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The Wedding Runaway (2012)

by Katy Madison(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Katy Madison

series

Dueling Pistols

review 1: I was in the mood to read about a heroine masquerading as a boy so this one I got interested in after reading the synopsis. It started good but then it became predictable starting with the reveal of her sex. And then things became dizzying and the writer added unnecessary secondary story plots. Argh! One moment you're reading about the main couple, next paragraph it's about the brother and this Helena. Plus there are a couple of women in the story that are associated with the hero who btw are disgustingly connected to him one way or another.
review 2: The premise of this book was catchy - she masquerades as a boy to earn a living gambling in London after running away from her wedding in Boston. He becomes sort of a mentor, they get along well, but if only he co... moreuld stop having these unnatural feelings towards a boy! Maybe he is completely evil and depraved!This review is slightly spoilerish, but only if you can't figure out exactly how the book will end.At last he finds out she's a woman! Hurray, he wasn't attracted to a boy! But he still beats himself up for being some form of evil and undeserving of happiness. And then it gets worse. Not that anything happens, but because nothing happens. He wants her, she wants him, she's willing and able, he keeps making out with her and then running away. So much self-flagellation! Maybe the first two times were okay, maybe even three. But I can't even count how many times he tried to push her away, then showed up again to show her how much he wants her, then tells her he's no good for her and runs away again, but not before "laving her nipples." I know it's a standard plot device, but it went on so many times that he really just needed a kick in the head. Also, it took up a lot of the book, leaving very little time at the end for him to have a great revelation. His revelation wasn't well-written, either, I couldn't pinpoint a certain instance when he changed his mind, we just catch up to him later and he's realized that of course he's been an idiot. Well. We already knew that.Another minor complaint is the style - the author would switch from one story to another. She would leave a cliffhanger situation, but then when she returned to those characters, they were already past it. They might think about what happened in flashback, but I didn't like being taken out of the action and never returned.Finally, this book is the last of a series. I thought it was the first book, so I was confused and annoyed when so much attention was paid to tertiary characters and mystical cursed pistols. Then I realized that I should have read all the other books. Oops, totally my bad. So, this book doesn't stand alone very well. I'm not going back to the other books because from what I could gather each couple had similar misunderstandings and cat and mouse games that went on for an entire book. And I've seen how they all end. less

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