Two Stars
I started this novel with so much anticipation,
which was probably my downfall. A couple
of pages in, I put it down hoping that I would come back to it and like it
better. I have to say I struggled with
this book. The writing was very engaging
but the hero and heroine were so dumb at times.
I kept shaking my head and thinking, what are you thinking??
Ok, our heroine, Lady Vivian Shaw. When the story
begins she is abducted, almost murdered.
Aden St. George comes to rescue her, not because her family asked him
to, but because Sir Dominic Hunter, a family friend did! Ok, so it starts off
interesting. He rescues her and then she goes back home… Home is where her
older brother Cyrus, very politically motivated tries to marry her off to Prince
Ivan. Prince Ivan is a scumbag. He is always trying to put his hands all over
Lady Vivian after repeatedly getting rejected by her. The cherry on top is that her older brother
Cyrus knows all this and still gives Prince Scumbag his acceptance to court her???!!
Lady Vivian is disgusted by the Prince for many different reasons, one of her
main concerns is that they do not speak the same language, he is Russian. What? On My Goodness!
But the “villains” are not the only characters that
I found very frustrating. Lady Vivian
left me with my mouth open…. She suspects that one of her brothers and/or
Prince Ivan are behind her abduction. So
what does she do???? She goes back home where she finds none other than Cyrus
and Prince Scumbag. Ok, I take a deep breath and think ok… let’s get behind the
abduction… Let’s focus on who abducted her…Enter Little Brother Kit who has a
gambling problem, along with their mother…
Turns out that he and his mother both have big gambling debt that needs
to be paid off. I mean jeez… All this
story needed was a plague… Lady Vivian
decides she will “fix” the problem by selling her jewels and using whatever
money she has. After some convincing
from Cyrus, she accepts the prince because it will help the family with their
gambling and other debts. My question is
why didn’t she just take her money and run.
Lady, your life is in danger, you have money, go hide! So aside from all this crazy and whacky
characters, including the heroine we have St George.
St. George goes to rescue Lady Vivian. I think yay!
What a great hero. He is so overcome
with lust that he seemed almost juvenile.
The first couple of minutes upon meeting her it’s as if his brain is
paralyzed. He sets his lust aside and
rescues her and takes her back home.
Lady Vivian is so overcome with gratitude that she makes snippy remarks
at him the entire time. He offers to
help her and tries to help her. He
plainly asks her to share her concerns with him but she thinks that she can
handle her situation. However, she does
find time in her “gratitude” to reprimand him for flirting with another women
at a ball… It seems that St. George is
the only person Lady Vivian can standup to.
Ironically, he is also the only one on her side. It’s very difficult to feel sympathy for Lady
Vivian when she behaves in such a frustrating manner. Her family walks all over her and the
decisions that she makes made me doubt her sanity. Or her just plain lack of common sense. I wanted to really like this book but I found
it very trying. I love a good historical
romance as much as the next person but I need an incentive to keep
interested.
The one character that seemed to have hear head on
straight was Lady Thornberry, St. George’s mother. She is the only one that understands the danger
that Lady Vivian is under and appreciates her sons help. There is a little tension behind St. George
and his mother and as the story unfolds we understand why. She was the only reasonable character.
Much of the story continues in this manner. There are more nonsensical decisions and more
attempted abductions. I will say this,
this story definitely had me very emotionally involved. Many times I found myself talking to the
characters hoping that someone would come to their senses. For me, this story was more interesting
because of the secondary characters and the suspense of the whole abduction
scenario then the hero and heroine.
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