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Summary: A couple of things really bothered me...
Review: In general, I thought the book was well-written. The heroine, Sara, was engaging and likeable. The hero, St Quinton was potentially quite likeable as well. However... and this brings me to the first of my criticisms of this plot... Lady Sara is trying to find a husband (as all Regency misses are) and she's decided to select which gentleman to try to attach from a list her aunts had given her. St Quinton finds out about it and does everything he can to prevent it. Despite efforts to explain away his behaviour by alluding to a traumatic childhood (a concept not well developed), his motivation for his interference comes across as mean-spirited, pointlessly hurtful, and petty. A factor magnified because the heroine is not doing anything to trick her "targets" into matrimony. My second grievance... At the very opening of the book, the 4 young ladies are meeting secretly in a library while Sara explains her plan. They very clearly indicate that it would be disasterous if anyone found out about their plan. Yet for FOUR(?) weeks St Quinton is sitting casually in a chair in the very room so he can listen. It was a necessary plot device, but once which doesn't reflect very well on the intelligence of the characters. Once, maybe, but four times is extreme. Considering how much they dreaded being found out, you'd think they would check to ensure that the room was clear before speaking indiscreetly. You never know where a truant servant...or eavesdropping Earl...might be sitting...
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Summary: A couple of things really bothered me...
Review: In general, I thought the book was well-written. The heroine, Sara, was engaging and likeable. The hero, St Quinton was potentially quite likeable as well. However... and this brings me to the first of my criticisms of this plot... Lady Sara is trying to find a husband (as all Regency misses are) and she's decided to select which gentleman to try to attach from a list her aunts had given her. St Quinton finds out about it and does everything he can to prevent it. Despite efforts to explain away his behaviour by alluding to a traumatic childhood (a concept not well developed), his motivation for his interference comes across as mean-spirited, pointlessly hurtful, and petty. A factor magnified because the heroine is not doing anything to trick her "targets" into matrimony. My second grievance... At the very opening of the book, the 4 young ladies are meeting secretly in a library while Sara explains her plan. They very clearly indicate that it would be disasterous if anyone found out about their plan. Yet for FOUR(?) weeks St Quinton is sitting casually in a chair in the very room so he can listen. It was a necessary plot device, but once which doesn't reflect very well on the intelligence of the characters. Once, maybe, but four times is extreme. Considering how much they dreaded being found out, you'd think they would check to ensure that the room was clear before speaking indiscreetly. You never know where a truant servant...or eavesdropping Earl...might be sitting...
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