Review: Cringe worthy, tedious, tragica epic fail, inept writing, one dimensional characters and awful plot,
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
This "book" is a tragic failure. I read a few chapters (skipped pages) and then gave up.Cringe worthy is far too kind to describe the content within this farce.Sacrilege to the English language.One dimensional cliched characters - PLAYBOY, RICH, tall, dark handsome "hero" (I'd describe him as a neandthral creep) and a tragic, beautiful blonde heroine.The historical details were completely inaccurate. I don't expect books to be completely realistic. That's why I read fiction. However, if I'm reading an historical romance than I expect the story to at least remain within the realms of this world. Not fantasy fiction.The author believes that a member of the aristocracy would have the audacity to remove a well-bred gentlewoman form her home and install her as his maid and mistress (she is to service him in bed and clean his home) all within his ancestral home. The outrage this would cause not only to his servants (respectable though working class - they would find this behaviour intolerable) but the impact this would have on greater society would be ridiculous. I am assuming the hero is a member of the House of Lords. And despite this chamber's autonomy - airing one's dirty laundry in public is hardly the actions of a gentleman or noble man. Installing one's mistress within a discreet location would suffice. And if one was to be open with one's amours (Duke of Devon)- than not in this fashion. There are constraints that one must follow to appease society and society's matriarchs.Then there was the language - appalling. Americans imagine using a few colloquial terms would be convincing. But a lady's maid would never swear and use "bloody" so freely. The servant of a genteel household would be extremely respectable him/herself. A lady's maid would be even more so. And some of the colloquial terms were far too modern.And the heroine's lady's maid was educated alongside her - where on earth does this author find these far-fetched ideas? I an imagine the dancing master agreeing to teach the foul mouthed maid (she swear liberally) willing to do so. Or the governess agreeing to such an idea.The hero calls the heroine "princess" in sarcasm - but this doesn't correlate to the era at all. He also visits the servants quarters - and openly installs the heroine to the servants quarters. Not only is this ripe for servants to gossip but I'm surprised he can locate them.The story was tedious, far fetched and cringe worthy. Far too many plot holes.