Review: Interesting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2013
This was a very thought-provoking novel, which is rare in a Regency Romance. I am a little unsettled with the ending where the heroine tells the hero she doesn't mind his mistress. I may have read it wrong but it sounded like she was telling him he could continue the previous relationship because men have greater desire for sex than women do. That doesn't sit well with me for two reasons: 1.) The obvious, they are to be married for Love so they should remain faithful to one another. 2.) The heroine is a very passionate woman and very awake to the desires of her body, it seems out of character for her to allow her husband to stray when she would have more than enough passion and curiosity to keep him entertained herself. Unless of course he is planning on being cooperative as well and allowing her to stray when she feels those urges herself. But I believe that the conversation was probably written with the intent to show that Alma had given her up and that Diana had accepted the sexual nature of males as it had been explained to her by her brother. This was rather heavy for a Regency in spite of the light manner in which it was written. All of the characters were very well fleshed out with flaws and personalities. It amused me that George had initially invited Alma to their home as a perspective suitor for Diana only to have Alma be shot by her instead and then subjected to a mortifying surgery by Diana and his subsequent vow never to marry her. Only to be dealt the coup de grace and unwillingly fall in love with her all on his own. It was lovely. I wish Diana had at least one other tempting suitor but it was gratifying to see Alma rush out to the Park on Harry's account. My final wish is that Diana could have spent more time in London. I understand for reasons of plot she had to go back to the Park, but she is so curious and I would have loved to see her become a Toast or an Incomparable even for just a little while. In short, this book is excellent and well worth a read. Highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.