Review: Heroine's personality needed some work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2013
Let me start by saying I'm not sure how to rate novellas that are only so-so.  The problem for me is that sometimes I want to read something short and the price is low so I don't often regret the purchase (the same way I would a more expensive, full-length novel), even when I find it lacking.I agree 100% with Jessatonia's review.  I would give One Dance With You 3.5 stars for good writing and an appealing hero, but overall, I do not think the novella length was sufficient to support the development of a satisfying romance between the two characters and Helen's personality became less sympathetic as the novel progressed.  We hear from Edmond how kind and compassionate Helen is as a person, but I don't think those characteristics were actually demonstrated and while I understood why Edmond loved Helen when they were younger, I'm not sure why he found adult Helen still worth his adoration, particularly as she refused to acknowledge him as an adult man, rather than the annoying young boy she remembered.  After Helen's snobbery about speaking to the messy gentleman she mistook for Edmond and the cringe-inducing dancing lesson, I began to think Edmond's feelings were very much misplaced.  The novella concept was good and Edmund was cute, but this would have actually been better either as a full-length novel with a more sympathetic Helen or a novella sans the broken engagement and in which Edmond is introduced immediately into the story.Maybe give the One Dance With You a chance if you like the storyline and want to read something short, but if you really want a good romantic fix and a likeable heroine, I wouldn't recommend.