The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson

When I first read the summary I immediately thought of Beauty and the Beast, I was intrigued and eager to read The Merchant’s Daughter. As she learns about Lord le Wyse and his past, her fear of him becomes respect and she discovers beauty in him that would seem impossible. She carries out her tasks with grace, determination, and wisdom even when things go wrong. She immediately catches Wyse’s attention with suspicion and scrutiny, but works hard to prove herself and makes the best of her situation. Not knowing what to expect and hoping one day to become a nun, she boldly goes into this life to help her family pay off their debts. Dickerson manages to illustrate this process in an accurate manner without slowing the pace of the story.Īnnabel has always lived a secure life with her mom and brothers until their debts catch up with them and Annabel places herself into the care of Lord le Wyse as his indentured servant.

Falling in love requires the main characters to face their personal issues and deal with them before a solid foundation can be created. Even though The Merchant’s Daughter is a Christian romance there are other themes presented such as discrimination, forgiveness, and honor which are just as powerfully written as the romance. This story pulls you in starting with its cover photo which captures the essence of the book perfectly. This was my first time reading this author, but it will certainly not be my last. To be fair though, this was set in 14th century England, a time when religion was closely interrelated with one's lifestyle and it was more of a way of life. Transitions are bad too and there are too many POV changes in a chapter. Writing is a bit too young, and there is hardly any build up in some scenes. Women deserve to be loved and protected and men deserve to be cooked for and have their wants and needs addressed. If you're beautiful and kind, you NEED to get married or your looks will have been for naught.

It got old quickly and annoying.Īlso, this book pretty much kept on emphasizing the fact that marriage is the most natural thing and that it's the most obvious thing to do. I'm a spiritual person, and while I don't take the Bible literally word for word, I do appreciate the lessons we can impart from it, but come on, man! There's a fine line between good and unreasonable. etc.Įvery time the MC would read the Bible for her Lord, we'd get paragraphs and pages explaining parables and the lessons learnt, with the occasional 'God is SOOO good!' did this book talk about Jesus and God a lot and how they're the reasons good things come, how they're the ones blessing every good thing that happens, how they're the ones that smite the bad guys and how they're the ones curing diseases etc. I mean, I'm Catholic and I like values and insights inspired from the Bible but holy. This was the preachiest thing I've ever read.

The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson