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3.02 AVERAGE
3.02 AVERAGE
Could have been really good if it had been more developed. Liked the heroine's mother a lot and would have appreciated more info about her sister.
A quick, light read.
The plot is fairly standard for historical romance - naive country girl meets lord in London years after he humiliated her family. He doesn't recognise her and after being caught in a compromising position, is forced at agree to marriage.
The story flowed well, and generally the plot was ok, though at times some points exceeded the latitude i normally give these tales (Elizabeth seemed exceptionally aware of her body and its responses to Derek for a blushing virgin).
The plot is fairly standard for historical romance - naive country girl meets lord in London years after he humiliated her family. He doesn't recognise her and after being caught in a compromising position, is forced at agree to marriage.
The story flowed well, and generally the plot was ok, though at times some points exceeded the latitude i normally give these tales (Elizabeth seemed exceptionally aware of her body and its responses to Derek for a blushing virgin).
Excellent little novella, I only wish Creswell had existed in the books of the series as having him suddenly be friends with Armstrong and the others was weird.
Good quick read.
The best part was the ending when Lord Creswell finds out the truth and apologized to Elizabeth and tells her he loves her. I'm not a huge fan of this book, but its not a bad read.
The best part was the ending when Lord Creswell finds out the truth and apologized to Elizabeth and tells her he loves her. I'm not a huge fan of this book, but its not a bad read.
Meh. Skimmable. The hero is a bastard and the heroine is an idiot. Everything moves too quickly and people are all jerks.
Beverly Kendalls, "All's Fair in Love and Seduction" is a historical romance novella. For me this is the first of this genre that I have read and I feel that as an introduction into historical romance, it fell short. I ended up with several issues with this book.
I started this book last year and struggled to get into it. Something seemed forced and a bit too complicated with the writing. This seemed to go away towards the end but by that time the story quickly wrapped up and ended. Another issue I had was that I felt that there was just not enough time spent on connecting the reader with the characters and the back story. This was something that was really needed, especially giving that back story (it was given but during that very complicated and awkward beginning) which would have helped to make those emotional connections early on, something that needs to be done with such a short story. I also feel that the author jumped too soon into the hot and heavy with this one. Once again I would have liked to have had more connection with these characters, especially since so many were introduced all at once (maybe that was the reason why everything seemed so complicated at first?).
I guess if I had read all the books prior it would have settled better with me but as a stand alone it did not and it should have been able to because in the end of this you get to read a section of the next book along with sections from the first two previous books. All are based around characters you will find in this book but they all seem to be better written. I can tell you that with what I read for the next book, I'm completely into it and plan on buying it just so I can finish the story. If the author had not added it in, I would have left this whole series, never to return.
Besides the the lack of connection and the dragging beginning and quick ending, the other issue was the major conflict which made it seem as if the two main characters were just purposely dragging things along for no good reason at all. I couldn't grasp my mind around it all though I really did try and I really do know where the author was going with it and what she was trying to do, it just didn't work out for me.
So my suggestion is that if you plan on trying this out, start at the beginning of this series and then work your way down. It seems at least the next book is very promising. This one though, it's just a okay, something to have for in between novels.
I started this book last year and struggled to get into it. Something seemed forced and a bit too complicated with the writing. This seemed to go away towards the end but by that time the story quickly wrapped up and ended. Another issue I had was that I felt that there was just not enough time spent on connecting the reader with the characters and the back story. This was something that was really needed, especially giving that back story (it was given but during that very complicated and awkward beginning) which would have helped to make those emotional connections early on, something that needs to be done with such a short story. I also feel that the author jumped too soon into the hot and heavy with this one. Once again I would have liked to have had more connection with these characters, especially since so many were introduced all at once (maybe that was the reason why everything seemed so complicated at first?).
I guess if I had read all the books prior it would have settled better with me but as a stand alone it did not and it should have been able to because in the end of this you get to read a section of the next book along with sections from the first two previous books. All are based around characters you will find in this book but they all seem to be better written. I can tell you that with what I read for the next book, I'm completely into it and plan on buying it just so I can finish the story. If the author had not added it in, I would have left this whole series, never to return.
Besides the the lack of connection and the dragging beginning and quick ending, the other issue was the major conflict which made it seem as if the two main characters were just purposely dragging things along for no good reason at all. I couldn't grasp my mind around it all though I really did try and I really do know where the author was going with it and what she was trying to do, it just didn't work out for me.
So my suggestion is that if you plan on trying this out, start at the beginning of this series and then work your way down. It seems at least the next book is very promising. This one though, it's just a okay, something to have for in between novels.
I figured this would be short, hot, make me throw up in my mouth a little with the sappy-romance. I was right. Hit the phrase "throbbing in his loins" about three pages in. Standard romance fare. Well written though.
I could usually breeze through a romance novel within a day or two, sometimes less. But dear lord, for some reason I just couldn't with this book. The story didn't pull me in and after 3 weeks, I figured I'm never going to finish. Marked it as read because I'm technically done with it. It really is true...life's too short and there are too many books in the world for me to force myself to read something I don't enjoy. I feel bad for writing this but it is what it is :(
I was not wowed or disgusted by this book. The ending was surprisingly good once I made it through the slow pace of he book. By the end I wanted to read more.