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stringreads's review against another edition
2.0
Okay, the only reason this got two stars is because Tessa Dare is brilliant and this is technically fine. That being said, I hated this book. I DNFed the fuck out of this thing. the Heroine is a mary sue to rule all mary sues and she's about as smart as a houseplant. The hero is about as smart as those houseplants that eat flies. He wants revenge for being jilted and he is shallow and empty and apparently madly in love with the mary sue. I kept thinking he was going to end up as the antagonist who bel would be rescued from, but I made it halfway and the "real" hero hadn't shown up. life is to short to finish books where you hate the main characters. I'm going to assume this is a fluke and Ms. Dare had a cold and wrote this while on benedryl or something.
margreads's review against another edition
4.0
Loved the secondary romance
Wasnt sure about Isabel - very focused.
Wasnt sure about Isabel - very focused.
harmony's review against another edition
3.0
I felt that this was a perfectly acceptable romance, but at the same time was frustrated by some of the side characters and their cameos. (Not Joss and Hettie, they were lovely, but did we really have to spend SO LONG on bitchy old women or screaming childbirth?)
Isabel was sweet but held herself in tight self control due to traumas from her past, and let her passion out to play only when it came to advocating against oppression. I think the people who disliked her were mostly just deflecting their own guilt. She didn't act superior or judgemental about it (she even took joy in feeding foundlings the same treat she denied herself for ethical reasons), but rather tried to gently educate and persuade.
Toby was a delight for the most part, except lying to rise in his wife's esteem. It was a relief when they figured things out between themselves. This is not as strong as Tessa's more recent work, but it was still a pleasant read.
Isabel was sweet but held herself in tight self control due to traumas from her past, and let her passion out to play only when it came to advocating against oppression. I think the people who disliked her were mostly just deflecting their own guilt. She didn't act superior or judgemental about it (she even took joy in feeding foundlings the same treat she denied herself for ethical reasons), but rather tried to gently educate and persuade.
Toby was a delight for the most part, except lying to rise in his wife's esteem. It was a relief when they figured things out between themselves. This is not as strong as Tessa's more recent work, but it was still a pleasant read.
sass's review against another edition
2.0
I just don't like Bel or Toby as much as the other characters in this trilogy, as much as I love Tessa Dare's writing. Disappointing, but not horrible.
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