Review: Did this really win an award?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
The regency era in this story is not the regency era I've spent years researching.  Now, while I have to note that contrary to what one reviewer said, it was very common for a duke and duchess to address each other as precisely that - as did others outside the marriage.  This is not an error on the part of the author.But there was little in the crafting of this story to truly build the regency world in which it was supposed to be set.  Even the dialogue did not convey "Regency".  It certainly lacked the sparkle and wit of the period, and contained far too much of today's language which was a constant pain and kept kicking me out of the story.  That meant it took me several days to actually read the story, when I normally read them in just a few hours.Overall, it was an interesting premise that failed in the execution.