Four Stars!
original review on ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com
Olivia Sloan and her sisters are
an interesting group. They are all
different (in an unconventional type of way) and with no dowry. I thought that Olivia and Anna were very
advanced for their time period. Olivia
writes political commentary under an alias and Ana is a novelist, also under an
alias. I loved that Ms. Elliot wrote
about such radically different women.
Olivia, to me, seemed awkward, which makes sense since that is part of
her personality. She speaks her mind and
likes to shock people. She is nicknamed
“the Hellion of High Street”. I thought
she used this as a weapon to keep people, or society, at an arms distance. For example, when she is dancing with John
she complains about having to follow dictated to steps, instead of being able
to dance naked. She definitely doesn’t
abide by the conventional rules of society. Because Olivia’s father was a believer in
including his daughters in his own interests all his daughters didn’t follow
the traditional upbringing of English ladies.
I really enjoyed that the daughters had their own unique interests and
personalities. These are not your
typical English ladies waiting for a chance to be courted, or asked to
dance. Olivia sits in the shadows on
purpose to write down her thoughts in a notebook she carries around with
her.
John, Earl of Wrexham is, a “perfect
hero”. He is retired from the military, a
widower and looking for a wife and stepmother to his son, Prescott. I loved Prescott, I thought for a little boy
he had a lot of great scenes and I loved his relationship with Lucy. I wondered if Ms. Elliott was planting the
seeds for a future story with these two young characters. At the beginning of the story, I found John
to be boring. I sympathized with his
efforts to become a better husband and father.
I assumed that his possible fiancée, Lady Serena or as his son calls
her- Lady Steele Corset- was supposed to be an example of what his perfect wife
would be like. John began to grow on me
when he asked Olivia to help him champion new ideas to the Parliament. I really liked their companionship in working
together to introduce new ideas, such as a pension, to English society. Although I didn’t find that they had
incredible chemistry I did think that they made a good match. As John often mentions, he faced tougher
situations in the army then having to deal with Olivia. Ms. Elliott provided very unique characters!
Not one of these characters felt duplicated.
Even John’s sister, Cecilia was different and interesting. Where the main hero and heroine might have
seem a little flat at times the cast of supporting characters were excellent
and provided a lot of entertainment.
I personally think Anna and Devlin
Greville, the Marquess of Davenport, stole the show. I loved every scene they were in and thought
they had excellent chemistry. I also
found Anna to be very smart, clever and charming. She masterminded many of Olivia’s adventures,
from the mysterious letter to Prescott (John’s son) to the eventual rescue. I
also thought they had great banter and great chemistry. I can’t wait to read “Sinfully Yours (The
Hellions of High Street#2). I anticipate
that Ms. Elliott will give both Anna and Devlin a great chemistry filled
adventure. I loved the way that they got
under each other’s skin and they were perfectly matched. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this story because it
was a great mix of adventure, history, romance and even a little bit of
feminism.
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