mariamizhys's review
medium-paced
3.0
Not bad but boring. And a bit to angsty, both on the part of the FL and ML
benthic_explorer's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Too slow, too much going on, too confusing.
Spoiler
One of the two violent henchmen threatening the poor but beautiful and scrappy English heroine turns out to be a MOC manservant. I found that distasteful.evamaria's review
1.0
If I hadn't gotten to like the two main characters in the short prequel, An Accidental Seduction, I probably wouldn't have finished this. Somehow both of them managed to continually rub me the wrong way - and the angst caused by the amnesia (not really a spoiler, the book starts with it) did not seem like a good enough reason for this. Pity, I had hoped for more!
maggie_the_reader's review
4.0
The mystery added an interesting layer to the story that allows me to forgive the occasionally annoying lack of consistency of the characters. The book is short enough to be a fun read despite its shortcomings.
beckymmoe's review
3.0
Not bad...but not great, either. I would have given it another star or two, except for two things. One, the whole conflict between the two main characters, Emily and Stephen, just seemed a bit silly and drawn out. They could have resolved their differences much sooner if they'd just have actually sat down and talked things over instead of Stephen getting angry and giving orders and Emily getting her feelings hurt and dwelling endlessly on how hurt and betrayed she felt. The author kept telling us she was getting stronger and more confident--she had to tell us, because otherwise it was pretty hard to tell. The other bothersome element is that the whole nefarious plot just seemed a bit convoluted. Certain elements of the story also didn't seem to mesh with what had happened the prequel, An Accidental Seduction. All in all, it was an okay read, but nothing special.
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