Review: I'm smitten :)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Well Leif was always going to be a tough act to follow, but it's been done, and cleverly.  By showing Rutherford through the eyes of women who look below his surface (the first hints are from Abbigael in Reckless Viscount), Sandas takes him from stuffy arrogant jerk to a delectable hero with an irresistible hidden sense of humour.  Eliza is one of those heroines with that 'light and bright and sparkling' quality - impertinent and intelligent, flawed and young.  I loved the banter between these two and how their intimacy unconsciously developed.  I'm trying to be careful not to spoil, but surprisingly one of my favourite scenes is when Eliza is reprimanded by her mother.  Whilst I don't think Eliza could have behaved any other way, it wasn't until then that I realized the enormity of it, and how young and inexperienced she really was.  And during that scene her mother literally 'popped' in my head from a simple comic relief type of character, to a real, caring parent.Honestly, I have been looking forward to the release of this book and I was not disappointed.  I read it in one day and will read it again soon.  It was an absolute treat, and just what I needed today.  :)