Review: Overly dramatic
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
This story was stiff and, in my opinion, way over the top with drama.  I couldn't warm up to any of the characters.  The heroine was an absolute shrew for the first few chapters.Izzy is a plump 29 year old woman.  Her first season was a disaster.  She tripped and fell down some steps.  One of the young bucks nicknamed her Dizzy Izzy as a result and no one gave her any serious consideration afterwards.  So she lost her self confidence and never received an offer of marriage.  Now she is helping oversee her younger sister's first season, and she meets up with the man who gave her that nickname 10 years ago.The man is the hero.  He silently suffers the loss of one of his brothers.  He still hangs around with the same company of men, which didn't speak well of him  -- again this is my opinion.  I would have hoped he might have grown in character during those 10 years.  He has decided it is time for him to marry and is looking for a wife.He first is attracted to a girl who turns out to be Izzy's sister.  So if he wants to court the younger woman he will have to put up with the company of her older sister as the chaperone.  But as they spend time together he finds he is attracted to Izzy.  I don't know why.  She still has that 10 year old grudge and spends her breath on being unpleasant.There is some talk of books and poetry but I couldn't feel any deep connection between the main characters.Izzy is kidnapped and that is when the hero begins to realize his feelings for her.  Izzy is injured during the rescue.  The hero sits with her -- her injuries were severe enough that her life was in danger.  He reads her favourite books which is sweet -- but he thinks of the wrong he has done to her and he weeps with regret.  I found that to be off putting.  Not crying wouldn't have made him less of a man either.  I would have thought more of him if he had stiffened his spine and resolved to be a better person, and to rid his life of those idiots he hung around with.I will certainly look for other works by this author, but I hope she lightens up on the melodrama.