Review: Good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
4.5 Good historical romance. Hotspur, the male lead, did not appear to be as cynical and rakish as some HR authors make their male leads and the type it seemed like he would be from the blurb. He actually smiled and laughed frequently. The reason that I think this is a 4.5 not 5, is that although Hotspur's character is well written, it made it seem like the author couldn't decide on exactly what type of traits to give him. More of the laughter or the cynicism? I loved when he realized his feelings for Taffeta and decides to make her his own as soon as possible.Taffeta does not want to go husband hunting for the season in London, thinking that she will not like the ways of the ton. However, she ends up liking the atmosphere. She is strong and quick thinking. There was one thing about her that did not seem important to the story. She has visions of the future but they are not really a major part of the story as I had thought they would be. By the end, they didn't make a difference and we weren't given a scene where Taffeta tells Hotspur about them in detail.The story frequently changes points of view so that we are given the thoughts of some of the secondary characters. It was nicely done. A couple of the words didn't seem from that time period, giving it a contemporary feel while at the same time, it was written really well for the historical setting.Hotspur's punishment for the villain at the end was very generous, one that I don't think I would have been able to choose.