Review: Great early period read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
4.5 starsI put off reading this book because I normally do not like reading books that go so far back in time.  By that I mean that this book took place in London in the early 1800s.  There were also a number of poor reviews on Amazon but because it was free for a limited time I went ahead and downloaded to read later.  I decided to bump it up on my TBR list after reading the rave review that one my favorite authors, Tina Folsom, gave it.  I'm very happy that I did because I myself thoroughly enjoyed this book.I enjoyed watching Lady Helena grow into womanhood after being given very poor advise from her mother her whole life on what is to be expected of a lady.  Again, one of the reasons that I normally do not read early period books.  While Nicholas came off as being an ass half of the time it was because he felt that he wasn't worthy of Helena's love but love him she does and she proves that she will do anything to keep him.The one thing that kept me from giving this book five stars was that Helena's best friend Marianne had problems in the book that were never resolved.  You never find out what her problems were when she shows up unannounced and less than perfect and you also never find out why she leaves a party in haste claiming a migraine.  If there were even a hint that she was going to be featured in another book I would have felt better but there wasn't.  One moment Marianne was a mess and the next she is perfectly fine with no mention as to what was wrong.  I'm hoping that because this book states that this is book 1 we will find out what happens to her in book 2 because she was one of my favorite characters in the book.