Review: Tepid
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
This story although sweet,left me wanting.There was very little passion and not much of a story-line in my opinion.Miss Amelia Snowe was a 'diamond of the first water' when she was having her season in London, but what she had in abundance in beauty she lacked in manners,and was quite mean to certain young ladies she felt were beneath her.When her mother passes and she finds herself with no one to turn to, she accepts a position as companion to a wealthy young woman,who though very sweet,is not a beauty,but Amelia has learned her lesson and has decided that she will 'repent' by doing her duty to this young woman and help her to find a good catch.During a house party though,she comes face to face with her past,in Mr. Quentin Fortescue.He has come to do business with her charge's father and he is also the man Amelia carelessly threw away when she was younger, in hopes of finding someone better.Life has decided to give her a second chance.I don't know whether this book would have been better as a full-length novel as opposed to a novella where space is limited, but although our lead characters seem to be very pleasant,the story seemed to be a bit choppy. In the beginning, we get a small glimpse into the relationship between Amelia and her charge and the tense relationship between Amelia and Mrs. Smithson, her boss,then a scavenger hunt allows our hero and heroine to spend some time together and then it's basically over.Perhaps if the story had been a full-length novel, then there would have been more of an opportunity for us to have not only a better understanding of the characters, but more time for the story to unfold than this half-hearted effort allows.I don't know whether I'll be looking into other books by the author in the future, since this was my first, but I would hope that if I do,I might be better rewarded.