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styxx's review
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion
_carlyabigail's review
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
excel_spreadsheet_book_nerd's review
funny
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
januaryf's review
3.0
This wasn't one of my favourite Cynster books to date, but was fun. The mystery was pretty obvious, so no challenge to the brain there.
bitterlina's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
balletbookworm's review
4.0
There is some minor timeline confusion in this book - it starts in 1835 and Aunt Clara has just died and left Simon (Amanda's and Amelia's younger brother) her estate. This led me to look at the dates in Heather, Eliza, and Angelica's books because Aunt Clara has a good portion of a scene in [b:The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae|11599797|The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae (The Cynster Sisters Trilogy #3)|Stephanie Laurens|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328089323s/11599797.jpg|16541961]...it's set in 1825 or some such. So this is a huge leap forward and later explains why no other Cynster characters appear in this book beyond Lady Osbaldestone (who is getting realy old) or why Portia never summons Luc for help. What they've been doing in the meantime isn't exactly mapped out.
The mystery in this one is much better - not as much overt foreshadowing so when the bad guy was eventually unmasked I was just as surprised as Portia and Simon. Because they were missing a crucial piece of information, I was, too, so that was a nice change.
The mystery in this one is much better - not as much overt foreshadowing so when the bad guy was eventually unmasked I was just as surprised as Portia and Simon. Because they were missing a crucial piece of information, I was, too, so that was a nice change.
jaga119's review
2.0
Another complete disappointment by Laurens. I don't have much more to say, just that the direction in which Laurens went with her writing does not appeal to me at all. It was boring and uninteresting. I was glad when I finished it.