Review: Interesting Family - Not so Interesting Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
This was an okay book about an interesting family.  However, as I read this book, I had the feeling that I was missing some of the story. Since Novella #1 is currently free, I will read it and see if I can catch up on the series. I did find the basis of this book interesting - that being the grandchildren of a duke (Danby) who were acknowledged after they were grown up and who had not been raised as members of the aristocracy.In this book, Thomas Goddard's grandfather, Danby, is set upon getting his grandchildren married off by constantly trying to arrange their marriages, even going so far as to obtain special licenses. Even though his grandchildren haven't been raised as members of the aristocracy, he tries to marry them off to individuals who are and Thomas is very uncomfortable with the idea of marrying a "lady." When Thomas receives these licenses from the duke, his normal course of action is to tear them up or burn them.  On one of these occasions he is standing by a cliff when he opens his mail and finds the latest marriage license, whereupon he curses, tears up the license and throws it over the cliff.  Unbeknownst to Thomas, Lady Matilda Bexley-Smythe is nearby and is startled when she hears the commotion he makes.  She immediately begins to slide off the cliff, he rescues her and thus their very "short" and somewhat unexceptional romance ensues.Circumstances prevail upon them to consider marriage and Thomas finds himself looking more favorably toward Matilda the more they become acquainted.  Further, he finds out Lady Matilda is the most recent choice of his grandfather for his wife and her very name was on the special license he just tore up.  Matilda has her own family issues including a brother who is bent on laying waste to the family estate. Her brother's story might be developed in Novella #3 of this series - not sure.  I checked but I don't believe #3 has been published.I just found this little novella to be "okay" - not anything special.