Glamorous Illusions by Lisa T. Bergren- LitFuse Blog Tour

Glamorous Illusions by Lisa T. Bergren
ISBN: 9781-434764300
Paperback, 413 pages (with “after words”)
Publisher: David C. Cook
Retail: $14.99

From the back cover:
Cora is about to discover who she truly is.
It’s the summer of 1913, and Cora Kensington’s  life on the family farm has taken a dark turn. Not only are the crops failing, but someone dear to Cora is failing as well.

One fateful afternoon, a stranger comes to call, and Cora discovers a terrible secret about her past…a secret that will radically change her future.

Cora is invited to take the “Grand Tour” of Europe, a trip intended to finish a person’s education and solidify an understanding of refinement and ancient culture. As she travels from England to France with kin she’s never known, Core encounters the blessings of a family name, as well as the curses. But when an unbidden love begins to form, she realizes there are far greater challenges ahead…

The first book in the Grand Tour series will take you on a journey of cultural refinement –but, moreover, on an inner journey of self-discovery.

About Lisa T. Bergren:

Lisa T. Bergren is the award-winning author of over thirty-five books, with more than 2 million copies sold. A former publishing executive, Lisa now divides her time between writing, editing, parenting three children with her husband, Tim, and dreaming of her next trip to Italy. She lives in Colorado Springs.
For more information on Lisa and to view other books written, please visit her website.

My thoughts on the book:

Let me just start by saying, “thank goodness this is series!” I ended the book not happy! I say that because it ended with a “to be continued…” feel. It doesn’t say that at the end. Perhaps it should.

Throughout the book I was surprised. I was surprised by the characters (some were more in depth than others but that would probably have something to do with their role in the story) and their actions. Also, Cora was irrational at times but incredibly sensible at others. Emotions make us do crazy things, eh?

I did like this book but when I started it I was a little annoyed with Cora’s behavior. She’s so cold when I personally couldn’t see the need for it. Under her circumstances, however, who am I to say that I’d do better. But I do think that Bergren has developed some good characters in this story.

I really really loved the details of some the stops along the way. I’m a big history fan and when I read a book like this, those are possibly my favorite parts.

I’m looking for the next one. I want to know what happens!

************************************************************

I’m very sad that I missed the actual blog tour for this book! You can see others posts and more about the book here.

Thank you LitFuse and Lisa T. Bergren for sending me this book, free, in exchange for a review and participation in the blog tour (I missed it but I’m still linking up!).  No compensation was given. All opinions are my own. See Disclosure/Policies.