Review: Conflicted about this one
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I'm not going to summarise the plot as that's been done already so I'll just make what I hope are some helpful comments.Firstly let me say that there must have been some substantial editing done on this book because most of what the more negative reviewers pointed out, has been fixed. There is still that rather annoying thing that is mentioned twice, that the h is 'ingenuous' at cards. Perhaps she means ingenious? There were still some minor errors but not anything too disturbing.The story is intriguing and interesting, more of a drama and there isn't any mystery going on. We do have a bit of a villain but he isn't too over the top and he does add to the story.I kind of liked the fact that these 2 main characters were far from perfect and went on a road of self-discovery and coming to terms with themselves. I also liked that they weren't miraculously changed. I liked the fact that love grew over the course of their encounters.+++Spoilers+++What I didn't like is that after a particular intimate moment with the h in the garden at her family's ball, the H went on very publicly to have an affair with an opera singer the next day, for a few days. I'm one of those readers who prefer for the dalliances to be done with once the relationship moves to a certain point between the main characters. It was just a bit tacky and lowered the tone of the book and made me doubt the H.