The Jasmine Wife: The perfect emotional page-turning historical fiction novel for 2023

Set in the British Raj, The Jasmine Wife is a thinly sewed story of a girl in quest of her past & home,long buried secrets;Indian culture, love & betrayal; slavery . Author has briefly touched upon several issues like Inter racial marriages, sex slaves, untouchability, taxes & the suffragette movement. Although the plot was promising, the execution wasn't upto the mark. For a romance novel, the proposal was the most unromantic one I have ever read. It was the most anticipated scene of the book , but it disappointed me hugely. Not everything is Fated & Magical ,as Sara felt in every other page.A historical romance with vague & ambiguous time period and not so captivating chemistry , this book was an average read for me.

A book so relatable, filled with romance, setting in British India.The historical fiction starts off with the main character, Sara. She was born in India, but lost her parents. After she gets married, she visits India again with her husband.They dont have a happy relationship, and slowly gets connected to Ravi. She starts digging about her past and her parents.Read the book to know what happened later.The book has a good language. I feel it could be better in terms of description. It could be more researched.The plot is good paced, but in some places it got monotonous.Overall, a light book for entertainment.

Jane has done an excellent job, building a three-legged stool held upright by Sara, Ravi, and Charles.She superbly built the depth of characters Sara and Ravi while handling the shallowness of Charles' character brilliantly.I recommend it for the lovers of history/romance of the Raj Period.Ran.

This book started slowly and I wasn't sure of it first but by the third chapter I was hooked. The description of life in Madras during the colonial times was just fascinating. That intertwined with the personal background, tragedies and secrets of people has made this book amazingly interesting.

I purchased the book yesterday and, unable to put it down, finished today. It is a page-turner by definition, and more than that it is a beautiful and intense read.A young Englishwoman marries an Englishman stationed in India where he eventually sends for his bride to live with him. Sara has been raised by a recalcitrant aunt and uncle having been orphaned as a child in India and sent to them as nearest of kin. She eventually meets her future husband, Charles, on leave in England.Her arrival/retutn to India brings forth strong snippets of remembrance of the country of her birth and begins with an extremely prosaic event upon docking. The sights, sounds and smells are described admirably by the author as are the thoughts and emotions of Sara as she begins her new life as the wife of a man she hardly knows.I have to give high marks to this author's keen ability to draw this reader into the story as Sara awakens to an unsatisfactory and unsavory life married to a man with limited abilities as a husband and abhorrent treatment of the native Indian people in his role as the English magistrate.In the meanwhile Sara is introduced to a half-caste Frenchman rumored to be a womanizer amongst other things. He is a fascinating enigma and Sara finds herself enthralled by his mystery as she strives to be a solid and loving wife to her rather hard husband. Charlie's attempts to constrain his wife's high spiritedness and compassion for the native community are stifling.The scenes are short but memorable. The characters well described and developed. The plot is outstanding.This is a definite recommendation, by me, to readers of historical fiction and romance. I absolutely loved this book.

This book captivated me in that it is a grown ups fairy story interwoven with erotica and history. Not great literature but most enjoyable to pass the hours and fantasise.

It's an easy read that I am generally enjoying, until the author mentions, yet again, how Sabran 'shrugs his shoulders in a very French way', describes a woman's neck as 'creamy' (vomit), and describes at length how the protagonist losing weight from illness and depression makes her MORE ATTRACTIVE. It's really doffucukt for me to believe that the author is a woman. Ms. Jane Coverdale, do better.