Review: A nice addition
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
**Originally written for Book Bliss book blog.I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.**Review: 4 starsGeneral: This book is a cute romantic read with all the wonderful elements of it's time period. I think my favorite part of the book was the time period itself. I love historicals for so many reasons but the top reason is I love to pretend I've been in the past and this book gave me a glimpse at a past I don't believe I've read before. I felt the plot really took a back seat to the characters in this book and I'm not certain if it was a good or bad thing because I loved the characters so much I kept on reading despite personally thinking the plot was a little overdone/lacking.The world building in this book was wonderful. It felt like it was done with an ease of sorts and I had no trouble being in the book. I loved that it tackled certain comical elements that are often left out in any history (really any female character in any book) and felt it gave it another little bump up.  It was the little details that added some amazing realism to the book that I enjoyed most about the world building. I love knights and romance and this one definitely had the right mix.Characters: Isabel- Isabel was a great character. It took me a little bit to really like her because she was so the anti version of a female from the tim period. Once I got used to that I really enjoyed her. She was clever and well educated because of her station in life but she was more than that too. She was willing to take risks and very independent. She had some humorous one liners as well. I felt the connection with Alexandre pretty early on.Alexandre- Alexandre was the perfect character match for Isobel but I can't say I really liked him. I have a thing for knights and while I loved seeing him with her and their chemistry he and I just didn't click.