Review: A well-written short valentine for Regency readers , thank you!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2012
What fun! Graceful language, well-drawn characters, the hero and heroine are full-bodied and real despite the brevity of the story, their attraction believable so the heart of the story was sound. Add to that an interesting context, a bit of naval life onshore/on board and I was fascinated. I have no knowledge of sailing or the details of 19th c. English naval life but this rang true, the author's choice of details throughout and in a key scene onboard enriched the story without ever feeling overdone with research/expertise. There's a very deft hand at work here. It's not a long story but Please, if you want to read a very gracefully written novella/long short story without superflous angst, stupidities or clanging anachronisms,* get this. It's charming.This author is the real deal. I'm lining up to sample the rest of her work. There are several additional titles, novels not just novellas, so I'm a happy camper.*Not sure 19th c. naval uniform pants had a 'fly' rather than falls which was the case in gentlemen's breeches and pantaloons, but I'm ignorant of navy garments.