Review: Great Little Novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2013
I really enjoyed reading Alexander and Charlotte's story.....so much so that I read it twice in just a few short weeks!  As it is a novella, the plot was not too developed, but being a simple love story that didn't deter from its enjoyment.  Charlotte is the best friend of Alexander's little sister, Lucy.  Charlotte has had a crush on Alex, who is six years her senior, for many, many years.  Now at age 22, Charlotte is having her first season with Lucy, who is also making her come out.  Charlotte's mother died years ago, so at Lucy's behest, the dowager Duchess (Lucy and Alex's mother) is sponsoring Charlotte for the season.  Alex is the typical Duke who is not ready for marriage and has to fend off the many unwanted advances of matchmaking mama's.  He therefore, usually avoids anything to do with the London season.  This season, however, due to some machinations on the part of Lucy, he is forced into lending his consequence to help launch Charlotte into society.  From there the story flows to its natural conclusion.  It's true that you don't really get to see the two together too often, and though we are told that they do spend a lot of time together once Alex announced his intention to officially court Charlotte, we never actually read about any of that time.  This occurs quite a bit with the novellas due to their short duration, but I find that the more creative writers can still create a believeable and enjoyable story.  That was very much the case with this book.  Ms. Medeiros was able to pull this reader in and make me care about Charlotte and Alex.  There were a few typos, but that seems to be standard fare with the kindle books, especially the novellas.  The typos weren't distracting, but to be fair I've had so much experience dealing with them, that I've pretty much learned to read around them.  All in all a very enjoyable read!