Review: Solid 3.5 stars, Excellent character development and fun dialogue
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
Loved the H/h, their witty banter, the character development and all of their interactions with each other. But about 40% into this book I started skimming because I became tired of the repetitive storyline.  She dresses badly, he's incredibly handsome, they like each other but could never get married, could they?, her mother nags her to get married, shampoo, rinse, repeat.  This would have been better as a novella with the repetitve bits deleted.Also, the tone of the book is unapologetically modern.  It reminds me a little of the edgier tone Marion Chesney uses in her Regency novels.  It's hard to put my finger on, because it's not just a use of modern language, but an overall attitude that is more modern with minimal regard for propriety.  It didn't bother me because the author didn't slip between "old fashioned" and modern language/morals/behavior. She picked her modus operandi and stuck to it.  It came across as gutsy, though not entirely regency.This book has numerous explicit scenes, which will be good or bad dependng on the reader.  I struggled with giving this 3 or 4 stars, because despite the repetitive storyline, I really did enjoy the H/h and their conversations.  I rounded up to 4 stars since the funny dialogue made me laugh out loud several times and that's gotta be worth an extra star!