Review: Truly lovely story...compelling
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
Out of the ordinary - not the usual rakes, mistresses, balls scenario.  This is about the love of a man in trade for a daughter of the nobility.Their love evolves so beautifully, and seamlessly, throughout the book.  It is entrancing and extremely well thought out.Yes, the sparse dialogue bothered me early on, but affected me less as I became engrossed. Yes, I'd have liked more background on Jane's father, but I was able to live with it as presented.All the characters were thoughtfully developed, with the exception of that ratty father.  (Maybe I'm happier not knowing more about him.)Another thing that appealed - the 'man in trade', his parents and friends were all portrayed as educated and well-mannered.  In other books with a similar setting, some authors feel compelled to forever paint the commoners as gauche and unrefined.  This author didn't need that device to make us understand the circumstances.If this is a debut novel, it's remarkable; I look forward to more from this author.Regarding grammatical errors and editing ~sigh~.  Deplorable...no doubt about it.  I cannot believe that this author can display quite a good vocabulary, write with such style, yet not know 'already' (all ready,) 'bear' (bare,) 'complement' (compliment.)  And not able to keep his/her tenses straight?  I don't believe it.I don't know what happens to these novels from the time they leave their authors' hands until they reach my Kindle!  I have a mental picture of a teen-aged, gum-chewing, TV caption writer, with a poor command of English, mindlessly  transcribing these novels, by ear, into e-books for our consumption.I do hope to see more of this author.  Hopefully, an editor will control the final product.Story - 5 starsGrammar & editing - -1 star