Review: Great "battle of wills" story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
The story was great and I deeply enjoyed the battle of wills. The pacing felt stretched out at times and is similar to a Harlequin novel. This is definitely a romance novel, NOT erotica (the deed doesn't get done until ~ 80% + and it is very delicately written). I enjoyed the ending but thought that one particular detail, at the end, surrounding the whiskey sponsorship was ... well, stupid.  I appreciated that there was character growth for both Kate & Jules, because honestly they both felt *really* immature - like toddlers fighting over the same play corner in daycare at multiple times in the story.Side note: the cover bothered me. Kate is described as soft, ethereal, feminine, and what-not always wearing pastel colors and inappropriate shoes and the cover has a fairly aggressive looking blonde chick in black tee that looks much more practical than ethereal. I don't know why but, that detail bugged me. They could have photoshopped the color of the shirt - at least. That's actually why I took so long to purchase it, the cover didn't jive with the blurb and it jives even less with the story.Last note: if your not into costuming, this story may bore you. There's A LOT of details concerning the SHS- Scottish Fair and the JARRS- Jane Austin Regency Re-Enactment Society and then there's the Ren Fest thrown in at the end. If that stuff is not your cup of tea, then this may not be the story for you. I found some details interesting but at times repetitive.-- Having re-read this review before submitting, it sounds quite negative, I realize although there are many things I found fault with, I still really enjoyed Kate & Jules' story and I hope you do too!Be patient with them, some take longer to figure out what's right in front of them.