kategcity 's review for:

A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

2.0

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I picked this up knowing that it wouldn't be the most historically accurate book I've ever read - and it sure wasn't. It is very much the definition of frothy summer reading. The part that disappointed me the most was the barely fleshed-out connection between the protagonist and her love interest - they're antagonistic, but then they're also very maudlin and tender to each other, but then, they also claim to not be able to live without the other - all within the span of the first meeting. Too much, too soon, and then the book never builds on that too muchness, letting this really unbelievable connection stand as a given throughout the rest of the book. Overall, ok, but not as good as the Lady Julia Grey series.