Scarlet Leaves

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful historical detail
Review: I zoomed through the first half of this book thanks to the great historical detail. I really felt that "you are there" feeling thanks to Ms. Birmingham's great powers of description. But then it took me forever to finish the 2nd half due to, as the first reviewer said...Nothing happened. I realized all that had happened really was the hero & heroine got closer, but there were no external events, and way too many descriptions of her outfits, and what they ate for dinner.

I also appreciate the fact she didn't depict them bickering over Nothing, as so many romance couples seem to do. The H&H were both likable.

Rating:
Summary: A disappointing read
Review: The characters were likeable and the basic story a good idea. Way too predicable- what I read in the first 50 pages- the remaining 300 did nothing to surprise me. Too many descriptions of street scenes and internal dialogue slowed the pace down to a crawl. I tend to read romances in 2-3 afternoons. This took almost 3 weeks.