Review: Charming But Threadbare
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
This was, in some ways, a delightful novella, but it was little more than the frame for a romance with sparse flesh upon the bones. There wasn't enough depth to really get to know the characters as we only get brief glimpses of incidents in their lives, each separated by the passing of years. Much was hinted at, but never explained, such as the womanizing, drinking and gambling years of the Earl--for a major departure in the character of individual, an explanation was in order. And how is it that he should be absent from her life for so many years with only a few extremely brief encounters, yet fall so in love as to rush into an immediate marriage a day after the return from a long absence with only a few minutes spent in her company the first night of his return? In fact the conclusion of the book was shockingly quick. This story has so much unfulfilled promise that the author should rewrite it--spending a little more time to tell the story.