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@libby My thoughts on the Emily books. 😛

There are some very interesting and fun things about them, but the thing I really dislike about the Emily books is the confusing romance.  I haven’t read them in years, but I recall that Emily and her friends went back and forth between so many different people and for the strangest reasons…I just couldn’t understand why that was necessary.  The Anne and Gilbert romance seemed a lot more realistic to me.  I know Anne was going with Roy for a little while, but it didn’t have the overabundance of drama Emily’s romances did.

So yeah, basically I dislike the Emily books because there’s too much romance in them.  Which is saying a lot for me, because my friends know I love romance stories. 😉  I think I might actually say, rather than too much romance, there’s too much melodrama.  It reads like a soap opera, with that older, seemingly stupid man wanting to marry Emily, but not actually wanting to or something (I despise miscommunication) and that other girl leaving someone at the altar, and them all courting everyone within the possible realm of eligibility.  It’s just annoying.

So…that’s my rant. 😛 I’m sorry, I know you like them.  What do you think about my problems with the books?

Some G.A.Henty books I like: In the Reign of Terror, The Tiger of Mysore, A Roving Commission, A Knight of the White Cross, By Right of Conquest, With Lee in Virginia, The Dash For Khartoum.  Have you read any of those?  What are some of your own favorites?