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Wicked All Day (Lorimer Family & Clan Cameron #5)

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New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle continues her enthralling historical series with the story of an impetuous, illegitimate beauty and the forbidding nobleman who protects her -- while fighting an obsession to possess her....

Miss Zoë Armstrong is beautiful, charming, rich -- and utterly unmarriageable. So, while she may be the ton's most sparkling diamond, her c...more

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Published September 22nd 2009 by Pocket Books (first published January 1st 2009)

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Sep 25, 2009 seton rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childhood-connect

I have a love/hate thang with Liz Carlyle.

LOVED her first 2 books - My False Heart and A Woman Scorned. In fact, one of the reasons I read this bk was because the Stuart and Zoe are children of the H/Hs in those books. I would recommend that you read those bks first before tackling this one.

On the other hand, later bks like The Devil You Know and Two Little Lies were wallbangers. I almost gave up LC for good after reading those. A common school of thought on LC - and one that I share - is that...more I have a love/hate thang with Liz Carlyle.

LOVED her first 2 books - My False Heart and A Woman Scorned. In fact, one of the reasons I read this bk was because the Stuart and Zoe are children of the H/Hs in those books. I would recommend that you read those bks first before tackling this one.

On the other hand, later bks like The Devil You Know and Two Little Lies were wallbangers. I almost gave up LC for good after reading those. A common school of thought on LC - and one that I share - is that LC is not what she used to be. In terms of technical skills, she CAN be one of the best historical writers working today. She writes formal, rich, character-driven novels with deeply flawed characters. However, I almost never list her as one of my favorite authors because her bks rarely come together into a totally satisfying read for me. . . .

Such is the case with WAD. There are a lot of things in WAD that are on my instant hits list: H/H who know each other from childhood and Hero Pining. Unfortunately, as often happens with bks with this setup, I dont see where Zoe and Stuart fell in love. That is always a big sticking pt with me. Second, after the villain coming back from the dead, LC employs two of my least favorite Soap Opera tropes to move the story along. One of these tropes, I hated so much in this book that I never got beyond it. Third, I was less than enthralled with the spoiled, mischievious Zoe in LC's last novel: Tempted All Night and my opinion didnt change with her own book.

So . . . while WAD was okay, it was not as good as LC's last 4 books. Perhaps you have noticed the number of bks I mentioned connected to this novel (and I didnt list all of the connected bks either)? WAD is more for the hardcore LC fan. LC will not always explain all the relationships from previous bks to a new reader. She might info dump or she might just expect you to know all the particulars. Zoe and Stuart are called "cousins" throughout this bk but they are actually distant cousins BY MARRIAGE and dont have any blood ties between them.

Grade: B-
Sensuality: PG-13 (not one of LC's hotter bks)
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Jan 05, 2010 Theresa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Theresa by: AAR

Shelves: romance-historical, kindle-reads, 2009, 2010, tgif

After reading Seton's review, I realized I picked up a book in the middle of a "sort-of" series... "sort-of" because reading the previous books isn't required, but it would appear I missed out on a lot by not having read the previous books.

Pet-Peeve # 1: Spoiled, bratty, whiny, self-pitying, occasionally TSTL heroine. OMG, I just wanted to smack Zoe around throughout this book! I didn't like her AT ALL.

Pet-Peeve # 2: Robin (hero's brother and part of the love triangle) was sort-of cool until t...more

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Aug 21, 2012 ѕєяєηιтι rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, read-in-2012

Seviyorum bu yazarı Yanlız Benim Ol kitabınıda sevmiştim bu kitabınıda sevdim. Zoe'yi zaten o kitaptan bayağı merak ediyordum.

Kitapta en beğendiğim şey ailelerin tutumu oldu. İki tarafın aileside mükemmeldi ya hele ki Zoe'nin üvey annesine bayıldım malum Zoe gayri meşru ama Evie kendi çocuklarından ayırmamış ve kızın hep iyiliğini düşünüyordu genelde bu şekilde olmaz işleyiş o yüzden ayrı bi güzeldi.

