_What a Lady Wants_ Victoria Alexander
May. 18th, 2007 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitout*sigh*
It's not like it was particularly terrible. It just wasn't good. Kinda cool that the major characters in the book seemed to all have good relationships with family members (siblings when present, parents, etc.). I assume the backstory about the scandals of the parents is told in some other Alexander novel. The whole fate thing was annoying. I did like the women astronomers thing.
Two major complaints. (1) Killing off the hero's dad. He was shifting everything over to the son anyway, so having him die just to prove to him his competence seems dodgy at best. But worse, hero's mom was supposed to finally get her trip around the world. Will she now? I doubt it. Altho I suppose she might travel with the heroine's parents. *shrug* (2) That damn gun. Did she leave it loaded _all_ the time? If not, why isn't she shown loading/unloading it? If it really is an antique pistol, I don't think you _can_ leave it loaded all the time. And then dropping it _twice_ at crucial moments? I like it when the heroine shoots the hero (turns out it's one of my all time favorite romance novel motifs, which says horrible things about me as a person). But accidentally? Please.
Back to TitleTrader it goes.
I've got new Doctor Who episodes. Wheeeeee! I've watched this season through _Gridlock_ and am attempting, unsuccessfully, to pace myself. I _love_ Freema!
It's not like it was particularly terrible. It just wasn't good. Kinda cool that the major characters in the book seemed to all have good relationships with family members (siblings when present, parents, etc.). I assume the backstory about the scandals of the parents is told in some other Alexander novel. The whole fate thing was annoying. I did like the women astronomers thing.
Two major complaints. (1) Killing off the hero's dad. He was shifting everything over to the son anyway, so having him die just to prove to him his competence seems dodgy at best. But worse, hero's mom was supposed to finally get her trip around the world. Will she now? I doubt it. Altho I suppose she might travel with the heroine's parents. *shrug* (2) That damn gun. Did she leave it loaded _all_ the time? If not, why isn't she shown loading/unloading it? If it really is an antique pistol, I don't think you _can_ leave it loaded all the time. And then dropping it _twice_ at crucial moments? I like it when the heroine shoots the hero (turns out it's one of my all time favorite romance novel motifs, which says horrible things about me as a person). But accidentally? Please.
Back to TitleTrader it goes.
I've got new Doctor Who episodes. Wheeeeee! I've watched this season through _Gridlock_ and am attempting, unsuccessfully, to pace myself. I _love_ Freema!