Review: Fabulous Little Story!!  ***4.5 Stars***
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
I LOVED this story!  It was nicely written, easy to read, and very entertaining.  I originally gave this book 4 stars, but I'm now reading it for the second time in a matter of weeks and decided to up the rating to 4.5 stars.  Yes, there were a few typographical errors in the kindle edition, but I've read lots of kindle books that are much, much worse!  I really liked the heroine and the hero.  Audrey is a sweet, funny, witty girl who is brought up to London for her second season in an attempt to find a husband...much to her chagrin.  Although attractive, Audrey does not fit the mold of beauty for the times...she's overly tall, not blonde, and most definitely NOT delicate!  LOL  For the most part; however, she is pretty happy with herself, although she does suffer from some self esteem problems.  It doesn't help that her mother is always critizing her, not to mention an old school mate and fellow debutante, Beatrice Lettington, who is always putting Audrey down.  Will, the Duke, is reputed to be a paragon of manhood, a real greek God.  When the two bump into each other, literally, Audrey has no idea who he is.  He is tall and handsome, but most definitely not the paragon Duke!  The two get along famously and from this first meeting their relationship progresses.  This was a nice sweet, for the most part, uncomplicated romance.  Will is in London to  deal with his sister's blackmail by an unscrupulous Viscount and this situation is part of the backdrop to the romance between himself and Audrey.  My only criticism for this book is that, after doing such a fabulous job in getting me to to dislike the heroine's mother and completely despise the mean spirited Beatrice, the author failed to satisfy my desire for payback!  I mean there is actually a point in the story where Audrey's mother tells her that she doesn't have what it takes to capture the Duke's interest (and this was after he had already declared himself to Audrey, unknown to her mother)!  Bu for this one drawback, I would have rated this book a perfect 5...shoot under those circumstances I'd give it 10 stars if I could!  I would have loved to have read about their reaction when they found out that Audrey had indeed been the one to capture the elusive Duke!  Somehow, not being able to do that left me feeling a bit cheated.  I even tried to create my own scenarios.  LOL  Payback for them would have been sweet!  In real life, those who do others wrong don't always get their just desserts.  But this is fiction so why not give the reader full satisfaction?  LOL