Readdiction's Reviews > The Summer Garden

I absolutely loved The Bronze Horseman, the first book in the Tatiana and Alexander trilogy, and was looking forward to reading the conclusion to their epic love story.

I was greatly (and grievously) disappointed. Yes, Simons delivered by giving an incredibly emotional ride but (and this is a HUGE but), there was just one scene which totally and UTTERLY made the whole trilogy feel like an epic waste.

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SPOILERS:

Dear Paullina Simons,

You have balls.

WHY, why? I have invested a lot of time, and you have allowed me to build a strong attachment to both Tatiana and Alexander but why on earth would you write an event which basically undermined Alexander's whole character and one of the great foundations of their whole relationship and why I adored Alexander so much. His devotion to Tatiana, the fact that he would do anything for her, and his FIDELITY to her, after his years of numerous sexual debauchery, was one thing that made him utterly awesome. I can never resist a reformed rake. One thing I cannot stand is an adulterous hero. *throws book out of window*

True, their troubles reflected those a 'real' marriage may go through, but it was not realistic to Alexander's and Tatiana's personalities, especially not after all they have been through together.

I will now attempt to forget that this novel ever existed and remember Tatiana and Alexander as they were in The Bronze Horseman.