Romanın bütün kahramanları çok iyiydi gerçi. Kızımızın en yakın arkadaşı Robin Robinin abisi Merc...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Pamela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Miss Zoë Armstrong has always known that there was something different about her and she has come to terms with that. She figures if one can't be good, then one might as well enjoy being bad. After five seasons of flirting, dancing, and turning down numerous marriage proposals, Zoë is starting to grow weary of her life. And all that will soon come to an end, for Zoë's father is determined to marry her off. It is after one of her arguments with him that Zoë real...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Sofia_kim rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'll start by saying that I'm a huge LC fan I've read practicly all her books and loved most but sadly this one was not one of them .. I didn't like it at all it was boring empty and far too long for the plot not that the plot was that interesting and did I mention boring?? Lord , I was skeeping pages and pages and didn't seem to have missed Much the caracteres were depointing at best and irritating and annoying otherwise . Zoe was a big faillure to me I mean I used to like her in ther other LC...more I'll start by saying that I'm a huge LC fan I've read practicly all her books and loved most but sadly this one was not one of them .. I didn't like it at all it was boring empty and far too long for the plot not that the plot was that interesting and did I mention boring?? Lord , I was skeeping pages and pages and didn't seem to have missed Much the caracteres were depointing at best and irritating and annoying otherwise . Zoe was a big faillure to me I mean I used to like her in ther other LC books she seemed refreshing but in her own book she came as a spoiled childish pathetic shrew she was so out of caractere she was supposed to be wild and dangerous and strong willed but all I could see was a self pitying selfish childish sorry mess I mean seriously no self repecting strong women would accept marring someone whom she doesn't want and who clearly doesn't want her she was so inconsistent I hurt reading her monologe she was ashamed she kissed mecer but kept right ondoing it how she knew robin was in love with another but still clinged to him it took him a near death accident to make her take a decision .she is seriously one of my least fav heroines so far .
Mecer , well I have conflicting feeling about him I liked him but he got on my nerves sometimes he was the best written caractere in the book and I just hoped he realized his feelings for her earlier .
Robin, well he was an aweful load of crap , he irritated me the most he seemed so immature and idiotic and not that sure of him self I mean if you love someone why in god's green earth would you go and kiss and grope some other women !!!!he was cheering her up ???well I cheer my friends up when they're feeling down but I never kissed anyone of them so far !!lol he was seriously pathetic in all his self rightous self pitting anger .
The plot sucked plainly speaking , the story was so shalow and predictible i almost didn't finish the book no LC intereting mystery subplot or stong second caracters nothing to keep you turning the pages but the faint hope that the story will somehow pick it self up .
The only bright spot in this book was LC writing style wish I love I certainly missed the witty dialogues from the previous books of the series but it was okey even if the pacing was wrong. LC managed to make it number one on my " bad story good writing" list .
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Nov 22, 2009 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-reads

Wicked All Day tells the story of Zoë Armstrong and Stuart Rowland, the Marquess of Mercer. Zoe is the illegitimate daughter of Elliott Armstrong, the Marquess of Rannoch and Stuart's parents are Jonet Rowland and Cole Amherst of A Woman Scorned. You can read Elliott's story in My False Heart.

Zoë Armstrong is resigned to her fate as an "unmarriagable" woman because of her illegitimacy. At 23, she has had marriage proposals, but mostly from men looking to cash in on her dowry. Caught in a compro...more Wicked All Day tells the story of Zoë Armstrong and Stuart Rowland, the Marquess of Mercer. Zoe is the illegitimate daughter of Elliott Armstrong, the Marquess of Rannoch and Stuart's parents are Jonet Rowland and Cole Amherst of A Woman Scorned. You can read Elliott's story in My False Heart.

