Review: A Good Story Wasted
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
I gave this book a 4 because in spite of the author it is a remarkably good one. That being said, this book could have used a better editor. I understand it is a Harlequinn and a 'risqué regency' at that, but really it could have been exceptional in the right hands. The characters were excellent and the plot was really fun. But the hero constantly complaining in mind-voice about wanting to shove his clock inside the heroine was as jarring in the story as it was here in my review. Regencies are charming because of their manners and elegance. Yes, sex and desire and lust can be used within the confines but a regency reader expects those topics to be handled with finesse even in mind-voice. For the author to use such a crude way to introduce those moments really lowered my opinion of the overall work. It seemed very immature and not true to the style of Regency at all. And it's a shame because I really liked the story. The other thing that annoyed me was the presentation of the book. Only about 70% of the file is story. 20% is spent sampling other books by the author at the end and 10% is spent before the book even starts on ramblings. This story borders on novella length with the sample chapters and long-winded credits in the beginning filling up otherwise empty pages.