Review: Boring
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2012
As much as I hate to call any book boring, sometimes, that's just what it is.  You have a hero (Hawksley) who is returning to society after the death of his father and brother and a heroine (Poppy) who has had three seasons and still has not found the love of her life.  Poppy convinces her brother to allow her to invite females to his house party.  Poppy plans to use this as an opportunity for matchmaking with her friends.The tension between Poppy and Hawksley is excellent.  Their attraction and love match is genuine.  The problem, however, is that this story goes nowhere.  Other than the interaction with the girls' school, all the characters do is participate in a house part of several weeks.There is another love match that occurs between two people who love each other, but due to a misunderstanding have not done a good job of conveying their feelings.  This party provides the perfect venue to set things straight.  To be honest, this side story was one of the better components.The rest of the story just plods along.  The author provides the HEA, but the ending at Hawksley's home is a bit forced.  Perhaps the marriage should have occurred earlier and more time spent at the hero's estate would have helped the story a bit.In conclusion, I say pass on this one.  Any redeeming quality it may have had is mitigated by the lack of editing.  The more the story progressed, the more egregious the errors.