![]() ![]() His shyness makes him awkward and taciturn in company and prevents him from getting close to people outside of his family. Like Mary Bennet, he has his own unique struggles to overcome.Īt twenty-six, Corbin Jonquil is more interested in buying and training horses than in searching for a wife. While the other two novels in this series told the tales of the eldest two brothers, Philip and Layton, As You Are tells the story of the forgotten middle brother, Corbin. ![]() Eden’s novels) this reviewer has ventured into a Regency world unlike any other, one that is managed by the seven Jonquil brothers. Without any prior knowledge of this series (or indeed, Sarah M. Eden has created a hero who is used to being hidden in the background in her most recent novel, As You Are, the third in Sarah M. ![]() But sometimes it is the quiet character watching from the sidelines that has the most difficult problems to overcome, and the most potential to grow. ![]() What must it be like to be the forgotten sibling? The one, like Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, who is forever being ignored in favor of older and more flawless siblings? Until recently with the focus on Mary Bennet in novels like The Pursuit of Mary Bennet, The Forgotten Sister, and the Return to Longbourn, authors have been ignoring this type of character, the one who at first glance has nothing to offer the reader. ![]()
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