Review: Ms. March remains true to the feel of Regency London, recommended for historical fans.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2012
Ava March - Fortune Hunter (Brook Street #2)  {Reviewed by Lucy @ Hearts On Fire Reviews}This is the second in the Brook Street series, this one featuring Julian Parker, a man who will do almost anything for the social acceptance and money, and Oscar, a rich man who just wants someone to love him for himself, not his money. Julian is a relative of Benjamin (from Thief, book one of this series) and he uses Benjamin as entry to the ton he so desperately wants to be part of. To make his greediness worse, Julian is attracted to men, yet he comes to London with the single purpose of finding a rich wife.Oscar Woodhaven is rich, with grasping, greedy obnoxious relatives (aunt and uncle) who want his money but don't care a whit for him. He is so very lovely, you just want to find him someone. What he does have (although he doesn't realize it until later) is staunchly supportive friends who want the best for him. I loved his friends (Radcliffe in particular) . When Oscar meets Julian at a ball, it begins a friendship that turns to a courtship (of sorts, I mean it is Regency London) that turns to a betrayal. Oh Julian, I wanted to just shake you and smack you and shake you again. When the denoument finally comes and Oscar is faced with what Julian really is, it is devastating.What makes the book work for me is that I don't think Julian is a bad person. He has made bad choices for sure, and he is so focused on money being what will make him happy that he doesn't realize how happy he already is. His betrayal of Oscar hurts him as well, but how to fix it?Ms. March remains true to the feel of Regency London, though I do wonder how these two will find a way to be together after all this. I loved getting to revisit Benjamin and Cavin from Thief (especially since I felt their story was a bit better than this one), and I am anxious to read the final in the trilogy, Rogues. Recommended for historical fans.