Review: Deeply disappointed
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
The book started out well, and the storyline is fine if somewhat confusing. Why on earth the heroine is bartered from birth to wed eighteen years later against a fortune and a possibility later for blackmail is a mystery to me. The odds must be overwhelmingly bad. But that is possible in the world of romance. But I hate it when the heroine is described as clever and then behaves like the worst kind of wimpy fool. Besides being a coward, and it's not brave to kick someone who is lying down!, particularly when you have caused the things happening, being evasive and lying is not clever. Trying to solve problems be misleading the ones who offer to help you against the known evil, is beyond credibility, even if you are trying to protect someone who is powerful and kind! I skimmed through the last third of the book trying to float on top of the treacle. The sex scenes are revoltingly sweet and do not come through as sensual. The hero is better portrayed, but why does he go off fencing with his best friend while at the same time agonizing over leaving his wife alone and vulnerable? The bitchy grandmother turns out to be a softie so that is another disappointment. Gah!