Normally, I don't mind when mousy little heroines say they've been in love with teh dashing heroes for however long. * A HUGE PET PEEVE: Julia says she's been in love with Alec for 4 years. Make up your mind: is your character emotionally in touch and vulnerable? Or is she emotionally closeted and not given to tears? Hint: SHE CANNOT BE BOTH. In case you couldn't tell, inconsistencies with character personalities REALLY irritate me. It felt like every chapter had her getting teary-eyed. And yet, at that point, when she explained that to the housekeeper, about 120 pages into the book, she had already been in tears no less than three times, and that didn't let up by any means. She tells the housekeeper that she only cries if she's tired or on the rare occasion that she's drunk on rum punch. She says her father used to say that she was all blood and bones, and had no real capacity for emotion. * Another glaring inconsistency as far as character development goes: Julia describes herself as emotionally staid. The back and forth is irritating: is she prim and proper? Or is she bold and outspoken? Make up your damn mind, author. * Julia is always described as prim and proper, but she constantly blurts whatever comes to mind, even if it's shocking, and that's how her cousin describes her - that she's always blurting out shocking things. It's like she was born under a rock and has no idea how real life works. * The chick, Julia, is surprisingly dim-witted and naive. Unfortunately, scandal can occur from the best of intentions.and Julia is never short of good intentions! What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why, marry him, of course.This book was enjoyable enough, but also. But as his plain brown wren transforms herself into an elegant swan, Alec suddenly can't stay away from his last-minute wife-and when he kisses her, the inheritance is the last thing on his mind. At least marriage with do-gooder Julia will guarantee his fortune. Alec's in no position to quibble: if he doesn't marry by midnight and live scandal-free for a year, he loses his inheritance. So when he accidentally snatches her instead of her lovely, scheming cousin for an elopement to Gretna Green, Julia leaps at the chance to make her passionate dreams come true. Julia Frant has secretly loved Alec MacLean, the wild Viscount Hunterston from afar. What can a respectable Regency miss do when kidnapped by a nobleman intent on marriage? