A review by bibliomania_express
The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens

2.0

This book surprised me in that it was almost a DNF...I basically DNF'd it for a year before deciding to finish, and the finish was a slog. I've noticed this trend in Stephanie Laurens's recent books, where the main characters' romance is quickly worked out by the middle of the novel, with little left for them to do but "decide what kind of marriage they'll have" and solve whatever mystery the book is premised on. The solving and deciding stretches out over MANY pages, with much repetition, making the last third overly redundant. The mystery in this one is revealed to the reader early on, and tied up in the span of a few pages. This new turn has been disappointing since I've loved Laurens's Cynster series and Adventurers Quartet. I'm hoping the next book in this series will be much better.