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Season For Temptation (2011)

by Theresa Romain(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1420118951 (ISBN13: 9781420118957)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Zebra

series

Holiday Pleasures

review 1: I actually liked this one, the first of the Holiday Pleasures series, the best. I think what especially appeals to me about this one is the lack of psychological issues for the protagonists to work through. Nor are there any bad guys, really, unless you count Xavier (that rat!). All the charm and almost no tension. Or at least no tension related to horrible villains. That really appealed to me – it was just what I was in the mood for – and actually perhaps the lack of horrible villains is particularly suitable for of Christmas-themed story?So, Season for Temptation. I loved Julia so much! Julia and her ginger biscuits. She is such a cheerful extrovert, she babbles so charmingly, she is so bubbly and enthusiastic about nearly everything – especially about brea... morekfast! I have always enjoyed cheerful, bubbly people, in the real world as well as in books, no doubt because I’m not much like that myself. And James was an excellent foil for Julia. One could see why he’d gone and gotten himself engaged to Louisa by accident, that was basically because he is the noble sort right from the beginning, but it did rather put him in a fix, of course, or there wouldn’t have been much of a plot. But basically I just enjoyed Julia so much I wouldn’t really have cared if there hadn’t been a plot at all. Also – and this is different for me – I really liked how Romain handled the major sex scene in this particular book. It didn’t seem at all contrived or unrealistic or dropped in just to meet the reader’s expectations, and it didn’t feel voyeuristic, either. It actually made me laugh instead of skimming lightly over it. That’s quite an achievement.A charming start to a charming series of Christmas-themed Regency romances.
review 2: I read this series out of order, and got this one last instead of first. Shame on me, and for me, because this one is the best of them, and would have set up the others in a better fashion than reading their stories cold without a backdrop. For a debut novel from a new writer, i must admit this was very VERY well done. Likable characters, plausible and funny situations, an occasional turn of phrase that makes you stop and reread it. Well worth the search to locate this one. May the author only get better and better in the future! less

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