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East of Orleans is a romance set in the 1880's in the south. This story starts out slow but gets more exciting as it progresses. There are lots of twists and turns along with lots of characters. The plight of women and blacks during that time in history is explored. Isabelle McCoy is the main character. She is in love with Tom but her family sends her away when she becomes pregnant. This story has a very complicated plot and was a bit hard to follow at times. I would recommend it for those who like historical romances.


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East of Orleans Volume 1 Renee' Irvin 9781469935676 Books Reviews

I am truly thankful for providing free books to users. However, I would have paid for this book. I found the book incredibly easy to read and very interesting. It was well written. I had read half of it in one day. I kept turning the pages. I wanted to know more about Isabella McCoy (the wife) and Jacqueline Rousseau (the mistress).

As I read, I became engrossed in not only the back stories of these two women but also the men in their life. In some ways, I wanted Isabella to somehow fall in for Jules ( her husband) while at the same time I was hoping that Tom (her childhood sweetheart) would reenter her life. With Jacqueline, I could see how she would love Jules but I wanted her to live a happy life with Patrick. I was really torn as to which direction I wanted these women's lives should take.

Side note I am not sure if the printed version of the book had the typing errors like the version. I read the version. I do not consider myself to be an editor by no means. Lord knows that I have paid an editor to work on graduate papers. I did notice that in the version, some of the dialog were missing open quotation marks which made the dialog slightly had to follow which character said what to whom. Also there were problems where a comma was substitute for apostrophe ( ie., woman,s). It could a matter of the file conversion. I have experienced similar problems changing a Word document to a Adobe PDF file.
Isabella McCoy's life falls apart after her fathers death. She is raped and ends up pregnant. Her mother and grandmother send her to an aunts to stay. With all this going on they also have to save their farm from being foreclosed on. Jacqueline is a prostitute looking for love in all the wrong places. Both of these women end up in the grasps of Jules McGinnis. One becomes his wife to save her families land and the other is his mistress but wants to be so much more. Secrets are unveiled. The past comes to life. Can these two women band together to save not only themselves but each other?

While this is an interesting historical fiction novel it was amazing in my eyes. I felt like there was something not quite right about the story and I'm not sure where that came into play. The pace and flow seemed to work well. The plot was good and the idea was interesting enough. The characters were different but not as dynamic as they could have been.

I almost gave up on this book but kept going. I would still recommend this book however because it was different and the author had fun writing it.

3.5 stars
This is a character driven story, which contributes to the pacing of the novel. There's no immediate, unresolvable problem for the main characters to solve in the very first pages. Instead, as the characters are drawn and developed, they come in contact with each other and their conflicts and common interests define the story progression.

Two main characters, Isabella McCoy, a young Southern girl who grew up on a plantation in Georgia and Jacqueline Rousseau, a gorgeous French Creole young courtesan, cannot be more different in the beginning of the novel. Isabella is somewhat sheltered in her upbringing and naïve; when her father is murdered and the bank is about to foreclose on the family's plantation, her main reaction is simply that of a disbelief, she does not seem to accept the reality of the situation. Jacqueline, on the other hand, comes through in the beginning as a world-weary despite her young age; she almost literally robs her clients blind. However, as the novel develops, Isabella starts to grow up - think for herself, make her own choices in life, still faltering as she goes, however. In Jacqueline, on the other hand, we can see more of that girlish naivete than when she was originally introduced.

The character of Jules McGinnis comes through as almost likable at times, despite his appearances. Perhaps it's just my perception but it seems like he does care for both women in his own way.

The novel is very atmospheric, with nicely sketched out descriptions and secondary characters contributing to the sense of the place and the period. The feeling of "Southern charm" is tempered with the realities of the American South in the late 1800 without pulling too many punches. There are some very dramatic scenes, and a few of them are taken to almost cinematic quality - the "Cotton Fields Burning" scene is one of my favorites.

I would recommend this novel to a patient reader who prefers stories with paced character development.
East of Orleans is a romance set in the 1880's in the south. This story starts out slow but gets more exciting as it progresses. There are lots of twists and turns along with lots of characters. The plight of women and blacks during that time in history is explored. Isabelle McCoy is the main character. She is in love with Tom but her family sends her away when she becomes pregnant. This story has a very complicated plot and was a bit hard to follow at times. I would recommend it for those who like historical romances.