Review: And Hasty It Was!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2012
And away she went into a type of arranged marriage to man she met at a ball out on the terrace mind you. You know the terrace is where most shenanigans start in these types of books. Amelia is a young woman who is mistreated, neglected and bullied. She is a woman who is trapped by an uncaring family who allows her male cousin to make unwanted advances toward her, is used as an unpaid housekeeper and is made to be a companion to her female cousin. She is so desperate to no longer be in her situation that when she sees an opportunity to escape she takes it without really thinking about it. She is set on a journey that she definitely doesn't have a map for getting married, becoming a step mother to two small girls and bonus dealing with an ass for a husband. James is a man who is made to believe that his grandfather is dying and is con into marriage because it's his grandfather's last wish. So one night while James is at a ball out on the terrace he tells his friend that he needs to get married fast before his grandfather dies and that just about anyone will do. He is unknowingly overheard by Amelia and is accosted by her and she tells him that she will marry him. Well after telling her tale of woe he thinks about it and tells her he will check out her story and get back to her. Well that night he tells her that they are all set and a couple of days later he helps her sneak from her home and they head to Gretna Green (where all the scandalous marriages happen) to marry. Well after the marriage takes place James gets a notion in his head that Amelia has lied to him and that she duped him into marriage because she pregnant. Mind you he never asked her about it he just assumes and ends up making an ass out of himself. He proceeds to mistreat this poor girl. I'm thinking throughout the book hasn't she been through enough. James is so caught up in his crazy notion about Amelia that he leaves her alone with his daughters and moves into a nearby estate that he owns. I'm thinking what a jerk! He doesn't trust her to be a good wife but will leave his children in her care. After about a week he "nearly" comes to his sense. He tells Amelia why he was really keeping his distance from her and tells her that a doctor is coming to check her out that very day to see if she is in fact pregnant with an unwanted child. He tells her that he didn't trust her and will not trust her until she is examined by a doctor. Let's just say it went even further down hill from there and she basically is only staying for the children's sake. This was a great story that at times had me saying "come on man", "Really" and "Seriously".