Girl on a Diamond Pedestal: Harlequin Manga

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Pub Date 02 Mar 2018 | Archive Date 30 Sep 2018

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Romance and manga becomes one in Harlequin Manga!

A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!

Noelle used to be a genius pianist as a child, but now that she’s an adult, people don’t remember her anymore. To make matters worse, her mother, who treated her like a cash cow, has run away with all Noelle’s earnings. So when hotel tycoon Ethan Grey proposes that they get engaged and seek revenge on her mother, Noelle agrees to be his partner in crime. Soon she finds herself attracted to him, though, and what she doesn’t know is that he has his own motivations for seeking vengeance.

Romance and manga becomes one in Harlequin Manga!

A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!

Noelle used to be a genius pianist as a child, but now that she’s an adult, people don’t...


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I don't read much male/female romance but I do enjoy manga and other graphic novels, so when I saw these Harlequin manga romances on Netgalley I thought I would try them out.

I didn't regret it because these manga versions of published Harlequin romance stories are highly enjoyble. All you need is coffee, biscuits and quiet, and these lovely manga romances will make your day. I think there is something so satisfying about seeing the romance portrayed in manga artwork and if you have already read and enjoyed the story in prose it must be a delightful experience to see the story brought to life in manga.

As a child Noelle was a famous pianist and adored by the public, but as she grew older her popularity waned and her career was brought to a sudden end when her mother ran away with Noelle's money and the rights to her music. Noelle ekes out an existence in a huge house which was the only thing her selfish mother left for her. She decides to sell the house because she needs money to live on.

Noelle is surprised when one of the people who have come to view her property comes up with a proposition for her to consider, but this is not a business proposition it is a proposition for revenge.

Hotel tycoon Ethan Grey has always had a burning desire for revenge against his father. His father abandoned him as a child and ran off with another woman. He wants revenge against his father and one way he can do that is by getting married. If he gets married then his grandfather will transfer all the shares in the business to him and in that way he will render his father penniless. He shares his plan with Noelle and explains that she will get revenge against her mother because her mother will see that she has made a wealthy and successful marriage.

This sounds plausible to Noelle. She is not too bothered about revenge, but she agrees to get engaged because it is a chance for her to rebuild her life and show her mother that she can survive on her own. Noelle wants to do this for herself.

What Ethan doesn't say is that Noelle's mother is the woman his father had the affair with and so he will achieve revenge against his father and against the woman who contributed to the break up of his family.

When the two of them get engaged Noelle begins to live again and to socialise, and she finds herself becoming closer to Grey, but just as their relationship begins to turn into something real Grey's enraged and vindictive father appears on the scene, keen to seize the family businesses and what he sees as rightfully his, and he will step on Noelle to get it.

This is a lovely story with great artwork. I really enjoyed it. It is easy to read and has a cinderella feel to it that makes the reader smile. Obviously there is a happy and hopeful ending and love flourishes in the end just like it should do in a romance novel.

This will definitely be a must for fans of the original story and for people like me who like a bit of manga with their romance.

Copy provided by Harlequin/SB Creative via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

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Once a baby piano star, Noelle is abandoned by her mother once her lover, a married business man, leaves her. Noelle is destitute because her mother has signed the copyrights of her music in her own name and fled abroad. Ethan turns up one day seemingly not knowing her and after hearing her story he proposes a fake engagement of convenience to get her revenge on her mother. However, Ethan has an ulterior motive of his own: his father was the lover of Noelle's mother and he had his own revenge to exact.

But as the two get to spend some time with each other and get to know each other better, and they slowly fall in love. Will Ethan's initial deception ruin their chance at turning their fake engagement into something real?

This story was sweet, even if the heroine was too much of a cinnamon roll for my tastes, and the art was good. It's a pleasant read I definitely recommend.

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This book transcends Harlequin romances. Not only does it have OPEN communication, HONEST declarations, SWEET moments and SINCERE apologies...it built it's characters up as individuals.

I may have to read the original to see how this compares. Throughout we see glimpses of how Ethan and Noelle were as children - mostly their expressions as we saw what the other was living like during their past explorations.

I had honest to goodness tears at the end as the two realized their dreams free of the shackles of their parents' sins.

In general this was a more thoughtful Harlequin Manga then usual - focusing more on how the two wanted to grow as people then the romance.

Loved it. Recommended.

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