Review: Oh Cherry Rotten!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2012
I'm so glad this was free on Kindle because it was so bad I couldn't finish it.  Usually, once I pick up a book to read it, I feel I'm making a commitment to finishing it so I very nearly always finish a book, no matter how bad it is.  But this is was really rotten and I couldn't stand to finish it.  I quit about halfway through.  I can't comment on the "porn" allegations of the other reviewers because  nothing past "second base" had happened by the time I put the book down and gave up on it.Here's what I didn't like:(1)  The hero.  His name, Sky (short for Skyler) is not appropriate for a novel set in this period.  Aside from his name, the hero comes across, at one point, as a little bit gay!  I've nothing against gay people but I don't want the hero is my romance novels to be one.  Any guy whose male friend calls him "lovey" and then the hero responds by "His lordship's hand found Sir Williams' gold, silky hair and ruffled it affectionately."  OMG!  AND then the hero says "'Tis done...  I have already offered.  Can't be undone.  Never mind--you will be following my lead soon enough, and then we will muddle through marriage together."  OK, I know the hero is drunk at this point but!  I'm sure the author didn't intend for the scene to play out as "gay" but it can certainly be read that way.  It was the only thing that made me laugh in this book.(2)  The heroine.  A feisty "Mary Sue"--her only faults being that she's a tomboy and wants to be free, I don't find her believable for the time period of this novel or likeable in any setting.(3)  The book was riddled with anachronisms.Need I go on?It's free on Kindle right now, so you've nothing to waste but your time, but I really don't recommend wasting your time on this.