 |
Desperate Duchesses
|
This is the first Eloisa James book I have ever read and I'm not impressed. Her "frothy" style of writing is not for me so I came close to closing the book before I was even into chapter 2. I also thought that James was a Regency author but this book is clearly Georgian. Nothing wrong there necessarily. It just wasn't what I expected. So, this was a book that I really just had to make myself finish. I really wanted to give the author a chance.
But come on, who are the real main characters? I know they were supposed to be Roberta and Damon, but I often wondered if the author remembered that. There was really just so much stuff crammed into this book, with very little character development of the main hero and heroine. Jemma, Elijah and Villiers were more the main love triangle. And Roberta was just downright silly with her "I'm in love with Villiers" and "I'm going to marry Villiers." Come on.
There was no hint of anything between those two so it made the story all the more harder to digest. And the superfluous fluff was just too much and was completely dumb at times... like when Selina showed up with the Prince towards the end of the book. My eyes just rolled. And what's with the abrupt scene changes between sentences? I had to re-read some sections just to make sure I didn't miss something.
