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Silk Is for Seduction (The Dressmakers, #1)

Loretta Chase

Start date: July 1, 2011

Finish date: July 31, 2011

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Apr 16, 2014 Caz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-stars, audiobook, aar, romance-1800-1850

I've given this an A+ for narration and B+ for story at AAR, which I suppose technically makes it 5 stars. I'll go with that, because the performance is utterly superb.

Kate Reading’s narration of Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrelsis an audio triumph, an absolutely perfect meshing of one of the best historical romances with a nuanced and note-perfect performance by a highly talented narrator. Naturally, seeing that Ms. Reading had been engaged to narrate the audiobook versions of Ms. Chase’s late ...more

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Oct 30, 2011 Mai rated it did not like it · review of another edition

“Wooden “heroine ! “less than intelligent “ hero !!
This book really wasn’t that bad .I was entertained many times .but why did I give it 2 stars only ?
Before I start I should warn u there are POSSIBLE SPOILERS
And the fact is that this is just my opinion and how I felt about the book.
The heroine :
I felt I never KNEW the hero and the heroine .The heroine was cold ,WOODEN ,manipulative and she seems to lack emotions .I had the same problem with LORD OF SCOUNDRELS .Jessica was less cold but never p ...more

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Jul 22, 2012 PoligirlReads rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I don't usually read Loretta Chase, as I find her prose a little too flowery, but when I do, I never regret it. She's got a knack for weaving in a variety of secondary and tertiary characters and plots in a way that doesn't seem contrived or a distraction. Was everything realistic? No (an incredible amount of misfortune meets Marcelline in an incredibly short amount of time). But it seemed to fit, and it moved the story and the relationship forward. I liked how Clevedon got interested in fashion ...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Nana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, up-for-second-chance-reread, meh

I've read only two books from Loretta Chase before this, and that was Lord of Scoundrels and The Last Hellion. They belong to my all-time-faves shelf. Those were enough to make her one of my favorite authors of the genre so I was pretty excited to get this one. Unfortunately, this one didn't deliver to me, satisfaction-wise. The story and romance fell flat and I nudged on to continue this but even after I finished it, my feelings towards it didn't change. Even the well-written wit and character ...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Madu rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical

2.5-3 stars
I don't like Loretta Chase's style... I don't know why it doesn't make me empathise with the characters.. This book made me sad because I realised that I won't read any LC books in the future ...more

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