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Intentions Of The Earl (2011)

by Rose Gordon(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Parchment & Plume, LLC

series

Scandalous Sisters

review 1: I really enjoyed previous books by Gordon, but this one was SO HARD to get into and enjoy. I don't know if it was an early book or what, but I found myself looking for the next thing to hate. I didn't like Brooke from the start, really. I think some of the wording in this was off, such as over-explanations (like the dual meaning to taking his wife to the bedroom...) or saying things that didn't need to be said (the lake that was more of a pond... so call it a pond, maybe?). I also thought Brooke's naivety at the, ahem, goings on between a man and woman didn't fit with her personality. And honestly, she had NO idea about ANY of it? I don't care if it is the 1800s... people talk. Also, I didn't like some the stereotypes in this book, they seemed forced - all Americans... more are crude (smarting much from losing the colonies, eh?), the idea of borrowing money from your wife (the horror), it's a good thing women don't run the government (sure, sure), all men have mistresses except my father (UGH, not really...). Oh well, there were some things that I liked, like Alex (because I read his book before this), the reference to the Tudors (yay!), and the part with the paper roses (that was cute). I found myself not eager to pick this up and read it and I honestly don't know if I want to read the rest of the series yet, especially Liberty (oi!)Sorry Gordon, not one of my favorites...
review 2: I was going to give this book three stars, just because it was plain boring. However, after finishing it I decided it was too poorly written (or edited, I can't decide which...) to deserve more than two stars. The characters of Brooke and Andrew get completely lost in the middle of the book that it felt like I only just started reading about the characters I met at the beginning in the last chapter of the book (If that makes any sense....) Also, when the main problem of the novel was being explained by Andrew's mother, it was so weirdly written that I had to read it three times before I actually understood what the heck was going on. The author introduced people who were never even talked about before the conversation, and it felt like it was just thrown in there at random. I still don't really understand it, nor do I want to. It had such promise at the beginning when Brooke is acting snarky and spunky. After they left for Bath, the plot crumbled. There was a random, meaningless chapter with the Duke of Gateway that goes in the "plot box" and is explained far too much later in the aforementioned terrible problem explanation. One of the side-characters who seemed of some importance, Lady Olivia (I think that's her name) completely disappears. The more I type, the more I feel this novel doesn't even deserve two stars, but I'll keep it there to represent the two scenes I actually liked. less

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