Potent Pleasures

Rating:
Summary: Alex & Charlotte...
Review: Their initial meeting at the ball - where they slept together - was just too unbelievable. Good grief, I'm sure even the trashiest of women would have at least had one conversation with the guy, before jumping him. I certainly believe in 'instant attraction' but this was ridiculous.
I didn't much care for Alex after getting to know him, but Charlotte was wonderful.


Rating:
Summary: Alex-Half Wonderful, Half Terrifying
Review: This hero, Alex,could go from charming to ruthless in a heartbeat. Charlotte - with good reason - was terrified of him. He was exceptionally cruel to her; I just don't see how she could trust him.
After I finished reading this book I came to the conclusion that I didn't like a premise based almost entirely on gossip. But those who sought to harm others maliciously - in that century and this one - should suffer greatly.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting...but...
Review: The very idea that this great father, Alexander Foakes, could become so angry that he didn't consider or half-realize that he was abandoning his daughter for a couple weeks was appalling.
I did find Alex to be sexy and handsome and all that, and the story will definitely hold the reader's interest, (the reason for 4 stars) but in addition to his faulty parenting, he was quite cruel to Charlotte.

Rating:
Summary: Two stars for the first half only.
Review: I love Eloisa James's books, so it didn't occur to me that I would dislike one so thoroughly. Let me just say, I hate books in which the plot hinges on the heroine's lack of virginity. I hate it even more when she lost her virginity to the hero, who doesn't remember/doesn't realize it was her/was drunk off his head. So, when I realized the WHOLE second half of this book was about the hero calling his wife a whore because she wasn't a virgin, I gave up. Definitely not her best; I'm not even going to read the rest of this series.