Agatha Raisin Blogpost

In the book series, "Agatha Raisin", a major theme is unrequited love. This theme is very prominent is the book "Agatha Raisin and the Love From Hell" when the titular character, Agatha Raisin, marries her crush, James Lacey. She had a crush on him through the earlier books and even though they are married, her love seems to still be unrequited. While she had a crush on him, he never returned her feelings. All men in her life never seems to show their true feelings. Because of this, any affection is from or towards her seems to be unrequited.

Her husband, James Lacey, is a very independent man, so even though they are married, he never really says that he loves her. Through the text, it's obvious that this is not a marriage based on love. It seems like he married her because of companionship. He doesn't want to be annoyed by other women that wanted to marry him, so he just got married to one of his friends. This is not good for Agatha because she actually does like him. While he just sees her as a wife, she actually wants a passionate relationship with him. These ideals clash with each other to create a marriage full of tension.

In contrast with this relationship, a man, Jimmy Jessop, she once knew proposed to her because he loved her, while she just wanted companionship. Besides this interesting parallel, another one is how both were ruined by Charles. In her relationship with jimmy, Charles had casual sex with her and then they were caught. In her relationship with James, he started to cheat on her after she saw Charles when they had both agreed she would not talk with him. In both of these relationships, unrequited love caused them to fail.

In conclusion, the author seems to talk about the dangers of unrequited love. Both of her serious relationships were ruined by Charles, who is very independent and a representation of detachment and independence. This theme is the most prominent in the book where she is married to James Lacey and this book really shows how a relationship can't function with love from only one person.