Theresa Romain

I wanted to like this a great deal more than I did. There were genuine friendships, real familial ties, letter-writing, and best of all, women with sexual desire who didn't feel ashamed of it or shamed others about it. Unfortunately, I never really connected to any of the characters. Henry's motivations for wanting to marry Caroline felt contrived and not at all convincing and the writing lessons with Frances also felt contrived. It seemed presumptuous for someone to ask such a thing after meeting maybe once. Frances' revelation didn't really strike me either. The allusions to her past were wimpy and the big reveal was kind of glossed over. I did really like that Henry's injury wasn't healed by the power of Twue-Wuv. Overall, I found the language to be unevenly anachronistic. I may try another book by this author, but it's not going to be a priority.… (plus d'informations)