A review by skrau
The Heir by Grace Burrowes

4.0

I don't usually write reviews for these kinds of books (due to both a slight embarrassment for reading them, and the way in which they're like literary junk food - quick to consume too many without stopping to think, feels kind of unhealthy), but Grace Burrowes is probably my new favorite writer in this genre. I hadn't even come across her, until a library patron at work recommended her to me after we were discussing why we both liked Julia Quinn so much. But Burrowes is almost unique in my experience, with longer books and more substantial plots than most, and largely well-developed, three dimensional characters. Plus, just about the right amount of steamier scenes (too often the better books have too few, while the worse-written books have too many), in which the writing is actually pretty good - not too ridiculous, not too corny, very little eye-rolling. I think Burrowes has managed to add substance to a genre that's very easy to dismiss.