Helpful Score: 2
This book is not only romantic, but funny with a little murder and mayhem mixed in. I wish people really were like Izzy
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book and am putting it up only because I have two copies of it. One I'm keeping to be read again and again.
Helpful Score: 1
Loved this book!!
Helpful Score: 1
Loved this book! Emotional conflict and misunderstandings made the book a compelling read.
Helpful Score: 1
Its 1831 England and there are a large number of house guests at Lady Cherrymores estate. Although most folks are abed, there is suddenly a scream from the room of Izzy, a plain, mousy spinster. As people rush to the excitement, the reader sees that Izzy may be plain but she has a head on her shoulders.
She quickly figures out that the playboy shes just knocked out (with a candlestick) went to the wrong room. When the father of Eppingham Julian Rowley threatens his inheritance, Izzy realizes that nothing really happened and she takes the blame. She is instantly a fallen woman.
The next day, Julian reluctantly asks Izzy to marry him so he wont lose his inheritance. Neither wants to marry, so they create a quasi-engagement. As they get to know each other (the London Season is about to begin and they are invited to many social events), Izzy realizes that she loves Julian. It seems appropriate to call this a Cinderella story.
Julian isnt so eager to be domesticated and fights his emotional turmoil. For the first half of this book, the plot and scenes flowed into each other and it is obvious that Izzy and Julian are right for each other. They are likeable and readers will care about them.
Then there is the BIG MISUNDERSTANDING Julian and Izzy start avoiding each other. It seems that the author wanted a novel instead of a novella and she added sub-plots aplenty. Once the main characters started ignoring each other, the story fell apart for a while.
Generally, there were twists and turns so that it wasn't obvious where things were going. However, it didnt take long to surmise where the couple would live ultimately.
My rating of 4 stars is due to Julian suddenly turning into an angry man who went into rages and beat up his friend (during the middle pages). At the beginning, Julian seemed to be a lover, not a fighter and the change was obviously used as a device to create drama.
She quickly figures out that the playboy shes just knocked out (with a candlestick) went to the wrong room. When the father of Eppingham Julian Rowley threatens his inheritance, Izzy realizes that nothing really happened and she takes the blame. She is instantly a fallen woman.
The next day, Julian reluctantly asks Izzy to marry him so he wont lose his inheritance. Neither wants to marry, so they create a quasi-engagement. As they get to know each other (the London Season is about to begin and they are invited to many social events), Izzy realizes that she loves Julian. It seems appropriate to call this a Cinderella story.
Julian isnt so eager to be domesticated and fights his emotional turmoil. For the first half of this book, the plot and scenes flowed into each other and it is obvious that Izzy and Julian are right for each other. They are likeable and readers will care about them.
Then there is the BIG MISUNDERSTANDING Julian and Izzy start avoiding each other. It seems that the author wanted a novel instead of a novella and she added sub-plots aplenty. Once the main characters started ignoring each other, the story fell apart for a while.
Generally, there were twists and turns so that it wasn't obvious where things were going. However, it didnt take long to surmise where the couple would live ultimately.
My rating of 4 stars is due to Julian suddenly turning into an angry man who went into rages and beat up his friend (during the middle pages). At the beginning, Julian seemed to be a lover, not a fighter and the change was obviously used as a device to create drama.
