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The Debutante's Dilemma (2000)

by Elyse Mady(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: 2-1/2 stars. I liked the lilty, formal language a lot. I liked that the ending was a tad ambiguous. There was the misuse of a word (discrete/discreet), which bugged. But a) it was too short and because of that, b) I can't buy how the debutante was initiated into the pleasures of the flesh when she hadn't been so much as kissed. And, well, I didn't really care that much about the characters; I simply didn't know anything about them.
review 2: It could have been a five but I had a couple of issues with it.1. The wording.It's not just that the entire first chapter is in omniscient POV, but that the word choices were cumbersome throughout the book and work to slow down the read as a whole. Why say squab when you can say cushion, as Mark Twain would say?Mark Twain: ... more"I never write metropolis for seven cents when I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman when I can get the same money for cop."2. The HEA.Two men and one woman living happily ever after, though she can only be married to one. No jealousies there? Hmmm.... well it is a work of fiction! But that doesn't excuse the lapse of logic in her setup - if neither man is speaking to the other, why would she assume that both (wholly unaware of the other's concurrent invitation) wouldn't simply arrive at the same time, as invited? Why does she not entertain that possibility?Lastly, keeping with the HEA, she has a moment of doubt wherein she discovers that lust doesn't equal sex, but then everyone ardently declares their love, including her. (?)The author's strong point was the wording in the sex scenes, which were largely devoid of odd turns of phrase, and more to the point! All in all, I'd read this author again - with the dictionary handy! less

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