Review: Ugh... yet I finished it
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
Lucien is a drunkard, having gotten that way because when he was a very young man his older lover ridiculed him for his "love" composition. After living a charmed life as a prodigy in Russia and Europe? Eight years later, he lives life on the edge with hatred for his father because his father doesn't approve of him composing music and frittering away his life? Grow up already!Madaline's mother is a first rate tramp. Whores around and then arranges a marriage for her daugther "but no one's supposed to know that she's my child" with a sweet, local marquis. That poor guy was so kind and sweet, going so far as to forgive Madaline when he CATCHES her in bed with Lucien. He just loves her so much, he is still willing to marry her. Ack!Juliette was given to screwing (literally) where she might be caught. Madaline and Lucien have caught her mother more than once. In an effort to keep Lucien away from Madaline, mom sets out to seduce him. Why invite him you ask to their home in the country? Because mom's real lover is Lucien's best friend. Everything about the night of the hail storm had me grinding my teeth. That had to have been one of the dumbest scenes I've read in a long time.There were moments in this story had me interested. They were few and far between though. Not saying the writing was bad, the story didn't measure up in any kind of way (for me) to the many 5 star ratings.