. However, I was a little disappointed with what I found
in this novel. While I thought it had a cute storyline, and was looking forward
to seeing how everything would end, I unfortunately found the plot to be a
little less developed than I would like. It was somewhat predictable, with
seemingly underdeveloped characters and slightly stilted conversation. Although
I absolutely hate having to say anything critical about something someone else
has written, especially when I had such high hopes for it, I can’t be anything
less than honest about my opinion.
While the beginning of this story went by pretty quickly—there
were so many events that happened throughout the first set of chapters—the rest
of the plot seemed to be a little bit slow going. And, since the synopsis on
the back already spilled the beans about the hasty marriage, I felt like I was
robbed the chance to experience that aspect of the story as an unexpected
twist, which would have been a better way to experience it, in my opinion. I would’ve
enjoyed being able to find more unexpected twists and turns rather than the predictableness
that this novel started to turn into.
Enough of the negativity. Suffice it to say, this novel was
not my favorite. However, it did have some amiable qualities; while it was
somewhat predictable once I got into it, this story was different from any
other I have ever read. Besides that, the climactic ending was a little bit surprising,
while also slightly unbelievable, and I did enjoy getting to know all of the
characters. All in all, I would give this novel 3 ½ out of five bookshelves,
though since I typically don’t do halves (because what good is half of a
bookshelf?) I would say I can somewhat comfortably round it up to four out of
five, because I still do like to be positive.
Happy reading!
I received a copy of this novel through the Litfuse
Publicity Group in exchange for only my honest review.
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Susan Anne
Mason and Bethany House Publishers.
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