Review: A Bride for Sunil

A Bride for Sunil by Joyce Mackenzie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The title aside, the central character of the book is Victoria Standford. She is a good looking Anglo-Indian girl who has seen very hard times. She gets taken in by a visiting Englishman who promises to marry her, but then disappears. She is now an unwed mother to a boy, struggling to meet ends meet. Her roommate grows to be very irate with her as well.

She then meets Sunil, who is visiting from England. He is very caring and once he learns of her difficulties, offer her a passage to England. Victoria takes up the offer without understanding fully what he has in mind for her. And her troubles continue even in England.....Will her relationship with Sunil sustain, or does she need to move on?

The book unfortunately lacks coherence. In a book which relies more on relationships and drama, more impactful incidents were called for to keep up the pace. However, as Victoria tumbles from one crisis to the next, you are left with an unsatisfying story and characterization.

I received a free ebook copy from Netgalley for an honest review.

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