Review: Exquisite
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2012
Every time when I pick up a new book by this writer I start wondering whether this one will be my new favorite, because Heidi Cullinan is definitely one of the authors who consistently produced the work I at least always liked and often loved a lot. This historical romance as far as I am concerned is wonderful. Both guys are so very flawed, but at the same time incredibly likeable. They are so different, but at the same time the more they get to know each other, the more the reader can see that they are alike where it matters and they both have to overcome the darkness in their pasts, at least to overcome enough to let them function and be with each other without fears. "What matters is not that he escapes the pain, but how he overcomes it" - thats the paraphrase of what one of the characters tells another and I wish I could tell you who says it and to whom, but it will be divulging  very spoilerish information. Settings are lovely, I also loved how this author was creative enough to come up with not very usual thing that Wes devoted himself to. It is quite tiresome sometimes to read about British nobles who are interested in the same things (besides taking care of their estates) or who are interested in nothing. I loved Penelope, but I did wonder how historically true and how historically possibly was what she did for a living (if that could be called a living).