Review: Not marvellous
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
There is no other summary so here goes:This is the 5th story about the Trents and is about the last of the 4 brothers to get married. The H is the second eldest son, technically the spare to his eldest brother, the Earl. The H's father brought him up to be a rake and the live the life that the father had always wanted for himself but couldn't because he was an Earl. The father introduced him to a brothel when he was 16, gave him a huge allowance (unfair to the other 3 brothers) and said he would disinherit him if he ever married. When this story begins, it has been a year since his father has died and the H is trying to live a better life. He hasn't been sleeping around and has his eye on a decent lady of the ton, our h. Unfortunately the H is being pursued by a married friend of the h and she is obsessed with him. Two women he has formerly been involved with are viciously attacked and 2 men that the deranged friend of the h, has been dallying with are murdered. The H is the obvious suspect. All of the above plays havoc with the H's courting of the h.I've read all the books in this series now and there was so much potential for this H. I liked the way the author developed his character in the other books and I liked the fact that he was trying to make something of himself, despite his father. However the author just did not pull this story off. It lags in places and I felt that she was trying to fill up pages with some of the bland stuff she wrote. This book is full of typos, grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, which I don't remember from the other books. There was a more contemporary feel to this book and it made me feel that the author forgot she was writing a Regency.Overall it was disappointing although the author has some good ideas. I will probably still buy the next book in the series.