A review by reginaexmachina
Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair

3.0

So in Hope's Folly, Linnea Sinclair's third novel in her Dock Five Universe, it centers around Philip Guthrie (Chaz's ex-husband from previous novels) and Rya Bennton. Rya's father was close to Philip when she was a child and she has grown up with a mild case of hero-worship of him. However that changes with time as she meets him again years later while he's leading the Alliance and Rya's decided to join. Philip has mixed feelings for Rya, he finds her attractive but they have a large gap in their ages. Not to mention his guilt over unknowingly having played a part in her father's recent death. Their lives are constantly in danger leaving little time for either to mull over their emotions. However, somehow they are both drawn closer to each other and both Rya and Philip are in danger of losing more than their lives.

I was kinda surprised with this book. For the most part I've enjoyed Linnea Sinclair's writing but I had a hard time seeing Philip as a romantic hero. In previous books he's certainly dashing but his personality came off pretty dry and devoted to little else besides his work. He got better in later books but I still didn't know how interested I would be in his story. But thankfully I was pleasantly surprised. For me the romance was really slow going since for the majority of the book both of the characters are trying to not show emotion for the other. It also to me seemed really quickly for Philip to admit to Rya that he loved her. But that's just me being nitpicky. I did enjoy other books by her more, but I still thought this was a pretty good addition to the series.