Review: Highly emotional romance (3.5 ~ definitely worth your time)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2010
Henrietta, Kesseley, and Edward have grown up together.  Kesseley has loved Henrietta since he's known what love was.  Henrietta loves gothic novels and Edward.  Edward goes to London seeking his fortune and inspiration for his poetry.  When Henrietta discovers he's attempted a Gretna Greene wedding with Lady Sara she devises a scheme.  Kesseley will woo Lady Sara away from Edward who will once again be hers.  As plans habitually do, Henrietta's goes awry with consequences even she could never have imagined.RAKES AND RADISHES is a highly emotional book.  Not just the main storyline involving Henrietta, Edward, Kesseley, and Lady Sara but the secondary involving Kesseley's mother.  Henrietta learns the veracity of the old adages "be careful what you wish for" and "you don't know what you've got until it's gone". There are lessons learned and comeuppances deserved and received. Those were particularly enjoyable, truth be told. We learn a lot about the characters as they evolve and grow, sometimes painfully, into their full potential.  This is Drama with very little levity but not crossing that fine line into melodrama.  Not something I could read everyday, because it is so intense, but a bold satisfying read.  It won't be my last by Ms.Ives.I received this from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion.