Review: an enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
This book does what it says on the box. It fits genre expectations, with an added detail of addiction, which I liked.I am not familiar with the time period, but some quick looking into opium addiction reveals the facts communicated in this book to be correct as far as I can see.Yeah, I like it when writers get their facts right.I also liked the characters, and I found them to be believable and interacting with each other in a believable way.Although I thought the love scenes were well done, I do wonder if people of their class in that time would have been so quick to give in.Also, I'm not sure how the two characters can still be dithering about their commitment having slept with each other. It felt a bit artificial. I would have preferred the sex to come later in the story, so the sexual tension would not have to be kept up artificially with the (to me) slightly annoying "I'm not worth his/her love" type of dithering.But that's a small thing. Mostly, this is an enjoyable read