may have some slow points and some annoying points but I'm finding that seems to be a pattern in books these days. Stretching an issue of some kind out a bit longer then I the reader may feel necessary. I wonder if Authors do it because they're trying to get a certain length or if its because they have some ideas in their head that they have to get out before they can allow the Hero\Heroine to tell the Heroine\Hero what they can't. Either way this was definitely in my opinion a good book. (less) The entire book seemed somewhat off to me... I don't think the author has the grasp of the period and mentalities at all. The setup was nice, but the book didn't work for me exactly because the characters didn't fit with the time period. Most historical romances present protagonists that are somewhat forward thinking, but they still bend to society conventions... it would be weird if they didn't. Dahl was way off... it felt like a masquerade: contemporary characters parading in ...more RATING: 1.5 stars. The entire book seemed somewhat off to me... I don't think the author has the grasp of the period and mentalities at all. The setup was nice, but the book didn't work for me exactly because the characters didn't fit with the time period. Most historical romances present protagonists that are somewhat forward thinking, but they still bend to society conventions... it would be weird if they didn't. Dahl was