Zoë Armstrong is resigned to her fate as an "unmarriagable" woman because of her illegitimacy. At 23, she has had marriage proposals, but mostly from men looking to cash in on her dowry. Caught in a compromising position, Zoë finds herself engaged to be married to a distant cousin, Robert Rowland. She and Robert (Robin) have been best friends for much of their lives, but they don't have romantic feelings for each other. Not only that, but Robert's brother Stuart (Mercer) finds himself in the difficult position of admitting that he does have feelings for Zoë but he waited too late to express them. To further complicate matters Robin is in love with someone else. Talk about a love triangle! Or maybe this would be a love square? Not sure...anyway...

Zoë was a spoiled, coddled little rich girl who had been given everything that she had ever wanted. Even so, I couldn't help but like her. She had always dreamed that she would marry for love, but no matter what she did, her father wouldn't let her ruin herself by refusing to marry Robin. As the book progresses, we see that there's much more to Zoë than first thought. Her character develops throughout the book until even she is surprised at the compassion and strength that she finds within herself.

Mercer was a great hero. Strong, dependable, and steadfast, he was the exact opposite of his brother Robin. Mercer was always looking out for those around him, so it was exciting to see when he decided to throw caution to the wind and take what he wanted. In this case, that was Zoë. I love watching the strong, silent type crack! It might be a bit off-putting to see Mercer and Zoë together in light of the fact that she was engaged to his brother, but in the context of the story, it wasn't that big a deal to me.

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Apr 08, 2013 Dangermousie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: aaangst, period-romance, romance

I loved this one to bits, even if it took me some time to warm up to the heroine. Zoe, our heroine, is wild because she's been spoiled by her father to compensate for her illegitimacy. However, she goes a step too far when she gets caught in a compromising posion with her childhood friend Robin Rowland, and they are forced to be engaged and set out on a visit to his family home. One problem - Robin is in love with someone else. Wait, that's a minor problem - the real problem is that Zoe can't he...more

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Jun 02, 2010 Judith rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Loved this book! I especially liked the two brothers -- Robert & Stuart -- very different in temperament and their outlook on life which was dictated in large part because of their aristocratic station and responsibilities. Both were gentlemen and honorable, and their difficulties in relationships were painful to read but rewarding to see them resolved. Liz Carlyle, at least in this book, demonstrated to me that she can write a truly engaging story with multiple characters and a plot that ha...more

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Dec 27, 2009 Coffcat rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

I was disappointed in this book. I thought the story could have been intriguing and fun to read but sadly two of the main characters were so dumb that it make the whole thing unpleasant. I loved the hero of the story and thought his character was very well developed and full of depth. Unfortunately the heroine and the younger brother spent 99% of the book being selfish and stupid and I just couldn't make myself care about them. I would have much rather smacked them and told them to grow up! By t...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Tabs rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, owned

Zoe Armstrong lets impulsiveness get the best of her, gets caught in a compromising position with her best friend, and finds herself shipped off to the country with both of their extended families in tow as they are forced to prepare for a marriage absolutely no one wants to happen.

At this point, I would have expected hijinks to ensue but this a more serious book so despair and angst ensue instead. I thought the story was a bit longer than it needed to be, but otherwise an interesting and satisf...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Karla rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I usually enjoy this author's books and this displayed Carlyle's excellent writing. I enjoyed the story and was caught up in the character's plight. However this book was perhaps over-written. It was too descriptive and too long winded, at 421 pages, for a story that would have been better told in 300 pages. There was no mystery subplot, as there is in many of her books, so the story was about Mercer and Zoe untangling themselves from their complications to be together. I'm not sorry I read it a...more

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Feb 13, 2010 Jessi rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Gonna have to go with "meh" on this one. "Tempted All Night" was slightly better. I should have paid attention to the reviews.
Zoe Armstrong's father is pushing her to marry. So she gets engaged to her childhood friend Robin. However, his brother Stuart has been in love with Zoe for years and he is going to get her if he can. Robin is a rather profligate younger son and can't handle the notion that he is in love with his mistress so he drinks to excess. Lots of running around, Robin is in a life-...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Lint rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: opposites-attract

This is one of those few times that I wished I had listened to the reviews and that I hadn't actually spent money on this book.

