Book Review
Title: After the Ball
Author: Catherine George & Takane Yonetani
Genre: Manga
Rating: ****
Review: So After the Ball intrigued me because it features identical twins pulling a switching act although not deliberately it seems, and I can foresee all sorts of trouble because of this. We are introduced to Eliza who agreed to take her sisters’ place at a party with Paul who doesn’t seem to know the difference. However, Eliza’s friend Giles is also in attendance and fearing that Paul wants to bed her as Gemma he agrees to help Eliza, but it seems he wants something in return.
Giles helps Eliza get out of the party, but he seems to be pursuing her despite the fact she is in a relationship with Lawrence. This makes things difficult for her as she feels a sense of loyalty to her boyfriend which clash with old feelings that she has for Giles but something in their past pushed them apart.
After some relationship drama not only with Lawrence but with Paul, Gemma’s boyfriend, Eliza and Giles end up in a sham engagement to get both men away from Eliza until everything settles down and while this does partially work, Eliza is still left with her conflicting feeling which is only getting worse as Eliza is redecorating Giles’s home and has an offer of work from Paul to renovate his restaurant.
In the end, though Eliza and Giles actually manage to talk to one another and clear the air about their past allowing them to pursue a new relationship together built on the feeling they have had from childhood. While I liked after the ball, I was expecting something a little more from it especially as it touches on some darker subject but still a well-rounded, intriguing romance manga.
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I received this review copy from NetGalley
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