Helpful Score: 1
I waited a long time for this book. And I was disappointed.
First, the hero seemed to have a split personality. Matthew Hawkmore, who discovered his illegitimacy in the last book, had a sense of wanting to prove himself worthy of commanding respect. Ok, I can live with that. He suffers humiliation at the hands of his tormentors and plots his revenge. Can live with that too.
The heroine, Patience, rang completely flat for me. She dedicated her life to the cello, but I sensed little passion for it in her behavior. She only *said* that she loved it over and over.
There were some truly squick moments in this book:
Why, oh why, is the "hero" obsessed with making Patience cry? It seems as if he is not interested unless she has tears coursing down her face.
The BIblical allusions were way too much. Eww. And the whole Persephone angel? Overdone.
Too much emphasis on the anatomical. To the point of being comical. Can't anyone just have NORMAL body parts? Do they all have to be too this or that to make an interesting book?
The boot scene. Yukk.
Sad that this book did not live up to its predecessor.
First, the hero seemed to have a split personality. Matthew Hawkmore, who discovered his illegitimacy in the last book, had a sense of wanting to prove himself worthy of commanding respect. Ok, I can live with that. He suffers humiliation at the hands of his tormentors and plots his revenge. Can live with that too.
The heroine, Patience, rang completely flat for me. She dedicated her life to the cello, but I sensed little passion for it in her behavior. She only *said* that she loved it over and over.
There were some truly squick moments in this book:
Why, oh why, is the "hero" obsessed with making Patience cry? It seems as if he is not interested unless she has tears coursing down her face.
The BIblical allusions were way too much. Eww. And the whole Persephone angel? Overdone.
Too much emphasis on the anatomical. To the point of being comical. Can't anyone just have NORMAL body parts? Do they all have to be too this or that to make an interesting book?
The boot scene. Yukk.
Sad that this book did not live up to its predecessor.
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