By Kelly Bridgewater
Willow Dupré
never thought she would have to marry, but with her father's unexpected
retirement from running the prosperous Dupré sugar refinery, plans changed. The
shareholders are unwilling to allow a female to take over the company without a
man at her side, so her parents devise a plan--find Willow a spokesman king in
order for her to become queen of the empire.
Willow is presented with thirty potential suitors from the
families of New York society's elite group called the Four Hundred. She has six
months to court the group and is expected to eliminate men each month to narrow
her beaus until she chooses one to marry, ending the competition with a
wedding. Willow reluctantly agrees, knowing she must do what is best for the
business. She doesn't expect to find anything other than a proxy . . . until
she meets Cullen Dempsey, and she must discover for herself if his motives are
pure.
My
Thoughts:
My
Dear Miss Dupre by Grace Hitchcock is a mixture of The
Bachelorette versus the Gilded Age American Royalties in New York City. While
the concept is original, the ending is completely predictable. At times, I had
a hard time not comparing it to Princess Dairies 2 with Anne Hathaway and Julie
Andrews. Must pick a spouse in order to run the company by her side. While the
father kept saying that he supporter her and even raised her to take over the company,
but he was listening to the board and trying to find a husband for her anyways.
At time, I also had a hard time staying focused. The story line kept getting
more unrealistic and more unrealistic. I didn't want to see her pick anyone. It
was really hard for her to fall in love with anyone in six months, and her
parents kept coming back with a shorter time frame, then a shorter time frame
over and over. Tightening the noose on her neck again and again. Did I favor a
hero over any of the others? Not really. I didn't know any of them long enough.
She had to spend time evenly with all the possible suitors that I don't think
she even found one that she liked. Overall, the story was unique, but I really
didn't find it that interesting.
I received a complimentary copy of My Dear Miss Dupre by Grace Hitchcock
from Bethany House Publishers, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
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