glo68's review
5.0
Virginia Heath did it again! She wrote another wonderful book that kept me captivated through the night, literally! The second half especially was a crescendo of emotions and I couldn’t put it down until the end!
I adored the banter between the characters, both main and side ones. Loved the way the author fleshed them out and brought us to understand their motivations, the way she bared their souls. This can only come from a keen understanding of human nature and relationships. This book was a wonderful mix of funny and moving moments; I particularly enjoyed the non-too-subtle condemnation of the horrid ways of the Ton regarding double standards for women and their reputations. Definitely recommended!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I adored the banter between the characters, both main and side ones. Loved the way the author fleshed them out and brought us to understand their motivations, the way she bared their souls. This can only come from a keen understanding of human nature and relationships. This book was a wonderful mix of funny and moving moments; I particularly enjoyed the non-too-subtle condemnation of the horrid ways of the Ton regarding double standards for women and their reputations. Definitely recommended!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
heathermollauthor's review
3.0
I wanted to review this because I’ve never read a harlequin. I know. All the regency romance and not one harlequin. But I liked this author’s Merriwell sisters series, so I figured this was a safe bet.
Jasper, the Earl of Beaufort, hasn’t seen Lady Harriet Fitzroy, his best friend’s sister, since before her life-changing riding accident. Hattie is now disabled and walks with pain and with a limp. Most people disapprove of Jasper’s scandalous past and his Reprobate’s Club, even though he’s clawed his way out of his family’s debt with his business. He’s recently found himself the guardian of his former mistress’s child.
Hattie is direct but rambles when she’s nervous and knows she has a life to live after her accident, but her justifiable feelings of exclusion were well represented. She’s a fully fledged character. Jasper is struggling between his old ways and his new path and how people view him. He’s not as well developed but that’s only by comparison to Hattie.
It’s nice seeing disability rep in a historical, especially with a female character. It’s usually the male MC who’s injured in a war and now disabled. Hattie used humor to deflect pity and is honest about her good and bad moments.
The language is not accurate and the period’s social setting is not any better. The pacing was a little slow, even for a slow burn. There’s a lot of telling in certain sections—including a supposedly romantic letter at the end that we never see—and the misunderstanding too drawn out for two people who had talked out everything else so well.
I received an arc from NetGalley
Jasper, the Earl of Beaufort, hasn’t seen Lady Harriet Fitzroy, his best friend’s sister, since before her life-changing riding accident. Hattie is now disabled and walks with pain and with a limp. Most people disapprove of Jasper’s scandalous past and his Reprobate’s Club, even though he’s clawed his way out of his family’s debt with his business. He’s recently found himself the guardian of his former mistress’s child.
Hattie is direct but rambles when she’s nervous and knows she has a life to live after her accident, but her justifiable feelings of exclusion were well represented. She’s a fully fledged character. Jasper is struggling between his old ways and his new path and how people view him. He’s not as well developed but that’s only by comparison to Hattie.
It’s nice seeing disability rep in a historical, especially with a female character. It’s usually the male MC who’s injured in a war and now disabled. Hattie used humor to deflect pity and is honest about her good and bad moments.
The language is not accurate and the period’s social setting is not any better. The pacing was a little slow, even for a slow burn. There’s a lot of telling in certain sections—including a supposedly romantic letter at the end that we never see—and the misunderstanding too drawn out for two people who had talked out everything else so well.
I received an arc from NetGalley
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