Review: Bloody awful
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
I read the author's novel Ridiculous and loved it, so I bought this novel and settled down happily to savor it. Boy! Was I wrong! The first fourth of the book wasn't that bad (although having the heroine's entire family be weak and screwing her over...constantly... was too Cinderella for me). After that, it just went downhill fast. The heroine could trust no one but a long-time friend, every man wanted her money, her lawyer was a nincompoop, her doctor was an ass, her housekeeper was a thief and a snob, and 95% of the town were vicious gossips. People are being murdered and she worried incessantly about her reputation and what the neighbors would think. Despite being told REPEATEDLY that she was the legal heir, she had to be assured and assured. She was the heroine of a lame Gothic thriller, and I was absolutely bored. She went off once and abandoned the one person she did trust (like not picking your child up after school!!). I skimmed the last half of the book. It was too long and the heroine too lame. If the novel had been half the length and the heroine been half an adult (why didn't she just fire the doctor, for heaven's sake???), I might have enjoyed it better. Please save your money.