Karla B. (gaslight) - , reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 145 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

Silly & shallow book with the odd & clunky placement of facts dropped into the narrative and dialogue like anvils. (Example: during foreplay, Banastre Tarleton cites the correct issue of a magazine where he read one of Mary's poems. It reads like a footnote.) The theatre & its luminaries aren't even treated that deeply, since Mary's career was very brief. Likewise, the affair with the Prince (the selling point of the book) lasted all of 6 months. The majority of the book is Mary acting like a willing and desperate doormat to her men. Ugh.

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