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joo13's review
4.0
Lucy starts her life in early 19th Century Eastern England in a good home as her mother is a maid to a well-to-do family, but they have to leave to a life of poverty. Well for Lucy anyway and her mother takes all the money she earns. As she blossoms into late teenage, Lucy find herself the centre of attention of two eligible men who hate each other.
This tale of life in the times of smuggling depicts how hard it is to survive unless you get a chance. Lucy needs to make a choice, but which should she choose. As a reader I knew which one I wanted her to go with and at times was annoyed that nobody ever gave their true intentions. But that seems to be the way it was in those days. You could wait a few months before finding out the punchline of a joke.
I enjoyed this story even if I though Lucy was a bit child-like at times. There was enough romance and smuggling action and drama to keep me interested and wanting to read on.
This tale of life in the times of smuggling depicts how hard it is to survive unless you get a chance. Lucy needs to make a choice, but which should she choose. As a reader I knew which one I wanted her to go with and at times was annoyed that nobody ever gave their true intentions. But that seems to be the way it was in those days. You could wait a few months before finding out the punchline of a joke.
I enjoyed this story even if I though Lucy was a bit child-like at times. There was enough romance and smuggling action and drama to keep me interested and wanting to read on.
maplessence's review
3.0
3.5★
I had high hopes for this one - but it didn't quite measure up.
The time period for this historical was the the tail end of the Regency, but it wasn't a copy cat of my beloved [a:Georgette Heyer|18067|Georgette Heyer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1336748892p2/18067.jpg] and this wasn't set in her world - which usually means a cut & paste of some of GH's dialogue and characters behaving like it is the 21st century - only wearing long dresses or pantaloons! But this was the hard and terrifying world of smugglers - and the start had quite a few threads going.
I had a few quibbles about the beginning, but they were later resolved to my satisfaction. But after these were resolved was about the time the story started to sag. It never recovered for me, sadly.
I still think Anna is a fresh new voice in historical romance and I'm happy to give her time to develop her gifts.
Thanks for the review copy, Anna. I do appreciate it.
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com
I had high hopes for this one - but it didn't quite measure up.
The time period for this historical was the the tail end of the Regency, but it wasn't a copy cat of my beloved [a:Georgette Heyer|18067|Georgette Heyer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1336748892p2/18067.jpg] and this wasn't set in her world - which usually means a cut & paste of some of GH's dialogue and characters behaving like it is the 21st century - only wearing long dresses or pantaloons! But this was the hard and terrifying world of smugglers - and the start had quite a few threads going.
I had a few quibbles about the beginning, but they were later resolved to my satisfaction. But after these were resolved was about the time the story started to sag. It never recovered for me, sadly.
I still think Anna is a fresh new voice in historical romance and I'm happy to give her time to develop her gifts.
Thanks for the review copy, Anna. I do appreciate it.
https://wordpress.com/view/carolshessonovel.wordpress.com
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