A review by bookit
The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

3.0

Not sure how I feel about this one. I liked George - she came across as quirky and sometimes silly but in reality she was quite sure of herself in many ways and smarter than people assumed. Harry was a mixed bag for me. Initially I liked him for his quiet integrity but then as things heated up between the two of them, it was like the author went out of her way to reinforce the crudeness of his character. I also didn't like how he

repeatedly blabbed to everyone in ear shot that George was pregnant with his baby. In an era where a woman's reputation was all she had, he set out to ruin it, never bothering to find out if this was something George wanted the whole world to know.

The villain was a bit of a mustache-twirling cardboard cutout.

Lately, I seem to be on roll with historicals full of people acting with decidedly modern sensibilities and this book is no different.

Here we have an Earl and his entire family who not only aren't aghast at George taking a lover - and one of a much lower class at that, they are OK with her marrying him if that's what she wants. I think most aristocratic families of this era would have put a firm halt to this affair and packed off the pregnant George into a marriage of convenience or on an "extended tour of the continent" so her family's reaction just didn't ring true to me.

Still despite my nitpicks, I was entertained and for that, I rated it 3 stars (though perhaps that's one too many)....