I thought I would enjoy this book because so many reviews had mentioned how flawed the characters were, and that was what primarily drew me to this book because I'm so tired of reading about oh-so-perfect hero and heroines. I consider myself a reader that generally has a high tolerance for inherently flawed characters because all people are imperfect in some way. However...more This is one of those few times that I wished I had listened to the reviews and that I hadn't actually spent money on this book.

I thought I would enjoy this book because so many reviews had mentioned how flawed the characters were, and that was what primarily drew me to this book because I'm so tired of reading about oh-so-perfect hero and heroines. I consider myself a reader that generally has a high tolerance for inherently flawed characters because all people are imperfect in some way. However, it was obvious that character motivation took a backseat to poor, meandering writing and a very contrived situation that would have been settled early on had the writer not needed to meet her word count. I guess the best place to start with are the characters, since most of my problems with the book stem from them.

Robin (or Robert): If you've read the summary, you'll know that he ends up being betrothed to our female heroine, Zoe. If there was ever a reward I could give to the most childish, immature, selfish, and annoying character ever put down on paper in a romance novel, then Robert would be the one to win it. It's amazing how Carlyle has fooled readers into thinking that he's charming, bigger than life, and likable because he's anything but for a vast majority of the book. In my opinion, he doesn't do a single thing to redeem his awful behavior once. I disliked him so much that I found myself even resenting the small amount of time devoted to seeing that he also got his HEA too.

Zoe Armstrong: I wanted to like Zoe even despite some of her more apparent flaws. I find that I'm mostly ambivalent about her because I don't think Carlyle did her character any real justice. From what I gathered of this girl, it didn't make one iota of sense that she would continue in that farce of a betrothal considering her rather irreverent attitude towards propriety and the way she felt about Robert. If she was so tortured by how miserable Robin was, then it was also illogical that she would have continued to hold him to their engagement. It seemed that the only reason it lasted so long was because the writer needed a contrivance to keep the book running for as long as it did. Zoe also makes several mind boggling decisions in regards to her relationship with Mercer when it was obvious she was already head over heels in love with him. Again, it was more contrived decisions that seemed out of character, but only served to prolong the book.

It's nearly impossible to get a hold on the type of character she was because the author would write her one way but would have her behave in quite another way at the expense of keeping the conflict alive. Just poor writing IMO. I'd rather much have some type of silly tragedy or action bring about the conflict rather than have the characters act in ways that are illogical.

Stuart Rowland (or Mercer): He's written much like a lot of the stock heroes in the genre, but he was probably the most likable character of the three. I thought his devotion and love for Zoe since childhood was quite romantic. He's a little gruff on the exterior but he has a most passionate - though well-controlled - nature.

Also, the ending, *sigh*. Lest we forget, no matter how good the beginning or middle is, the lasting impression comes from the end. This book was in badly need of an epilogue. I hate, hate, hate it when writers in this genre feel it's okay to end it right after the proposal or immediately after the I love yous. I am one to rarely exaggerate my scoring. I don't like to give one, two or even five stars unless I feel like a book is absolutely perfect or totally void of some good redeeming qualities that merit a middling 3 star. Given the fact that the book was already weak in many areas, it seemed fitting that the ending would also sputter out and fall flat - hence my two star.

I was also unhappy about some of the loose ends that I felt didn't get addressed. Or at the least, I would have liked to see a wedding or a wedding announcement. So much time is devoted to family and the rest of the family members that it's almost atrocious that we don't get to see any of their reactions to the happy ending.

Oh, and I can't even count how often she reverted to her favorite phrase of having characters "cut" a glance or "cut" a look or "cut" a glare etc. Seeing it a couple of times was fine, but she used it almost every time a character looked at one another.

Someone else mentioned it earlier, but since this was written as a childhood romance that eventually blossomed, it would have been nice to see a couple more scenes of their childhood together. We get a lot of recounting from other characters, but it would have had more impact had we actually experienced it. It would have definitely had been a nice addition to the novel over having to deal with Robert's temper tantrums and the constant waiting around for something to happen.

