Review: Lady Star-not Ms. Conn's finest
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
One of the reasons I gave this book three stars is because it was free. Another is that the storyline was good (just poorly executed).For starters, I think authors who enjoy using Jane Austen's characters or books in their stories should do a little homework. In the Lady Star Kindle version I read, Ms. Austen's last name was misspelled. (C'mon Kathy Riehl, really?)The book describes Star's impression of Sir Edward as "arrogant" and insolent." The only real evidence of this I saw is described below; in the rest of the story he is only mildly arrogant and mostly a nice guy/sympathetic to Star and her brother. Also, the leader of the "vile den of thieves" (as described in the book's summary) accuses one of his men of behaving like a "twiddlepoop." Oh yes, that's a vile one all right.** Explicit Spoilers ahead **Yes, Sir Edward is arrogant. When a gentleman of the ton takes an innocent girl for the first time (even a willing one), on a recently used horse blanket in the middle of the outdoors, and the description reads "...he slammed into her" (both descriptions read "slammed") then yes, I consider that arrogant. Sadly, this is the single - ahem - episode of the H and H together so Sir Edward never gets a chance to redeem himself in this area. (Truth be told, I'm glad there wasn't another.)I will look around before I choose a Claudy Conn book again.