Karla B. (gaslight) - , reviewed on 9/9/2009 + 145 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

After reading two Ravenhurst books, I'm wondering if the device in all of them is to have the hero & heroine deliberately miscommunicate to the point of absurdity. This one wasn't nearly as good as The Disgraceful Mr. Ravenhurst, which had more personality and atmosphere of the times. This book was pretty generic overall, with the evil relatives abusing poor Clemence conveniently dealt with off-scene by lawyers.

Also, Allen needs to rein in her sentences, or else her editor needs to step in. There was one with *7* "and"s! And the climax of hero & heroine was one rambling paragraph-long sentence. Breathless, indeed.

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