![]() ![]() ![]() That whole burgundy velvet drapes! scene would have ol' Scarlett girl quivering in delight. ![]() She put me in mind of Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind Her dialogue, her mannerisms, how she puts on airs, her condensation, and that viper tongue. I mean she acknowledges she has poor judgement skills but does nothing to correct it. I don't mind reckless heroines (in fact they are one of my favorite character tropes if written right) but you got to give me something to balance out all the flaws. I wanted her to surprise me and she didn't. ![]() Main reason I powered through was because I wanted to see if she would grow up and try to be better and I didn't really see that until the very end of the story. My biggest problem was I found the heroine Elizabeth to be too vain, flighty, self-absorbed and ridiculous for too long in this. I also found it an odd choice to pick a reckless merry widow with some anti-heroine greyish character qualities for the very first book in a series but that's just me. I just did not care for the story or the couple. This was my first Meredith Duran book and while I did enjoy her writing style for the most part, this one wasn't a winner for me. I almost gave this an extra star when the last like 10% finally got a little interesting but the way the conflict with the hero's brother was handled just left me wanting. ![]()
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