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taramisu's review
3.0
The premise: Lord Nicholas Huntington returns from war with a badly broken and infected leg. The estate's doctor and his daughter nurse him back to health.
Miscellaneous notes: Having no knowledge of this writer, I would venture to say that her writing is amateurish with promise. She uses too many adjectives and substitutes ridiculous words for her characters (I.E. “the younger man”…just say “James”! We know who he is. The fact that he’s younger doesn’t even matter in the context.) Also, Ms. Nash springs issues and themes upon us. The main issue, of Nicholas’ illiteracy, is well formed and thought through, but others, such as Charlotte's fear of being left alone, is not.
She also needs some work on her plotting. It seems perfectly natural that Charlotte would not feel "good enough" for a Duke's heir, given her humble birth and station. The same is true for Nicholas, who sees Charlotte's intelligence and feels himself to be an "ignorant" and therefore not good enough to be with her. (Nicholas is not actually stupid, he is dyslexic.) However, Ms. Nash handles it poorly, making Nicholas jealous of Charlotte's slimy cousin and then making him behave like a cave man.
The only part in this book that actually dug down to touch my emotions was the death of a character and it's reaction on Charlotte. The romance itself was tepid at best.
And the epilogue? Skip it if you're diabetic...or have any sense of taste. It features a scene with our heroes reading a book to their children called "A Passionate Endeavor".
Miscellaneous notes: Having no knowledge of this writer, I would venture to say that her writing is amateurish with promise. She uses too many adjectives and substitutes ridiculous words for her characters (I.E. “the younger man”…just say “James”! We know who he is. The fact that he’s younger doesn’t even matter in the context.) Also, Ms. Nash springs issues and themes upon us. The main issue, of Nicholas’ illiteracy, is well formed and thought through, but others, such as Charlotte's fear of being left alone, is not.
She also needs some work on her plotting. It seems perfectly natural that Charlotte would not feel "good enough" for a Duke's heir, given her humble birth and station. The same is true for Nicholas, who sees Charlotte's intelligence and feels himself to be an "ignorant" and therefore not good enough to be with her. (Nicholas is not actually stupid, he is dyslexic.) However, Ms. Nash handles it poorly, making Nicholas jealous of Charlotte's slimy cousin and then making him behave like a cave man.
The only part in this book that actually dug down to touch my emotions was the death of a character and it's reaction on Charlotte. The romance itself was tepid at best.
And the epilogue? Skip it if you're diabetic...or have any sense of taste. It features a scene with our heroes reading a book to their children called "A Passionate Endeavor".
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