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kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition
1.0
Didn't finish it. The writing was stilted and the dialogue was worse. Wordplay and wit were supposed to be hallmarks of the ton in the Regency period, and here we have society gossips saying things such as, "I'm given to understand LeSayres hasn't got a feather to fly on, which is why I'm curious as to Howard's sponsorship of him." Really, how cumbersome can you get? And the characters are constantly over-explaining their motives to one another this way. It's extremely tiresome. Vivienne could be an interesting character, but she's trembling over this earl who pushes his attentions on her, with no self-examination about her feelings or motivations. And the earl himself is not an appealing hero. This is a clumsy attempt at Regency romance, a genre which requires a lightness of touch that is lacking throughout this book. You've got to do your homework about speech patterns, dress, and society when you're writing historical fiction, and that seems to be missing here. What a bad book.
haewilya's review against another edition
1.0
DNF. Able to read upto page 83 of the ebook. Too many inconsistencies, I can't read it anymore.
ssejig's review against another edition
3.0
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I hadn't read this author before so I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. And this was an okay book. Vivienne was a strong character who knew her mind and I mostly liked her although she did fall in love with... well... Yeah. Alex was a pretty big asshat. He got better at the end. Mostly.
Vivienne Fox has inherited a fortune. Lord Alex LeSayres needs a fortune. But he doesn't know that she has a fortune and seems to be falling in love. The two met when they were younger and Alex dumps her in a pig sty. Now he's going to help lend her some countenance during the Season and in return, he gets some time to pay back some of her father's debts.
The more I think about it, the more problems I have with this story (her uncle starts off as a menacing character but ends up benign for no good reason, Alex really is an asshat, etc.) but I had an overall good feeling reading this story so it ends up being a three-star for me.
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the heroine and her maid get beatenI hadn't read this author before so I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. And this was an okay book. Vivienne was a strong character who knew her mind and I mostly liked her although she did fall in love with... well... Yeah. Alex was a pretty big asshat. He got better at the end. Mostly.
Vivienne Fox has inherited a fortune. Lord Alex LeSayres needs a fortune. But he doesn't know that she has a fortune and seems to be falling in love. The two met when they were younger and Alex dumps her in a pig sty. Now he's going to help lend her some countenance during the Season and in return, he gets some time to pay back some of her father's debts.
The more I think about it, the more problems I have with this story (her uncle starts off as a menacing character but ends up benign for no good reason, Alex really is an asshat, etc.) but I had an overall good feeling reading this story so it ends up being a three-star for me.
mibookobsession's review against another edition
2.0
I read this for my challenge group list, a book I'd be embarrassed to read in public. I'm always embarrassed to read romance in public, and although this doesn't have the typical steamy romantic clench on the cover, it's still a romance.
The intriguing title is what first caught my eye at the library, but when I read the description, I put it back. Then I thought of my challenge and how embarrassed I'd be if I read this at work, so...
The book didn't live up to its interesting title though. Jane Austen's heroines would never have been allowed anywhere unescorted with a man, they may have been thinking of their gentlemen naked, but she never would have described it, or allowed them sex before marriage! Not my kind of book at all!
The intriguing title is what first caught my eye at the library, but when I read the description, I put it back. Then I thought of my challenge and how embarrassed I'd be if I read this at work, so...
The book didn't live up to its interesting title though. Jane Austen's heroines would never have been allowed anywhere unescorted with a man, they may have been thinking of their gentlemen naked, but she never would have described it, or allowed them sex before marriage! Not my kind of book at all!
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