Review: SLOW AND BORING!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
2.5 stars, but we can't give it that so I gave it 3 stars. "Never Wager Against Love" starts out right were bk2" Never Miss A Chance" ends. Arthur and Vanessa are off looking for Mortimer and Portia the 2 villains/criminal of the story. May biggest problem with "Never Wager Against Love" is Vanessa she is an agent for the Crown. This is hard to believe. We are talking about 1822!!  No one would even talk to or adhere to anything a female running around the country unescorted or without  another male agent for the Crown. They just wouldn't believe her or talk to her. Arthur is with her so I guess that was suppose to make it believable. I am not sure weather it was even possible for her to have a position of any kind or be agent for The Crown, this is questionable.  The whole story line feels more like a modern contemporary story than a historical one. Vanessa whole character is of a modern day female, she is not a virgin or a widow. Which I am sure happen with the commoners of that period but no respectable family like the Duke of Lynwood would have associated with her. Don't get me wrong Vanessa character was written OK for the 21st century women, but not for the a women in the Regency, or Victorian era women. Sorry! Its just not believable!! Arthur's character however is fitting for the period and well written. The other problem I had with the story is its so slow and boring until you get to to about 70% of the ebook.  The author Ms. Driscolls biggest asset in the Kellington series is the Lynwood family and they don't come into play until nearly the end of the book. I really wanted to read the Duke of Lynwoods book "Never Deny Your Heart", he is featured with another character Rosalind that I liked from the series but its another book before theirs. I think I will take a break or I will skip book 4 "Never Run From Love" and go right to book 5. I am just disappointed after a great first book "Never A Mistress No Longer A Maid" the next two were  not very good or even a little believable.