Review: This woman is bold and exciting.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2012
After I got over the shock of the first sex scene, and laughed my head off at Barbosa's unexpected boldness, I found myself gasping, laughing and delighting in this very short and very bold story.Now, I've read some erotic historical romances, but obviously I haven't read enough because this shocked and titillated  me to no end. It wasn't the language, it was the act itself. Barbosa writes boldly, uncompromisingly and excitingly. I was not at all expecting this type of writing in this genre. Because this is a very short story there is not much development of plot or depth of character. However, I loved that Alstair always understood Louisa's self doubts and always sought to reassure her. My favourite scene is the last one where Alstair shows Louisa quite clearly that he accepts her as she is and that he is completely in love with her, extra pounds and all.This is not the best written book, but I love this book because it is exciting and because Alstair falls for Louisa who is not reed thin. I do not know how Barbosa would handle the same story in a longer length as this is my first experience reading her work, but I absolutely enjoyed this book and I like that I was completely engaged in the reading experience throughout. I will look for other books by Barbosa, especially full length novels so that I can experience the full range of her writing ability.