Review: Mixed Feelings On This Book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2014
I absolutely loved the Main Guy in this book - the fabulous Duke of Malvern.  However, and this is a big however, the young heroine, Louisa Munsford, drove me up the wall.  The story is told in a roundabout way - opening with a proposal from the seemingly too good to be true 31 year old Jasper, Duke of Malvern - to the very young 21 year old Louisa who thought of him as an older brother.  Apparently Louisa's older sister, Sophia, and Malvern had been promised to one another by their parents and then Sophia married another man, so Malvern thought to fulfill the deal by asking Louisa to marry him.Louisa, young and dumb, thought Malvern was a passionless, bookish man who was getting on in years and wanted more excitement in her life.  However, Malvern was truly in love with Louisa and kept plodding along until she made him angry on more than one occasion and finally, he got his cup full of her rejection toward him.I thought that Louisa was waaay too immature for Malvern.  He was top notch and it took her forever and to the point of losing him to even get a clue about who he was to her.  Then, he took a turn at being crass, rude and it was over the top at how he treated her even though she asked for it and drove him to it.This book seemed to be told quite loosely with the storyline being filled in here and there and everywhere.  Nevertheless, Malvern was one of the most interesting Main Guys I've come across in awhile.  If this is the first story by this author, then it is definitely a worthy effort. I would give the story overall 3 stars but I would give Malvern at least four stars.  He was awesome.