I wouldn't recommend anyone spending actual money on this book. Get it from a library or borrow from a friend. I'm sure some may end up liking the book more than I did, but in the great pantheon of romance novels, this one falls straight down to the middle of the pack.
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Nov 05, 2010 Patricia Solla rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own

An interesting historical romance. In this time period women are really 'second class citizens' and the main character is especially affected by the origins of her birth. Then there are the two brothers, distant cousins, who are now also affected by the main character and her 'antics'. Circumstances have made it so that one of the cousins must marry the main character; but this is really not the best situation. The author leads us on a merry chase of who really is right for the prospective bride...more

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Oct 01, 2012 HÜLYA YILMAZ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Aşk Sarmalı Liz Carlyle

Orjinal adı: Wicked All Day Goodreads puanı 3,79 Benim puanım 5/3

Tam iki buçuk yıl sonra Liz Carlyle sanırım yayın evi unuttu bu yazarı sonra tekrar gündemine aldı..
Çok özlemişim..İlk kitabı Yalnız Benim Ol daha çok polisiye ağırlıklı idi..İkinci kitabı Aşk Sarmalı daha duygusal bir hikaye idi...
Bazı yerlerinde sinir olduğum zamanlarda oldu..Özellikle Zoe'nun iki erkek hem de kardeş olan iki erkek arasında kalmasına sinir oldum benim anlayışıma biraz da ters geldi...Bir de...more Aşk Sarmalı Liz Carlyle

Orjinal adı: Wicked All Day Goodreads puanı 3,79 Benim puanım 5/3

Tam iki buçuk yıl sonra Liz Carlyle sanırım yayın evi unuttu bu yazarı sonra tekrar gündemine aldı..
Çok özlemişim..İlk kitabı Yalnız Benim Ol daha çok polisiye ağırlıklı idi..İkinci kitabı Aşk Sarmalı daha duygusal bir hikaye idi...
Bazı yerlerinde sinir olduğum zamanlarda oldu..Özellikle Zoe'nun iki erkek hem de kardeş olan iki erkek arasında kalmasına sinir oldum benim anlayışıma biraz da ters geldi...Bir de kızın gayri meşru olması sanki onun suçumuş gibi devamlı hatırlatılması beni sinir etti..
Ama bence Yalnız Benim Ol bence daha güzeldi...Bu yazarı ne kadar özlesem de kitaplarının karmaşık bir şekilde yayınlanması da yazarın şansızlığı sanırım...Ülkemizde çıkan kitapları farklı serilerden...
Zoe Armstrong Lady Peadre 'nin hikayesi olan Yalnız Benim Ol kitabından da hatırlayacağımız gibi vebalı gibi evlilikten kaçan ama salında gerçekten sevebileceği bir kişi ile evlenmek isteyen bir genç kızdır..Fakat çoğunlukla fevri davranışları yüzünden da çok zor durumlarda kalmaktadır..Çocukluğundan beri kendisi gibi bu tip haylazlıkları olan kuzeni Robert ile birlikte başı sık sık belaya girse de bu gibi durumlarda onun kurtarıcısı diğer kuzen aynı zamanda Mercer Markisi olan Stuart Rowland'dır..
Fakat Zoe'nin aşırılıkları dinmek bilmese de Bir akşam kuzeni ile birlikte çok uygunsuz bir şekilde Mercer ve Sevgilisi Claire tarafından görülerek evlenmelerine karar verilir..Bu iki deli fişek genç aslında birbirlerini aşk anlamında sevmese de yaptıkları o zamanda evlenmelerini gerektirmektedir...Bu yüzden nişanlandırılırlar..Ama iki tarafta bu olası evliliği istemese de bu düşünmeden yaptıkları şey onlara pahalıya ve büyük olaylara sebep olacaktır..
Severek okudum...Yazarın bundan sonraki kitabını merakla bekliyorum.....Ben sevdim bu romanı...Bazı yerlerinde duygusal anlamda kitap bence zirve yaptı....Bir şans tanıyın bence...(less)

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Jun 10, 2012 Velvetp. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 20, 2010 Eastofoz rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Readers with the patience of a saint

Shelves: historical-regency, 2010, books-with-cooties

Does this book ever suck the big one from start to finish and god knows I really tried to like it because it came well-recommended and seems to have made some best of 2009 lists. I don’t know how that could happen when everything and the kitchen sink appear to have been thrown in and the h/h are barely together throughout the novel. Maybe the reader is more forgiving if they read the other books in the series I don’t know.

