Review: Nice but flawed.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
Firstly I have to say that I seldom give 4 or 5 star reviews. A book has to be extremely well written, have an original storyline and be well edited to receive that level of review.Neither do I retell the story as you can read the blurb for that.That said I did like the book but felt that it was inconsistent. I apologise now if you feel that the following review contains spoilers.Patience was athletic (this is made clear even in the blurb) and yet she is portrayed as being clumsy and gauche.Apparently, none of her lessons in etiquette, deportment and conversation took. Please! She is the daughter of a Lord! She would have absorbed most of this by osmosis growing up. After all, her brother did.Despite this she is a likable heroine.Then we have her betrothal to Phillip, Lord Rexley. I could not get my mind around the fact that she was not told of the arrangement despite all the supposed reasons (and neither was her mother!?).  After all it was not unusual for the time.The biggest question that I was left with though was: what happened to the money? It was an enormous sum for the time and I can't see how the villain could have spent it all.Despite all this, if you are prepared to suspend belief for a few hours, it's an ok read.