The good young Englishwoman knows that her destiny depends upon a good marriage match. But Isabella Goodrich is not your typical good young English...
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Jan 14, 2012
Highland-dreamer
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Apr 28, 2010
Kelli
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I read this book, funnily enough, in China. It definitely provided some entertainment and the story, at first, is fairly engaging. however, and its a big however, midway thru the story it gets to the point where all of a sudden the lead male is described as having weird slit eyes. Suddenly Oh No! We then discover, after reading about him for half the book, that he is half Chinese! As if no other English characters in the book, would have detected that, by looking at him at first sight. I lau
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Jan 29, 2012
Cassie
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This book was reccommened to me by a friend. Who knew that I liked Christian Historical fiction and books with amazing actions.
Pros:
The characters are interesting. The book was fairly well written and let's face it there were a couple of scenes in there that just made me smile.
Cons:
To put it blankly the romance in the book is sensational and goes into furthur detail than I was comfortable with especially in a Christian book. Please realize that I More...
Pros:
The characters are interesting. The book was fairly well written and let's face it there were a couple of scenes in there that just made me smile.
Cons:
To put it blankly the romance in the book is sensational and goes into furthur detail than I was comfortable with especially in a Christian book. Please realize that I More...
Dec 24, 2009
Werner
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When I saw this book at a yard sale last summer, the captivating picture of a sword-wielding lady on the cover, coupled with the knowledge that the book is a romance by an evangelical Christian author, convinced me that this read would be right up my wife's alley. I wasn't wrong; she was initially skeptical of the historical setting (being more into modern settings), but once she got into it, she "couldn't put it down." She in turn recommended it to me; and obviously my reaction was
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Dec 28, 2011
Sara
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The cover got extremely excited, and the premise made me even more excited. I got quite a ways in before I gave up hoping it would start getting awesome. It led me on for quite some time, but I finally had to admit that it was just a pink-sticker book (e.g. useless Christian romance), and sort of aped Jane Austen's writing style without accomplishing it by any means. The end was also highly unsatisfying.
It might have got away with it a little better if it were marketed as a YA fluff book.
It might have got away with it a little better if it were marketed as a YA fluff book.
Jun 26, 2010
Conchetta
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I enjoyed this for the information about the machinations of the East India Tea company and the British Empire. I don't think the British would have gotten where they did in the Victorian era without the Opium trade.
Oct 24, 2011
Mary
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All the Tea in China proved to be a very interesting and engaging book. It was very fun to learn about China along with detirmined Isabella and Phineas. Though in some parts I was kind of confused, it overall was a very good read and I enjoyed it most thoroughly. Defiently recommend it, a most sweet, adventurous romance.
Nov 07, 2011
Amanda
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Just OK. It was a fun read, but it some of the plot seemed unlikely. Not unlikely as in magical, but characters seemed to act in ways that didn't correspond to human nature.
Mar 24, 2009
Rebecca
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Although I didn't think the author knew about sword fighting I enjoyed this book. I liked the strong welled characters, and the conflict that can bring.
Jul 10, 2008
Brittany
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When I first started reading this book, my impression was: "oh bother, so this is going to be one of those books." I found the heroine flighty and silly and annoyingly conscious of other people's fashion.
Midway through the book my opinion was: "Well, it has its cons, but it also has its pros. It is not at all the predictable read I thought it was going to be. I can't figure out what is going to happen next."
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Midway through the book my opinion was: "Well, it has its cons, but it also has its pros. It is not at all the predictable read I thought it was going to be. I can't figure out what is going to happen next."
Towards the end, especially the parts in Chi More...
Sep 29, 2011
Amanda
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Christian romance/Adventure story. Not the usual kind of romance one would think about. Lots of deception, hardship, but a funny little tale.
Feb 02, 2010
Amy
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Intriguing. I like to read about all the cultural differences. I felt like the end was a little abrupt and could've been developed better.
Apr 09, 2009
Kimberly
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This one was decent, though there wasn't a whole lot of character depth (I should really lower my expectations). The part of the book on the ship was really the most interesting.
Oct 29, 2008
Kate
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This is definitely not one of my favorites but I have to admit it was better than I thought it would be. The story moves really quickly and takes turns that I didn't always see coming. But one sticking point is the description of the love intrest character. It made me imagine him to be a cross of the two Mr. Collins in the movie versions of Pride and Prejudice (BBC and theatrical). That didn't make him that exciting or endearing to me. And a year later that's really all I remember.
Dec 17, 2009
Michelle
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This was one of those books that took a day or two for me to get into, and then it got really good, but the ending was pretty lame, in my opinion. Sometimes it seems that authors spend all their time at the beginning of the book and then the ending is just kind of "tacked on". This was one of those kinds of books.
Sep 30, 2011
Ron
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Orcutt shows some talent but she lays on the Jane Austin a little too heavily. Improbably shipboard actions, especially how our protagonist got shipboard. Would have to try a contemporary work before I could judge either way.
On the other hand, the tale itself is well thought out and engaging.
On the other hand, the tale itself is well thought out and engaging.
Jun 17, 2008
Jessica
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This book was fantastic! I could not put it down. There was never a dull moment. I really loved reading it and would read it again in a heartbeat! It was an amazing twist on a Christian romance... it was like a Christian book form of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Feb 25, 2008
Monica
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This is a fairly enjoyable and different historical romance. It was really the first time where I found spiritual inspriraton in a romance... I mean, the book does concern a wannabe missionary...
Mar 29, 2011
Allison
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I really enjoyed this. Unusual, in today's market, to find an historical novel about Christian missionaries to China. At least, this is the first I've read in a while. Well done and interesting.
Nov 13, 2007
Becky
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This book attracted my attention because of the cover, title
and publishing house. This story is inspirational, historical fiction with some adventure taking place on
a ship to China.
and publishing house. This story is inspirational, historical fiction with some adventure taking place on
a ship to China.
Jul 31, 2008
Alana
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not a lot of swordplay like i expected. the beginning was good, but towards the end things just wrapped up to neatly, like she was trying to hurry and finish.
Apr 26, 2008
Ashley
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This story is cleverly written!! it's funny and a dashing good english story!! if you like sword fighting, romance, and adventure i highly recomend this book!!
Jul 21, 2008
Brooke
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This book is a lot different than expected. It's an easy read, but I didn't find it very interesting. On the upside, it is very clean.
Apr 10, 2008
Miriam
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Not your average Christian romance. Tooks turns that I wasn't expecting and I'm not sure I liked. Don't think I'd read it again.
Dec 10, 2009
Rehneniah
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I love this one. It's a romance, but an unexpected one. But it's also an adventure. Yeah, read this a couple times too.
Jul 03, 2008
Emily
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A great, easy read!It is so entertaining to read how Isabella's life changes when she meets Phineas Snowe.
Apr 12, 2011
Callista
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The author obviously did some research, but I simply did not find the story or characters convincing.