Stuart and Zoë have known each other since childhood. She’s good friends w...more Does this book ever suck the big one from start to finish and god knows I really tried to like it because it came well-recommended and seems to have made some best of 2009 lists. I don’t know how that could happen when everything and the kitchen sink appear to have been thrown in and the h/h are barely together throughout the novel. Maybe the reader is more forgiving if they read the other books in the series I don’t know.

Stuart and Zoë have known each other since childhood. She’s good friends with his brother Robin. Stuart tries to “fix” a bit of a “mishap” between the two and eventually realizes that he’s really loved Zoë all these years. Sounds good right? Well you’re wrong. It’s so convoluted with this that and the other that when you’re done reading you’re mighty glad it’s finished.

This is supposed to be a love/hate story and it is to a certain point, but it’s hard to get a feel for this romance when you’re 150 pages in and the h/h have barely said boo to each other and nothing really happens until around page 190. That’s some serious filler there. It’s presented as background info but you keep wondering when the story is going to start. The tension building is a complete mess, so much so that when the h/h do get together (which is only sporadically) it’s not believable and I for one wasn’t feeling the “love”. The steam is steamy in some parts but the emotion is missing.

None of the main characters are likable which makes this book drag and drag right to the bitter end. Zöe is TSTL one time too many. Really she’s just a flighty spaz that the author tried to make look like someone who’s carefree but she does one stupid thing after another and rarely thinks before she acts. You can have an adventurous, risk taking heroine but she can’t be an idiot and Zoë is unfortunately just that :-/ Carlyle tried to make her appear like she’d matured at the end of the book but it’s tough to buy because it was all so sudden. As for Stuart, he’s so stuffy it’s suffocating. Yeah opposites attract and all but there’s no way these two could’ve believably gotten together. He puts her down way too much and some parts I thought were unforgivable. He needed to be kicked to the curb and she needed to move on. She also keeps trying to change him which got old. Then there’s dumbass whiny Robin. Yet another one who needed a wake up call. His friendship with Zoë is light and fun but then became tiresome.

If infidelity in romance novels bothers you then steer clear of this book because it happens more than once and between different characters. I can’t say that it bothered me but it made the heroine look cheap that she could fall in and out of bed just like that. I can accept that in a contemporary but it doesn’t seem to work as well in a historical. One of the secondary characters also does some cheating even though he regrets it big time but again it just doesn’t work the way it’s presented because he was going on and on about his great love for his mistress –so why cheat then buddy? This just seemed more like an attitude for a modern day read than a historical. The hate between the h/h feels very forced especially from the hero. I can see a hero who fights against his feelings but here the author was trying too hard to get the message across that he didn’t like the heroine.

There are too many sub-stories in this novel which is frustrating and the author takes too long to get back to the main story. The men are also criers, a bit too emotionally fragile for me.

I can’t say I liked the writing style either. The sentence structure is unnatural at times as if the author is trying to insist that she’s writing a regency –get it slow reader (!) Some sentences just didn’t flow properly because of the weird syntax or choice of vocabulary. If the reader starts noticing something like that then there’s a problem.

A lot of patience is needed to get through this book. The print is tiny, the narration is dense at times and the plot just doesn’t move. 2.5 stars is about all I can give it and Liz Carlyle gets crossed off my list of authors for good. Complete waste of time :-/
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Feb 10, 2011 Nunung rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, boring

Honestly... karakter A-male, B-male, & heroine di buku ini benar2 bikin bete. Spoiled heroine yang tidak tau keinginannya, helpless B-male yang pasrah pada situasi, dan yang paling parah, A-male yang tidak bisa bertindak tegas pada situasi yang seharusnya bisa ia kendalikan... Marquess seharusnya punya privilige dan power kan? Jika daya tarik romance terletak pada sanguin hot-blooded alpha male dan feisty intelligent strong heroine... maka cerita ini sungguh tidak menarik!

