Review: It's hard to like a book...
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
When you dislike all of the characters.  Dera, as expected, is impossibly beautiful but hated by every woman in the novel, save her lady's maid, Anna.  Quint, is impossibly handsome, but so frequently willing to believe ill of Dera it makes you wonder why he keeps coming back.  In fact, most of the men in this novel hate Dera, at one time or another.  So, why is Dera so sought after?  Oh...I forgot...Dera is impossibly beautiful.She's also rather ridiculous in my view.  On three separate occasions she has information, that if shared, could have made a significant difference to Quint, our romantic hero, but for whatever reason, she chooses to remain silent.  She vacillates between being a doormat and being a shrew toward the men in her life.  At one point Anna, says "I'll never understand your unthinking tongue."  I'm right there with you, Anna.I should also note that there is one occasion in this book that walks a very fine line between rape and consensual sex.  If that concerns you, be wary.Overall, I found this book to be a mile wide and an inch deep in its attempt to tell the tempestuous love story of Quint and Dera.  Quint is willfully stubborn and Dera is...well, I don't know what Dera is except beautiful.  There is weak characterization and numerous sex scenes that felt superfluous.  I think I'll pass on the remaining books of this series.