Review: Disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
CAUTION MILD SPOILERSI read and loved Ms. Bush's other book, Train Station Bride. I was excited to see another book had just come out. Sadly, I was disappointed with this one.The "world" was not very established and things that happened weren't really believable. Towards the end we're supposed to worry about a scandal involving one sister that can affect the whole family which was a lie made up by the villain. But Matilda had already caused a scandal of her own by being compromised by Thornsby. The only way to save the family from further scandal would be to marry him, but she refuses. Yet that was not mentioned, a scandal did not happen and the family was not affected by having a compromised daughter who remains unmarried.The characters were one-dimensional. They were either clever or stupid. Very few were clever and everyone else were complete idiots. The characters were pretty boring and I did not care for any of them. Matilda and Freddy (or is it Freddie? because the spelling changes throughout the book) had no chemistry together. I did not feel love or passion between them. Yet we are constantly told that they will have a good marriage because their "coupling" will be good because of the chemistry they had. Thornsby's sister, Athena, and Smithly had way more chemistry than they did (although that's not saying much) and they're not the main characters.At the end we see Matilda leaving in a carriage from a Garden Party filled with drama, and Thornsby saying good-bye to her with a promise to call on her the next day where he will possibly propose. The next chapter happens 45 days later, they have already been married and we're treated to the one and only sex scene in the book. Which is short and still without any chemistry. The proposal,wedding day and any time spent together after the proposal and wedding were left out along with any chance to make this couple believable.The only thing I did enjoy about this book was the kids, Alice and Jonah, and how Thornsby was with them.It pains me to say this, since I absolutely loved Ms. Bush's other book and her writing in it, but this one was totally lacking in every way.Read from April 09 to 11, 2014