Review: Could Have Been More Graceful
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
I appreciate the author's attempt at a sound mystery with tastefully restrained romance but I simply could not relate to an Aspergerish heroine.  Add to that a number of grammatical errors and anachronistic word/phrase choices for a story that takes place after the Napoleonic Wars making the whole reading experience unsettling.The author obviously did her due diligence for certain aspects of the story - botany, the British legal system, etc. but totally mangled the noble titles of the characters,  Damaris is Lady Bellchester, a countess, not Lady Damaris Wellesley.  Nathaniel is Lord Lanford, a marquess, not Lord Copley or Lord Nathaniel Copley.  I have come to expect my fellow Americans and Australian cousins to make these gaffs but not an English author.