Review: Drivel...this book was utter drivel!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2012
And I can't believe I was just able to use the word "drivel" in a sentence. This book was nonsensical. Even considering I borrowed it for free on the Kindle, its a waste of time.*SPOILERS*The Duke of Surrey/Dominic was an idiot, and Gigi was even more idiotic. I've never wished for an author to NOT share a characters thoughts. At one point in the story Gigi faints from what I guess is the sheer awesomeness of dancing with the Duke. Her Mother puts her in a carriage with him to ride home. She wakes up, thinks she's dreaming, jumps his bones, afterall he's her husband (in her dreams). During this interlude (their second meeting), he declares his love and proposes marriage..she slaps him for taking advantage of her situation... and this is 50% through the book.Dominic is described in true "duke" fashion, but he's a bloody moron. He first sees her when he's in a stable, and had scrambled up a ladder to avoid meeting anyone, she comes in dressed as a PIRATE (wtf!) and proceeds to coincidentally have a conversation about the Duke, she practically orgasms as she's rolling around in the straw (literally) describing what she wants him to do to her, and he's a dumbfounded fool who can't stop peeping down and later thinking of her.  When they formally meet, at a bookstore, he's apparently in such awe that he becomes totally rude, and loses the ability to speak coherently, he walks away in the wrong direction, refuses to walk back because she might see him and declares he's in love with her to his friend. At this first meeting she's in total agony(!!) over a book her Mother suggested for his sister on the pretense that she, Gigi, enjoyed it - so now he must think she's an idiot because its a dumb book (people this is a dumb book!).Never mind the RANDOM meeting of her Father at a jewelry store the day he decides to go buy her jewelry. The awkward proposal that was never asked, because she just shouted "yes, I will". Even Dominic thought that was weird. The immediate wedding (like within hours) because she didn't want to let him go, and then the kicker... in the last pages after they've consumated their marriage she says "we hardly know each other. We never had a proper conversation."There is no comedy! Don't let all those reviews lure you in! This entire book is a series of forced situations, with the characters changing personalities to fit what the author feels is a comedic scene. I only made it to the end because I was in such shock something like this was ever published. Harsh I know.I can't continue. Don't waste your time....and do not buy!!