Review: A Very Good Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
This was a very Gothic regency. For a time I was almost convinced that it would not end well. But it ended as it should have which was a relief. This book is very dark and much steeped in tragedy and drama. It is not clean, although it is in no way a bodice-ripper. The prose was very good, the writing very tight, and the characters well fleshed out. I felt real sympathy and concern for the heroine, I was extremely frustrated for the Hero, and genuinely repulsed by and saddened for the villain. The book took the logical way out in the end, although there was enough set up for it to be believable. I would have been much more satisfied with a duel, and whatever happened to Willy anyway? This was an engrossing story even as it was sometimes difficult to read. A very good book. Highly recommended for discerning Regency Romance lovers.