Sharon (Catspaw) reviewed on 2/27/2011

Helpful Score: 1

This is the first of James's Duchess books I've read, and I have to say that I was disappointed.

******THIS IS NOT A STAND ALONE BOOK******

I have nothing against series books, but I felt like I'd missed fully half the story and most of the character development by not reading the prior books in the series. All the way through the end of the book there were numerous allusions to activities, characters and relationships (presumably) from prior books that were never explained. Since James apparently thought she'd sufficiently developed the main characters in prior novels, they were a bit one dimensional in this one.

As it is, I feel like I only got the second half of one book, and a lead in to another. While I can applaud this from a purely mercenary marketing standpoint, I don't particular relish being the unknowing consumer.

My advice is not to read this book unless you're willing to make the investment of time and money to read all of the proceeding novels in the series.

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