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Dec 24, 2010 KatLynne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: smokin-hot-steamy, kindle-lendable, g-historical-romance, hero-rake-bad-boy, 2011-reads

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is my first book by this author and I loved it. This is surprising to me in that I normally do not enjoy books where the hero/heroine is not faithful to their wedding vows. I like unwavering commitment! And like most who will be reading this review, my days are a circus and I covet my reading time. Therefore, I do not wish to invest in a book where there’s little chance of me liking the hero. I had heard lots of good things and wanted to try this one, and I am so glad that I did!

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Feb 14, 2011 Quinn rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, regency-victorian-georgian

Carolyn Jewel is not an author I had heard of before this book, so suffice it to say Scandal was my first read by her. I’m not disappointed. I was inspired to read this one by my friend Tammy’s joyful review, and I’m really glad I did.

The author’s prose is lovely – simple without being basic – and I was immediately drawn into the story. It grabbed me literally from the first page and that doesn’t happen often with me. It had a great opening that left me immediately wanting more.

We start the book Carolyn Jewel is not an author I had heard of before this book, so suffice it to say Scandal was my first read by her. I’m not disappointed. I was inspired to read this one by my friend Tammy’s joyful review, and I’m really glad I did.

The author’s prose is lovely – simple without being basic – and I was immediately drawn into the story. It grabbed me literally from the first page and that doesn’t happen often with me. It had a great opening that left me immediately wanting more.

We start the book from the hero’s point of view, and I really loved his voice. In fact, there is no doubt that Banallt made the book for me. He is a wonderful, wonderful hero. Loved his character. Scandal is worth reading for Banallt alone.

Banallt has been longing for Sophie since the day he met her – at a time when he was revelling in his role as rake, and she was married to his friend. His desire has not dimmed over time, and I must give the author credit for never over-writing this. Her portrayal of Banallt, and his longing for Sophie, was perfectly rendered.

If Banallt was the star of the show, unfortunately, Sophie is probably the reason why this one didn’t come closer to 5 stars for me. I found Sophie, and her behaviour, to be pretty frustrating throughout, and I think the author was missing something crucial in her development of Sophie’s character.

Sophie is not a beauty, and her husband (horrid man that he was) married her for her money and was openly faithless throughout their marriage. It is no wonder that she was mistrustful of Banallt. But. I think she carried this on for waaaaaaaaay too long. It almost got to the point where I would have been happy for him to find someone else – not a good thing in a romance.

When she returned to London as a widow, Sophie immediately attracted some suitors of note, and given her lack of physical beauty (which I actually appreciated), I would have expected there to be some significant attribute that attracted these quality men to her. I didn’t see it. And unfortunately I ended up not being convinced that she deserved Banallt – though I never questioned that she was definitely what he wanted.

All that said, the scenes when Banallt and Sophie finally kiss and then ‘get together’ were really well done. I really liked this author’s love scenes!

There were a couple of other minor irritants that stopped me from giving this 5 stars – the author had a very repetitive phrase that once I’d noticed it I couldn’t stop, and there were one or two scenes, that although beautifully written, didn’t ring true.

Still, this was a really enjoyable read and one that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to other lovers of historical romance.
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