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Fortune Hunter (2012)

by Ava March(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1426893582 (ISBN13: 9781426893582)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Carina Press

series

Brook Street

review 1: I need to just stop reading modern Regency romances because there seems to be no way that any author will live up to Georgette Heyer, or even be worth just contemplating her footsteps. Reading Regencies oneself and loving them to bits is clearly not enough. This was pretty much the opposite of the typical Heyer characters who dazzle with scintillating wit which brings the period to sparkling life; it was drab and dull. I didn’t care for either of the main characters — Oscar was too much of a doormat and Julian had no redeeming qualities for most of the book. And then apparently both grew up a lot — during 2+ years apart which happen outside of the book. No. Don’t tell me, show me how it happens.
review 2: I need to begin this review by saying that... more I do not normally care for historical fiction--ok, let me be perfectly clear--I do not like --well I avoid historical fiction with everything I am---unless it is written by Ava March. Then...well I practically run to get the new release. So, it is no surprise to me that once again, I was thoroughly enthralled by Fortune Hunter and have bought both the other books in this trilogy.At its heart, this was a growing up story for both the main characters. Julina a penniless and fortune seeking young man belongs to "those Parkers" and is doing everything he can to break into good society and find a wealthy wife so that he will never need to wallow in poverty again. The problem is he is gay in Victorian society and a wife is the last thing he really wants.And matters are even more complicated when he meets the shy and genuinely kind Oscar Woodhaven. Oscar just wants a friend--a companion--someone who wants him just for himself--and not for his fortune and, at first, thinks he has found just that in Julian. However, a series of doubts and a wrong move by Julian causes Oscar to reverse his opinion and toss Julian away leaving him to make a decision--either pursue a rich wife or go back to America and make his way honestly in order to win back the man he has found himself in love with--Oscar.Ava March write historical fiction so beautifully. She keeps the pace clipping along and manages to immerse us in an long gone by era complete with all the trappings. Not only that but she does so with smart dialogue, hot sex and lovely characters! Fortune Hunter was a top notch novel with just the right amount of angst to make this historical fiction hater LOVE this novel! less

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