In my opinion, the author's style is somewhat whimsical and lovey-dovey. I feel like he is trying too hard to make his point be known about the theme of the book. I understand that it is about love and loyalty, but I found his writing to be distracting from the plot. I enjoy books about love, but not when it is being written as a poetic soap opera; that I did not care for. For example, on page 105 he wrote, "Seduced by his personal charms and by the certainty of his families fortune, the girls in his circle held secret lotteries to determine who would spend time with him, and he gambled, too, on being with them, but he managed to keep himself in a state of grace, intact, and tempting, until he succumbed without resistance to the plebian charms of Fermina Daza." All that is really saying is that he is in popular demand by the opposite sex but he only has eyes for Fermina Daza. All that exsessive wording is not neccessary.
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