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A review by lifeand100books
A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare
3.0
My review for the entire Wanton Dairymaid trilogy can be found here: http://wp.me/p18lIL-1q5
This was my least favorite in the trilogy, and I think it probably had to do with the fact that I didn't connect with Isabel and Toby's love story. Isabel's motives for wanting to marry a man of influence are commendable. Her desire to help every charity and have a husband that can make political changes wasn't what bothered me about her. In fact, I want to hug her for all of her charitable notions, it shows that she has a good heart and deep down is a good person. It was her need to reach an unattainable level of perfection that at times made her character read as very cold and unemotional. These moments of coldness didn't allow me to connect with her as a character. thus leaving me unable to ever really root for her love connection with Toby. Toby, on the other hand, was a different story. I really wanted to smack some sense into him at times for his inability to stand up to Isabel and tell her the truth. Other than this disconnect with the main characters, I enjoyed the opportunities this novel afforded in revisiting the characters of the first two in the trilogy.
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
This was my least favorite in the trilogy, and I think it probably had to do with the fact that I didn't connect with Isabel and Toby's love story. Isabel's motives for wanting to marry a man of influence are commendable. Her desire to help every charity and have a husband that can make political changes wasn't what bothered me about her. In fact, I want to hug her for all of her charitable notions, it shows that she has a good heart and deep down is a good person. It was her need to reach an unattainable level of perfection that at times made her character read as very cold and unemotional. These moments of coldness didn't allow me to connect with her as a character. thus leaving me unable to ever really root for her love connection with Toby. Toby, on the other hand, was a different story. I really wanted to smack some sense into him at times for his inability to stand up to Isabel and tell her the truth. Other than this disconnect with the main characters, I enjoyed the opportunities this novel afforded in revisiting the characters of the first two in the trilogy.
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)