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Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
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Aug 28, 11

1 of 5 stars
bookshelves: romance
Read from August 26 to 28, 2011

It's brisk and sometimes witty, but I couldn't get past the absurdly overblown prose, two-dimensional characters (the heavy-handed provision of a tortured past for Dain did not help), and basically silly plot. I can imagine that for someone versed in the conventions of the genre, there might be other charms here, but for me, the book read like a parody of my worst imaginings about romance fiction. I found it much funnier than I think it meant to be...

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Reading Progress

08/28/2011 page 384
100.0% ""[Romance] is a curry, spiced with excitement and humor and a healthy dollop of cynicism.""
08/26/2011 page 275
72.0% "It's a parody, right?"
08/26/2011 page 275
72.0% "It's a parody, right?"
08/26/2011 page 275
72.0% "It's a parody, right?"

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