Julia

by Dora Benley

Julia has every reason to wish that she had not been born the daughter of a Roman senator during the Roman Civil Wars of Marius and Sulla. Her father, Rufus, is trying to escape the proscriptions lists and save his life by betrothing his only daughter in marriage to Marcus Sisenna. Marcus Sisenna is the right hand man of Marcus Sulla, one of the leading men of Rome of the day. Rufus needs his armies and the protection both Sulla and Sisenna can provide. But Julia does not want to marry a man who has already had five wives and who is just marrying her for her father's money and estates. She does not want to be added to his collection of trophies. Julia wants personal happiness despite the time period into which she has been born. Her father thinks only of keeping his wealth and estates together. Her divorced mother is interested only in her own lovers. To whom shall Julia turn for assistance? The answer may surprise you. For it is obviously just the opposite of what the desperate Julia might expect.

100 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 9, 2018

Reviews

[Lili · Rating 1 out of 5]

well, that was horrible..

[Kayla Tornello · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book's setting in ancient Rome, although the characters seemed rather on the modern side at times. The main character, Julia, is reluctant to marry Sisenna. This creates drama, but it gets rather tedious at times. Also, the romance part only comes at the very end of the story. Perhaps I would have liked this book better if I had been a younger reader.

I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. Yay!

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful romance

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main character Julia is arranged to marry a much older man whom she has known since childhood. Julia is not happy about the arrangement and does not want to marry him. Julia tries to fight the marriage arrangement, she tries to run away, she discovers a dark family secret but in the end she falls in love with him. I wish I could rate the book at 3 1/2 stars, the story itself at 4 stars but taking off 1/2 a star of all of the typos. Since 1/2 stars are not allowed I would rate this book at 4 stars. Entertaining book if you can look past typos.

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

*won in a Goodreads giveaway*

This book is just awful. The plot drags at first, then rushes to finish. There are a bunch of grammatical errors. None of the characters were interesting; they were barely developed. It reads like a very rough first draft.