Review: Very Emotional For Me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2013
On the whole the plot was decent, the characters mostly likeable and the villain's weren't portrayed half bad.  I would have liked to have seen more drama surrounding the fiancé it would have made the book less flat for me. I liked the listing of all the characters and brief description of each at the beginning of the book, since there were so many characters it got confusing at times. At the end of the book the author goes on to state "I apologize if I've come too close to the knuckle in this novel but the Regency period was one of great savagism as well as civility".  Never heard of using the knuckle in this context but I got the gist and I appreciated the gesture. I could see why she stated this since it was quiet raw at times, in a sick sort of way it worked for this particular story. I believe she wanted the reader to hate the hero and feel for the heroine and I did.I don't mind sex at all in books but if you are like me I dislike it on every other page. I began skipping their encounters it just got mundane for me (yawn), less would have been more in this case.Historical facts from this era are interesting to learn but I got bored with the extreme detailed descriptions of such things as tea, India, and the wedding service itself. Pages and pages of information that could have been scaled down utilizing much less space. I didn't believe much was gained by going into such depth, again a case of less is more.I will agree that the hero's behavior was detestable throughout the book, the degradation she had suffered at his  hands was humiliating and at times vile. I became outraged at times, had angst at others and even cried on her behalf. I just wish by the same token the heroine would have been stronger and held onto her anger toward her husband, it would have somewhat balanced his treatment of her IMHO. I believe it takes a person with extreme talent to be able to bring out such emotion in a reader by the mere use of written word.