Review: A nice regency romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
This book was good. The story was interesting and the characters were engaging. I felt the beginning of the romances happened far too quickly for such a long book, I wish it had been dragged out a little further. Other aspects of the plot seemed rather unnecessary, the Earl' s sickness for example and the mention of the brother. I understand why it was done, for plot purposes, but it could have been executed with better subtlety. The prologue was amusing and I definitely enjoyed it, but it completely disrupted my sense of the hero. The abrupt change from father to son without prior introduction of the latter had me thinking the son was much younger than he was and made his initial scenes very discordant, for me at least. The lack of introduction also caused me to view each subsequent mention of the hero's alleged rakish past with disbelief. He just didn't act the part. A hero can be dark, delicious, and exciting without being a rake. I just wasn't given enough information to credit the idea that he had been a rake and then reformed himself when his father died. He was rather too sensible and practical for that kind of behavior. The insistence that he had been a rake before is mostly why I downgraded this book to 4 stars. It just lowered the quality of the book that much in my opinion. There were a few grammatical issues, some homonyms incorrectly placed, etc as well as a general juvenile feel to the overall work that also contributed to the 4 star rating. But it still earned 4 stars. The story was cute, I wish it had been a little more detailed, but this author definitely has promise. Recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.