Review: Conflicted
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
I am conflicted about how to review this book and am wavering between two and three stars.  I suppose I'd give it 2 1/2 stars if Amazon allowed it.The good news: this is a Victorian Era romance with two non-typical protagonists.  She's smart, outspoken, curious and imaginatively dressed.  She's in her Third Season and is not anxious to make a match and marry.  In fact she works assiduously to avoid it out if the fear that any potential suitor is only attracted to her money.  Our male protagonist is smart and surpasses her in the looks department by a substantial amount.  He's been in India working as a diplomat and only recently returned to London to avoid the scandal of an ill-advised liaison.  He also has no desire to marry.  Of course they meet and feel the stirrings of attraction even though they would initially appear unsuited to one another.  Fortunately, the contrived misunderstandings between our two protagonists are kept to a minimum and there is a surprising amount of humor in the telling of the this tale.The bad news: the language is entirely too modern, there are some inconsistencies of word usage and spelling that could have been cleared up with better editing and the author seemed to "pad" the story by repeating some plot elements and characters' musings more often than necessary.  Further, while I appreciated the humor in the telling of this story, there were times that it felt forced, as if the author was trying a bit too hard.Is it worth it?  Only you can answer that but it kept me entertained enough to finish it.  It makes a pretty good and very light 'beach read.'