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The Edge Of Impropriety (2008)

by Pam Rosenthal(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

045122230X (ISBN13: 9780451222305)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Signet Eclipse

review 1: It was mildly amusing, and served its purpose as being brain-candy. I'm not really a huge fan of regency-era novels one way or the other, but the characters were a bit unconventional in being somewhat older, more eccentric, and more independent. The end outcome was actually quite modern in some ways. Honestly, that's really all I have to say about it - it's just not my cup of tea, but I didn't dislike it.
review 2: Not quite a five-star romance, because the chemistry between the couple was good but not great. I loved the characters (and characterization)--and while normally I don't care that much about setting, I found that this book made Regency England feel very real.The heroine is a novelist; the hero a specialist in Greek antiquities who is raising his dead... more brother's children. They both live on the edge of society for different reasons. Both are frank and open about their desire for an affair, which makes for refreshing reading.I think maybe Rosenthal is a hair too literary for me to really love her novels. I like over-the-top drama in romance; I love scenes where the hero discovers he was oh-so-wrong in his assumptions about the heroine. So far, Rosenthal's characters have been too adult and rational for this kind of romantic nonsense. (Yes, I know it's nonsense. But when it's done right ["Sweet Hero! Now thy image doth appear in the rare semblance that I loved it first!":], it's exactly what speaks to me as a romance reader.) On the other hand, maybe I just haven't read the right Rosenthal yet! less

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