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The Spymaster's Lady
by Joanna Bourne
2.5 stars
I'm disappointed in this book. The good rating raised my expectations far too much. The beginning of the book was fantastic (SO MUCH POTENTIAL), it diminished into fall-in-love-unbelievably-quickly and a stupidly stubborn heroine that talks about doing all these fabulous things (which one would love to see), but rarely does anything fabulous while we're watching and rather just leans on the male characters surrounding her. And when a secondary character is more compelling that the hero and heroine combined, we've got a problem. Also the romance between the hero and the heroine was not developed very well.
I liked the uniqueness of this story as well as all the research the author clearly did. However, I'm not sure what happened, but I got bored. Once they got to London, I pretty much didn't care anymore. I agree with other reviewers that the writing was beautifully descriptive. However, the story was a little flat for me. I had a very hard time liking any of the characters except Adrian and Doyle's wife Maggie. Those two I would rather read about.
Overall, an interesting concept.
I'm disappointed in this book. The good rating raised my expectations far too much. The beginning of the book was fantastic (SO MUCH POTENTIAL), it diminished into fall-in-love-unbelievably-quickly and a stupidly stubborn heroine that talks about doing all these fabulous things (which one would love to see), but rarely does anything fabulous while we're watching and rather just leans on the male characters surrounding her. And when a secondary character is more compelling that the hero and heroine combined, we've got a problem. Also the romance between the hero and the heroine was not developed very well.
I liked the uniqueness of this story as well as all the research the author clearly did. However, I'm not sure what happened, but I got bored. Once they got to London, I pretty much didn't care anymore. I agree with other reviewers that the writing was beautifully descriptive. However, the story was a little flat for me. I had a very hard time liking any of the characters except Adrian and Doyle's wife Maggie. Those two I would rather read about.
Overall, an interesting concept.