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A review by daisymama
To Save a Sinner by Adele Clee
3.0
The beginning was fun and fresh and interesting, and by the middle the story was still interesting but there were no more real twists or fresh takes, just pretty straightforward to the end. Somewhere in the middle things also got over-the-top steamy (for regency), and became increasingly cheesy toward the end.
I liked the two main characters, and was rooting for them the whole time, but I think I liked them best in the beginning; by the end they were starting to wear on my nerves.
I mostly enjoyed the story, but I could have used a few more twists and turns in the plot, and less premarital sex and cheesy declarations of love. I enjoy a steamy romance, but part of the fun of a regency or historical romance is you know the characters have societal rules and well established moral expectations that will keep them from actually hopping into bed together, which builds a certain romantic tension... so it's actually kind of a let down to have the characters give in so easily like this was a contemporary romance.
The bit about the curse in the museum seemed completely out of place, and although now I understand it was included in order to set up the next book, it only added to the cheesiness of the close of this book.
I liked the two main characters, and was rooting for them the whole time, but I think I liked them best in the beginning; by the end they were starting to wear on my nerves.
I mostly enjoyed the story, but I could have used a few more twists and turns in the plot, and less premarital sex and cheesy declarations of love. I enjoy a steamy romance, but part of the fun of a regency or historical romance is you know the characters have societal rules and well established moral expectations that will keep them from actually hopping into bed together, which builds a certain romantic tension... so it's actually kind of a let down to have the characters give in so easily like this was a contemporary romance.
The bit about the curse in the museum seemed completely out of place, and although now I understand it was included in order to set up the next book, it only added to the cheesiness of the close of this book.