Review: Short and sweet regency era romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
I received Taffeta & Hotspur free for kindle and thought "why not". I'm typically not overly enamored of traditional regency style romances; and that is the reason for the middle of the road rating. If I really enjoyed this genre then I would probably have rated it a little higher as it seemed to be fairly well written.I liked that the story was straight forward and that we were not tortured with any angsty "big misunderstandings". I did not understand the appeal of Tarrant and thought his character could have been better developed. It's not that I found him unappealing, I just didn't get what was so special about him. I don't understand the moniker "hotspur" in reference to him, and for some reason I also found it a little annoying. The Bing dictionary reference tells me that a "hotspur" is a rash or impetuous person - which sounds more like Taffy not Tarrant. And speaking of Taffeta, I had no major complaints with her although I did think the whole love scene was a little...odd...and the only thing I kept thinking was...wow, I guess no one's concerned about pregnancy.Other than that T&H; had the obligatory quirky family side kicks, the sweet secondary character romance and the odious villain. If you like this sort of genre then it isn't half bad.