Review: Slow, needs more H/h interaction
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
For less than a couple of bucks, I decided to take a chance of this self-published work. The author has talent, and the writing is good, but... A romance needs to be about the hero and the heroine. What we have here mainly focuses on the heroine. Henry Churchman makes his entrance toward the beginning of the book, and is promising. Before we get to know him, his character more fully developed, and the attraction between the two principles more evident, Lydia leaves to live elsewhere. Unfortunately, Henry doesn't appear again until the last 20% of the book! On a few occasions, Lydia thinks of him, but it is not enough to keep any romance, no matter how distant, alive for the reader.What I liked: Curricle and Chaise is lighthearted, sweet, and fun. Secondary characters are well developed (more than the hero) and are interesting. I found few typos or grammatical errors, thankfully.What I did not like: The H/h does not spend enough time together, as I mentioned above, and we rarely know what Henry is thinking. Also, the author separates each paragraph by a space, including one line dialog, which I've seen used frequently in fan fiction writing. I suggest she use the traditional method of simply indenting each new paragraph. Spacing is distracting to the story and falsely pads the page count.