Review: He/She Loves Me, He/She Loves Me Not
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2013
Most inexpensive Kindle stories seem too brief. This one seems too long. What could be a rollicking novella becomes a sprawling novel.The basic premise is that an aristocrat-hating bluestocking and a "reformer"-hating Earl are thrown together. For hundreds of pages one of them will begin to admit to tender feelings, just as the other remembers the reasons for dislike and turns cold.The characters are two-dimensional -- especially the villain, who is Evil dressed in a peruke and waistcoat.Bolen maintains a light-hearted tone, which is essential for the required suspension of disbelief. I'd enjoy seeing her write a flat-out comedy piece, a tongue-in-cheek Regency, allowing disbelief to take a brief vacation in the Caribbean for the duration of the story. I think it is something Bolen would do well.