A review by desiree_mcl
Mad About the Major by Elizabeth Boyle

4.0

3.5 stars.

This was a fun, cute, and quick historical romance.

Listened to this on audiobook. The narrator was really good. I was surprised that this book was 230 pages because the audio book was just over 6 hours.

A moment of mistaken identity lands Major Kingsley with a black eye and Arabella being sent off to get married.

Now I don't think it's a spoiler, what happens is pretty obvious to me, but just in case this next part is behind spoiler tags.

Spoiler

Immediately when Kingsley mentioned that he was also meeting the woman who was supposed to be his future bride, I knew it would be Arabella. I don't remember if Kingsley mentioned it to Arabella specifically or if he just thought it. It was a little annoying that I knew right away but neither character figured it out until they were face to face at what was supposed to be the first meeting between them.

Kingsley and Arabella were cute together. She's running away/wants a bit of freedom before she meets her betrothed and she runs into Kingsley again. He agrees to take her on a mini-adventure and it was fun.

One thing that did annoy me though,

Spoiler

after they have sex and it's the next morning, he leaves to go get breakfast for them and she wake up in the small amount of time he's gone, thinks he left her, not just for a moment but left her, left her and then she leaves heartbroken. He couldn't wake her up momentarily and say 'I'll be right back, getting us something to eat, stay here'?

I'll definitely read more Elizabeth Boyle in the future.