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63898Julia Quinn21603149532falseFri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Oct 01 15:43:57 -0700 2008Fri Oct 03 15:08:52 -0700 2008 At first I was a tad confused. It took me a good chapter or two before I realized this wasn’t a prologue, suddenly Grace is single and Thomas is still a Duke. I have to admit I am not thrilled with the way she decided to write this series. A lot of what I read in this book I had already read in the previous book, albeit this time, occasionally, it was from a different perspective, it was still repetitive information. It also took away a lot of the enjoyment of reading as there were little to no surprises and I already knew how it was going to end. Having read the previous book I knew who the true Duke was, knew how it was discovered, etc.
While the previous book concentrated on the romance between Grace and Jack and his discovery of his family ties. This book concentrates on the same discoveries but from the romantic views of Thomas and Amelia. Two people who have been betrothed since the cradle.
I think it was an interesting idea to try to have two stories in one series, both taking place at the same time… Had the whole Duke thing not been the center of each story, it may have worked. But what was exciting and mysterious in the last story, just proved much too monotonous in this one. Entire scenes are reused from the first book leaving me in a consistent state of déjà vu while reading.
Thomas and Amelia are wonderful leads and their relationship was fresh and new, thank goodness, so this book wasn’t a total loss as I enjoyed their romantic part of the tale, immensely. With all that said… I can’t help but feel a little cheated as the author chose to only write half a story. Had I not read the first book I probably would have rated this one a lot higher. Instead of making two books out of one story she should have combined them making it one book/one story with two perspectives. Would have made a more compelling tale and would have saved a tree or two in the process. ;)