E. O. (paintingbychagall) reviewed on 2/21/2007

Helpful Score: 6

On one hand, the main characters make sense, are sympathetic, and have good chemistry. The story is actually set in the Georgian era, which is nice and different -- not that there are any real flavors of the era to back it up. There's also a dose of Mr Rochester in the male lead, which I'm not normally a fan of, but is played out nicely. On the other hand, the historical detail often falls short, people talk like they're living in the 90's, the heroine sometimes talks about the most inane things, and the 'dramatic payoff' bits are sort of bungled, mostly because the main 'villain' (or whatever) was constructed like an afterthought. It's a good story, but not necessarily good writing.

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