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teresab78's review
5.0
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This is my 100th review on Prism!
4.5 Stars What a delicious, delightful historical read! This is the first historical I have read by this writing duo but I will be sure to pick up their other works!
I could feel the atmosphere of time and place. Both characters radiated their station and yet were wholly themselves. I loved seeing Nigel come apart and break through his stuffy façade for Jay. Jay was truly a bohemian soul but seeing him fall for banker Nigel was heartwarming.
I loved the descriptions of both Paris and London. I also was glad that the attitudes of the times were taken into consideration and addressed. It added to the authenticity of the story. The language used was appropriate for the times, even in the bedroom scenes (which were emotional and sexy); this made everything more real.
There is no great angst, though there is struggle and obstacles to overcome. It is a charming story of two people from different walks of life coming together and finding love.
Even if historical isn’t necessarily your thing, this is a great story about compromise and love. Give it a try!
This is my 100th review on Prism!
4.5 Stars What a delicious, delightful historical read! This is the first historical I have read by this writing duo but I will be sure to pick up their other works!
I could feel the atmosphere of time and place. Both characters radiated their station and yet were wholly themselves. I loved seeing Nigel come apart and break through his stuffy façade for Jay. Jay was truly a bohemian soul but seeing him fall for banker Nigel was heartwarming.
I loved the descriptions of both Paris and London. I also was glad that the attitudes of the times were taken into consideration and addressed. It added to the authenticity of the story. The language used was appropriate for the times, even in the bedroom scenes (which were emotional and sexy); this made everything more real.
There is no great angst, though there is struggle and obstacles to overcome. It is a charming story of two people from different walks of life coming together and finding love.
Even if historical isn’t necessarily your thing, this is a great story about compromise and love. Give it a try!
regencyfan93's review
4.0
The dialogue and descriptions felt of the time period to me. I enjoy books set in another time period that are more than 21st century characters and turn of the century costumes. The Bohemian and the Banker succeeded.
The characters fell quickly for each other, yet it still felt like a relationship was developing. Secondary characters were fun and not cardboard, the artists, painters, and models who hang around Jean Michel's apartment.
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My rating - 5 outstanding, 4 - I liked this and will re-read it, 3 - I enjoyed it though may not re-read, 2 - I kept going because I had to see how it ended, 1 - Whatever time I spent with this book is time I'll never get back to my regret.
The characters fell quickly for each other, yet it still felt like a relationship was developing. Secondary characters were fun and not cardboard, the artists, painters, and models who hang around Jean Michel's apartment.
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My rating - 5 outstanding, 4 - I liked this and will re-read it, 3 - I enjoyed it though may not re-read, 2 - I kept going because I had to see how it ended, 1 - Whatever time I spent with this book is time I'll never get back to my regret.
kaje_harper's review
4.0
I really enjoyed the setting, particularly Paris of that era and its contrast to London. The cities, customs and people were beautifully and atmospherically described, and felt authentic.
I came to believe that the main characters' differences could make them such a good fit. Nigel is a stolid British banker, whose repressed desires are woken by a prank that sends him into a drag-performer nightclub. Jay is the main attraction, a man who loves to become feminine and beautiful, and whose voice charms Nigel right from the start. Nigel's gradual thawing, and Jay's unexpected caring felt plausible, as they each found in the other what was missing in their lives.
There were a few moments of relationship building I wished had been more on page, and Nigel occasionally seemed surprisingly free of the attitudes inculcated in most men of that time and class, but the story had a warm charm, and enough uniqueness to stand out. I enjoy the historical romances of this writing team, and this was another winner, a lovely stretch of time spent immersed in the lives of two interesting men and an exotic time and place.
I came to believe that the main characters' differences could make them such a good fit. Nigel is a stolid British banker, whose repressed desires are woken by a prank that sends him into a drag-performer nightclub. Jay is the main attraction, a man who loves to become feminine and beautiful, and whose voice charms Nigel right from the start. Nigel's gradual thawing, and Jay's unexpected caring felt plausible, as they each found in the other what was missing in their lives.
There were a few moments of relationship building I wished had been more on page, and Nigel occasionally seemed surprisingly free of the attitudes inculcated in most men of that time and class, but the story had a warm charm, and enough uniqueness to stand out. I enjoy the historical romances of this writing team, and this was another winner, a lovely stretch of time spent immersed in the lives of two interesting men and an exotic time and place.
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