Review: A British Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2012
Everyone in the town thought belonging to the Harper clan offered social position, wealth, and power. Megan, on the other hand, finds most of this a disadvantage. She is more interested in marrying her best friend, Ryan Harper. She's known they were meant for each other ever since kindergarten. Matt, Ryan's younger brother, was also part of their childhood group. He has fallen in love with Meg but has tried to stay in the background ever since Ryan and Meg became a couple. Meg doesn't even know how he feels.The cover is gorgeous but all wrong. Matt had strawberry blond hair, and Ryan was a true blond. Neither did I understand where the title came from, because it didn't tie into the novel in any way I could tell. I actually liked both Ryan and Matt. Ryan is more subdued and Matt wilder, but both try to be honest, even when it's hard. I found the story interesting, but I had a hard time rating it. Megan was well characterized, but I didn't get to know and understand Ryan or Matt as well. I was rather turned off to Matt at the very opening, when he bought time with a prositute who looked like Megan, and had her answer to that name all night. Meg was sleeping with Ryan, but nothing is described. There is a very erotic scene with Matt, however. I was torn between giving the novel a three or a four. In the end I settled on 3.5 and rounded up to the four.