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Sep 25, 2009 Kit rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Must Read for fans of Liz Carlyle! Some of the scenes in Wicked All Day are amongst the beautifully written in romance that I have read, especially the scene between Robin and his stepfather. Still at times the story seemed to sag under Stuart's charater. Although it wasn't perfect, it is a great read.
*The story is great on it's own but will be enhanced if you have read at least My False Heart and A Women Scorned.

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Feb 14, 2012 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Zoe seemed a little different than when she was introduced in the 1st book. I liked it but they circled and circle around until poof they just had to have each other. This could have been a little bit more creative but still a good read. I missed George Kemble in this book. Mentioning him isn't the same as him being there.

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Jun 09, 2011 J. Ostrowski rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ah, another author to add to my short list of writers who do historical romance refreshingly well. Wicked All Day contains thorough, deeply welled characters embroiled in realistic hardships. I was tempted to tears of sorrow and tears of joy. And that, for me, is the indication of refined talent.

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Apr 16, 2012 Annette rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

It started off well, but listening to Robin go into a snivelling, whining idiot was not enjoyable. I sure wouldn't want someone who couldn't think and handle a problem any better then that.
Zoe wasn't handling it much better. No one was stopping to think and talk to each other.

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Dec 09, 2012 Lydia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I must admit that the first few chapters of this book did not endear me to the character, but she grows and develops through adversity. The ending was rather abrupt and Julia Quinn has addicted me to the epilogue and I felt there was enough questions left to warrant one.

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Sep 15, 2010 JPerceval rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance

Though a wealthy heiress, Zoe Armstrong will never be fully socially accepted due to her bastard status, so she's decided to fly in Society's face and be as outrageous as she can get away with without her father banishing her to his estate in the wilds of Scotland. The problem is, she's caught her cousin, Lord Robin Rowland, up in her latest scandal, forcing an engagement between them that effectively ruins their lifelong friendship. Even worse, it is Robin's older brother Stuart who has always...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars

I rarely read romances so I don't have much to compare it to but I fairly liked it. The characters didn't really grow much it was more off just discovering their feelings and actually saying them outloud. But I guess it's not meant to be deep considering it's a romance novel so I guess it did it's job. The story ended abruptly for me though, other than that I guess it was okay.

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Oct 30, 2009 Sherry rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Liz Carlyle can write a good book and this is a good, fast read! What is interesting in this book is the angst; there's a reason for the hero to stand away from Zoe. She makes the characters really likeable and wanted to see them together.

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Oct 24, 2010 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historicalromance

This book had such potential, but most of the characters were self-destructive; there is such a thing as too much drama. None of the characters handled their respective situations (Stuart and his possibly pregnant mistress, Zoe and Robin's indiscretion and their love for other people) in a realistic or appropriate manner. I was looking forward to her story since I enjoyed Phaedra, and earlier Frederica's story, but this didn't live up to her normal quality of writing. Zoe was bold in Tempted All...more

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Oct 03, 2009 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, romance

Liz Carlyle always writes an entertaining romance with likable characters and this fit the pattern. The book wasn't fantastic, but I had a good time reading it. Glad I got it from the library rather than buying it.

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Jan 23, 2010 AnneOK rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"WAD" was my first book by this author to read. Thought it was a good story and the characters kept me interested. I always enjoy characters who have grown up together and deeper relationship progress.

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Dec 17, 2009 Janna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This story didn't use the typical set-up. I liked that the friendships were maintained throughout the book. I also liked the heroine and hero, and how they both admitted and learned from their mistakes.

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The awful truth about novelists is that we are mostly dull, introverted homebodies who only write in order to live our fantasies vicariously. I came to writing rather late in life, and I’m still amazed I can get paid for doing something I love, and that I get to stay home while I do it.

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