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La Sorella Della Sposa (2009)

by Julia Justiss(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin Mondadori (I Grandi Romanzi Storici)

series

Wellingfords

review 1: 4 stars for neat characters. 2 stars for too much internal pondering and doubt.I LIKED:I really enjoyed the characters. Elizabeth did not care to be part of society - the ton. She did not want to have “a season,” and she found someone to love and marry without going through the parties. She did not care about clothes. She was happy to wear prior year styles. She loved to draw and paint. Hal had a speech problem. He spoke in phrases. He was brilliant in business - like a venture capitalist - finding projects to invest in and oversee. He was never interested in the many ladies his overbearing mother forced on him. His mother insulted him and demeaned him. He avoided her as much as possible.The story begins with Elizabeth in mourning after her husband’s deat... moreh. Hal comes to help manage her finances. I liked the plot and I liked the events that happened.I DID NOT LIKE:Several times after they see each other, they both have long, internal ponderings and doubts. She thinks he couldn’t possibly like me. He’s only doing this for this reason. He thinks she could never love me, she is only grateful for whatever reason. It was a downer reading these thoughts. It was excessive to create extra conflict. Let the story and personalities create conflict. Don’t spend all this time on inaccurate assumptions and doubts. And then they would act cold or avoid the other because of these assumptions. And it was worse after they had sex. Each believing the other couldn’t possibly ever love them. Ick. I wanted some happiness time together and can’t-wait-to-see-you-so-we-can-have-more-sex. We don’t get that.I did not like the motivation for the sex scene. It didn’t feel right for her to initiate it. He was always respectful of her by controlling his desire. I’d rather see him lose some control. Instead it was like “ok if you really want this I’ll do it” – tepid.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person. Story length: 370 pages. Swearing language: mild. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 1. Setting: 1813 and 1820 London, England. Copyright: 2010. Genre: regency romance.
review 2: Loved this smexy regency romance (but no sex till the end, after the relationship grows and the chemistry simmers).Sigh. I adore Hal Waterman, a financial genius who stutters and mumbles, with no town bronze, but still a member of ton society, with some highly placed good friends. He's also a decent sportsman. His superficial mother is overtly ashamed of him, even though he is polite and good looking. Appalling -- how she treats him. Hal has loved Elizabeth Lowery for years, even before her first marriage, but he thought she could never look twice at him -- mummy dearest really did a job on him! Now Elizabeth is a widow, with an adorable son of about 5 years. She needs help, because someone is ripping her off and threatening her good name. Hal comes quietly to her aide. Both Hal and Elizabeth are shy -- she is an artist -- but their gradually developing bond brings out the protective and passionate in each of them. By the end of the story, Elizabeth is facing down dragons and Hal is standing up to loan sharks and other assorted creeps. A special regency romance. Just dreamy. I heart Hal. Part of a series, but I haven't read the others, and didn't really need to. less

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