Review: A LOT of skimming....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
There simply were too many things that did not make sense in this story. First, as other people have already mentioned in their reviews, with the h's mother being as mercenary as she was written, she would have had married her daughter the next day after the engagement was official.  It made no sense to have waited.  The H's excuse for leaving also did not make sense.  The author tried to put a "he is a hero" spin on the manner in which he behaved but ultimately there really was no reason for the H not to have : 1)marry her and take her with him 2) marry her then come back for her OR 3)simply find another way to help the other woman.  But since the author doesn't go into any detail other than he did it to save another woman, there is no doubt that he choose the other woman over the h as he himself stated.  Of course forgiveness comes quickly after the urging of everyone and the H does nothing in the sense of grovel, making amends or proving that he would not leave or choose duty over the h again.In addition to all of the above mentioned, there just really isn't anything special about this story.  Nothing I want to ever reread, in fact, I skimmed A LOT of this story, especially for such a short book.  Beside the all the unanswered questions still lingering at the end, I was still left with the feeling that the H choose another woman over the h (as he and her friend stated).  I was still left with the feeling that if duty or a whimsy called again the h would be left in a lurch.  There was nothing else in the story other than his "sorry" that showed otherwise.