There is the use of ableist language as a means of demeaning the hero, but it’s always challenged and never defended. At times, he does speak, but frequently remarks how strange it sounds to his ears and is quite self-conscious about it. He also has a notepad with him to write back and forth with people who don’t know sign language this writing comes in handy between Oliver and Christina because Christina often feels more confident expressing things on paper instead of verbally. He does use sign language with his staff and it’s explained how he learned to sign in the first place. I want to note that I have no experience from which to draw at the portrayal of Oliver’s disability. Additionally, Oliver spends a majority of his time in his greenhouse working on technology for a hearing aid. Because he wasn’t born deaf, he wasn’t as quick to learn as his classmates and he had to fight the urge to use his voice. His disability brings him all manner of unwanted attention in public and, while attending a school for the deaf, he also felt ostracized there as well.
Oliver is deaf, losing his hearing to an illness as a young teen. He’s a man who enjoys his privacy and his self-imposed exile from society. When Christina is cornered by a mischievous but very big dog, the pup’s excitement causes her to fall and knock her head.Īn unconscious woman is definitely not something Oliver Hawkes expects to find in his gardens. She takes no joy in attending social gatherings and her love life is nonexistent, since her parents are scheming to marry her off to someone rich. She mostly spends her days walking through her reclusive neighbor’s gardens and spending time with her cousin Patricia. Please don’t let reading out of order deter you from reading this one.Ĭhristina Barclay is an Englishwoman whose family now finds themselves in New York to escape a litany of debts. If characters from previous books appeared, I had no indication and I never once felt lost when dealing with any secondary characters. Though this book is the third in the Four Hundred series, I had no problem reading this on its own. What began as romance with a marriage of convenience between friends turned into a beautiful story of loving someone wholly and completely. Archetype: Character with a Disability, NeighborĪ Notorious Vow is the first book of Joanna Shupe’s that I have read, though upon finishing, I immediately went and bought some backlist.
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