Review: Great Regency Fiction, Some Editing Mistakes
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
This was a nice, light read, though there are a good number of minor editing mistakes - leaving out words, adding extra letters, etc.Altogether an excellent regency tale with a unique and unexpected fantasy element that fits into the book well without overwhelming the regency elements. The title coupled with the book blurb description had me worried that the story might lean a little toward the erotic side what with the innocent maiden suddenly besought with the "romantic" attentions of not one, but two (gasp!)men, one of them a handsome man with a reputation as a rake (!) whom the innocent maiden comes to think of as being more bent on her seduction than proper relations. I was glad to see this was not the case. It is a regency romance, but kissing is as far as the physical romance goes. I'm not sure if this is to be a series or not, but if it is not a series the mystery part of the story was not adequately wrapped up to my liking. The romance part was definitely more the focus of the story. And, for romance aficionados, it is very much Regency romance, where there is much ado about what is proper and appropriate and what gentlemen's intentions are, and making a suitable match versus marrying for love. I prefer more historical fiction-mystery than romance, but for true regency dialogue and characters, you can't beat this for a good read.There were a lot of editing errors though - small things, like using "not" where "now" should have been used, using "her... and... her" where it should have been "he... and... her", not really many spelling errors, but just missing or incorrect pronouns, or missing "if's" (ex.  Even he had known...)  These errors are more prevalent in certain sections of the book than others.  Particularly around 80-95% of the Kindle edition.