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caitlinsn 's review for:
The Spymaster's Lady
by Joanna Bourne
Gah! It's over! I'm not ready for it to end, it was far to sweet and it could have gone on for many more chapters. But all good things usually must end as this has. It was splendid. I have not read a romance novel in some time, I think I still fear my stepfather popping up somewhere to snatch the book away like when I was in high school. But he did not and I'm thankful. This book was so much fun. Joanna Bourne can really write a fantastic book. And she can write well. She has the show don't tell rule done to a science. So often did you learn how someone was reacting or acting about something by how the other characters responded. The story line was great as well. It started, as my creative writing professor put it, in medias res. You really are thrown right into the thick of things and it just goes. I love this idea of historical spies and what they go through. And I don't know anything about that era or about spies but it was all made very tangible in this story. And the love story in this... TOOK ITS TIME!!! There was no rush. No immediate love making. It was paced unbelievably well. When the characters finally come together (it's not like I can spoil that one, this is a romance novel, it was bound to happen) you know it's the right time and it feels like it is and you're happy to see it happen. It's how I'd see it actually happening. And that is important to me. I think I'm picky about my romance novels because so many times I fear it's going to be nothing but ample bosoms and throbbing members. Which there is nothing wrong with but I think I prefer a little more depth to my love stories. And this had it. And the characters were grand as well. I really fell enchanted with Adrian who was just a side character but he was played so well and really added a depth to the main characters stories. I hope he is in one of the next books to this series because I want more if him. But the main characters played well off of each other and the were both smart and independent and you were interested in them and their stories. I hope this isn't their end but if so I am okay knowing where things ended and where I can imagine them being. One last thought, don't judge this book by its over. It would really be unfair. The title really means nothing other then the spymaster part and the picture it a laugh. The book inside is far more superior to the outside. I'll read the rest of the books that come in this series, the writing was to good to say no to, and I might even purchase them because I enjoyed this one so. One last thing: I just noticed there was another book before this one, I don't know how I missed that. Oops.