The Chocolate Maker's Wife: A Novel

from Godsgirl

I'm sorry but I did not like this book. It was so wordy explaining everything in an over kill fashion. The history part was fascinating when you got glimpses of it among all the writing. Perhaps I will try another book of hers. I do like the topics of her historical writings.

from

Within this book is a good story in an interesting time period, but the tangle of plot threads, an overabundance of characters, the author's determination to include every last bit of research that she's gleaned on the English Restoration and the introduction of chocolate (plus its preparation) t...

from bookczuk

Received via Early Reviewers program. I really wanted to like this book. It has English History and Chocolate in it, so it should have been a shoe-in. Unfortunately, I found the story rather ponderous and slow paced.Liked the information on chocolate and its introduction to Europe, but never foun...

from whitreidtan

Can you imagine a world without chocolate? Or a world where chocolate was brand new and extremely expensive, a luxury? A world where you couldn't just go to the pantry for a chocolate bar or some hot cocoa? Restoration London was such a place. Chocolate was just being introduced as major historic...

from ang709

I found this book to be a mixed bag. It was a time period I'd never read about before, and I enjoyed the way the author brought it to life. Also, and especially given the length of this book, I found it to be a quick read. Often it takes me about 100 pages to settle into a story, but I had no suc...