Review: I don't know where to start
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
I really wanted to like this novella but there were just too many things that made that impossible. Almost from the start, there were times that I couldn't figure out who was speaking and who they were speaking to or about. Others have likened "Kitty" to "Pride & Prejudice" and there were times that the characters did resemble members of the Bennett family. Unfortunately, this was due to the youngest sister behaving like a Regency period brat. Too many things occurred that never would have happened two hundred years ago. Young ladies did not run through Bath in emotional distress nor visit a gentleman in his bachelor quarters. The thing that irritated me the most was the excessive use of nicknames. Just exactly how many nicknames did Lucinda have and would a gentleman really leave without speaking with his beloved after a successful interview with her father?I have read Regencies for many years and there were some moments that almost transported me to the period but something always broke the spell and I was left wondering why I was still reading this story. The author has real talent and would benefit from an editor that is a lover of all things Regency . It is possible to write short stories and still be true to the period. Carla Kelly and Mary Balogh are two authors that come to mind. It takes a lot of courage to let others read an author's creation and I will definitely look for more of Ms. Chapman's work because she has serious potential.