Review: 3.5 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
** Originally written for Book Bliss book blog. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased and honest review**Review:3.5 starsGeneral: I thought this was a great novella - a little too short in the overall scheme of things but a wonderful little slice of life. I'm a huge sucker for historical romances and I felt this one had all the perfect ingredients. The world building was wonderful and so easy to set myself back into their shoes. The pacing was a little quick but not a real fault to the story as the end didn't feel rushed. The writing overall was very strong as well.However, while the story didn't feel rushed, it did feel a little bit empty. The majority of the story was spent with sexy love scenes. Which were great but left the actual romantic connection a little lacking and the story itself was cute but a bit on the back burner. I would love to read something longer by Jennifer Haymore as this novella had all the wonderful things of a big novel, it was just too short to get into it.Characters:  Amelia- Amelia seemed a bit out of time to me. Not a lot but a little to rebellious as you'll see when she "eavesdrops". I can't really give to much away without spoiling it but she was a fun character and easy to connect with.Evan- Evan is that misunderstood male. He is all passion and romance deep down but on the surface he can come across callous and rude until Amerlia snuck her way into his heart for real and tore down his walls.