Review: Bradford Prime
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
Think Truce is going to be stuffy, stilted historical novel?  Think again.  It's RL Mathewson and, of course, it's filled with hilarious antics and sexy times.I loved the first two novels in the Neighbor From Hell series.  And if you haven't read those, do yourself a favor and get Playing for Keeps and Perfection.  You don't have to read them first to enjoy this novel.  But, you'll know who Jason, Trevor and Haley are and the Bradford craziness will make more sense.  And they are damned good fun.  Checkmate, the third novel, wasn't my favorite and before reading this I had a few doubts that RL Mathewson could pull off the magic of the first two.  Boy, did she ever.  I absolutely loved it.  Don't let the historical aspect keep you from enjoying this book.  It's historical light.It's the story of Robert (Lemonade) Bradford and Elizabeth (Minx) Stanton.  Robert is the archetype or the prime of all the Bradfords who will follow and he's everything that we love about the crazy Bradford men.  Elizabeth is a woman who is yearning to live her own life in a time that didn't really allow that.  And they were dreaded enemies as children.  When they meet again as adults, well, sparks fly.  There is a thin line between love and hate and those two dance around it before winding up on the right side.  I admit that sometimes I'm hard on the heroines of romance novels, but Ms. Mathewson has a way of writing women that I would really like if I met them in real life.  Elizabeth is no different.  She's intelligent, plucky and kind to those who are less fortunate and she gives as good as she gets where Robert is concerned.  I enjoyed reading their story and wouldn't mind reading another prequel, especially Jared, Jason's dad.  More Bradfords, please.