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A review by j_chen
Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas
2.0
Oh how I hate this book. I gave 1 star for the first 2/3 of the book and 1 star for the fantastic hero. LK has always been so amazing with her male leads and she does not disappoint. We first see a glimpse of Sir Ross in the first Bow Street Runners, Someone to Watch Over Me. Even then I couldn't wait for Ross's story. He is masculine, strong, kind, merciful, quick witted and great in any situation.
Then you have "Lady" Sophia. *bleh*
The first 2/3 of the book she's hell bent on revenge. It's fantastic. She slowly falls in love with this honorable man and realizes she can't hurt him. LK does an amazing job fleshing out her character in a way that Sophia isn't a simple 1 tone vindictive woman.
Then Nick Gentry aka John Sydney (SO TOTALLY OBVIOUS BTW) walks in. And Sophia turns into a blithering idiot. She is everything that Ross is not: weak, stupid, slow and cumbersome. And she solves everything with sex. Yes, I know this is a romance book but seriously, porn much? Rather than communicating her with husband she simply jumps him and forgets everything else.
She allows herself to be blackmailed by her long lost brother. She follows through on his request. She then, WHILE IN THE MIDST OF BETRAYING HER "LOVE", accepts Ross's marriage proposal. Mid sex. Cause she can't keep it in her pants.
She meets her former lover at the wedding and he practically molests her. She cowers in the corner and acts like nothing is wrong. I guess she forgot her husband is a freaking magistrate. He fixes it.
She gets pregnant... and expects Ross to be exhilarated. In fact, she's disappointed that he's not as enthusiastic as she thought he would be. *smacks head* I guess she forgot how his previous wife died. She talks a little to make him feel better.... and yep more sex.
Finally her brother is caught red handed. Seems like he'll be hanged. What does this fantastic Lady Sophia do? Finally tell her husband that Gentry is her brother. Oh and while she's at it, she basically asks him to forget all his morals, all his ideals, everything he stood for and everything he worked towards for the past ten years and please get her brother of of this mess.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HER?! I hate unreasonably stupid characters. I hate it even more when they start out so amazing and all of a sudden, out of the blue, they end up acting like they just got a home made lobotomy.
In fact, I think I'll go get one myself. Maybe then I'll end up liking...or maybe understanding the abomination that is Lady Sophia.
Then you have "Lady" Sophia. *bleh*
The first 2/3 of the book she's hell bent on revenge. It's fantastic. She slowly falls in love with this honorable man and realizes she can't hurt him. LK does an amazing job fleshing out her character in a way that Sophia isn't a simple 1 tone vindictive woman.
Then Nick Gentry aka John Sydney (SO TOTALLY OBVIOUS BTW) walks in. And Sophia turns into a blithering idiot. She is everything that Ross is not: weak, stupid, slow and cumbersome. And she solves everything with sex. Yes, I know this is a romance book but seriously, porn much? Rather than communicating her with husband she simply jumps him and forgets everything else.
She allows herself to be blackmailed by her long lost brother. She follows through on his request. She then, WHILE IN THE MIDST OF BETRAYING HER "LOVE", accepts Ross's marriage proposal. Mid sex. Cause she can't keep it in her pants.
She meets her former lover at the wedding and he practically molests her. She cowers in the corner and acts like nothing is wrong. I guess she forgot her husband is a freaking magistrate. He fixes it.
She gets pregnant... and expects Ross to be exhilarated. In fact, she's disappointed that he's not as enthusiastic as she thought he would be. *smacks head* I guess she forgot how his previous wife died. She talks a little to make him feel better.... and yep more sex.
Finally her brother is caught red handed. Seems like he'll be hanged. What does this fantastic Lady Sophia do? Finally tell her husband that Gentry is her brother. Oh and while she's at it, she basically asks him to forget all his morals, all his ideals, everything he stood for and everything he worked towards for the past ten years and please get her brother of of this mess.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HER?! I hate unreasonably stupid characters. I hate it even more when they start out so amazing and all of a sudden, out of the blue, they end up acting like they just got a home made lobotomy.
In fact, I think I'll go get one myself. Maybe then I'll end up liking...or maybe understanding the abomination that is Lady Sophia.