Review: Heartbreaking at times
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2013
I really lovedCaversham's Bride (The Caversham Chronicles - Book One), and was looking forward to this book about Michael, the previous H's best friend. The author writes well and is a good story teller and I was intrigued right from the beginning.Briefly the h has loved the H since she was a young, hoydenish girl and she made a nuisance of herself in her pursuit of him during her youth. Now years later she has her first season and the H arrives after the death of his uncle has made him an Earl. After 3 months of official mourning he is to begin looking for a wife as there are no other males in his family. His mother has encouraged him to find a quiet, biddable girl, the complete opposite of the h. The h meanwhile decides that she would make him the perfect wife and sets out to catch him. There is a villain and there are lots of ups and downs in this story. The h is an interesting character, into breeding horses and she is not your typical feminine girl. The H is obviously gorgeous but to me his character was a little weak.***Spoilers***I hated that the h always had to run after the H. Even she knew that she loved him way more than anything he felt for her in return. It's not one of my favourite plot devices and it makes for hard reading. I also found that the H was always more interested in what everyone else thought and put their thoughts and opinions before the h. In one of her stupider moments the h decides to seduce the H and because there is no evidence of her innocence, the H treats her appallingly. I hated him for what he did to her and although that was about 2 thirds of the way into the book, I never quite forgave him. The author did her very best to redeem him but I am still left feeling that she still loves him way more than he loves her.There were some weird grammar issues in this book, along with some typos and mispelt words.Despite my disappointment in this book, I will probably buy the third in the series when it comes out.