Review: It wasn't all bad but
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2012
I didn't really like it. It had potential but when both hero and heroine hide things from one another it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.ok, I get Elizabeth was afraid of what he'd think but getting someone to like you first before telling someone the truth, I find manipulative even if its done more out of fear than malice. So already I didn't care for Elizabeth. But then Derek discovers the truth and then hides it from her and continues to woo her - though at that point he knows he won't marry her so now he just seems cruel because I didn't see the point in it. Why didn't he just confront her?. Now I don't like him either. Although I didn't like him from the moment he refuse to be a gentleman and do the right thing. He whined and complained the entire time, not qualities I like in my heros. And given the past with his brother, he should have been all in with lying in the bed he made, not the opposite. He showed no care at being responsible.I'm glad though that Elizabeth wasn't one of those modern thinking girls that think oh no I can't marry him because he doesn't love me. Her character stays true to the time, they kiss, they were caught and had to get marry to save her reputation and I was so grateful for this but the author failed to make me care for the characters. I guess in the end h/h deserved each other. I did like though that there was an epilogue, I love when authors do this in short stories/novellas as I feel it brings the book to a better close. Overall though, this was not my cup of tea.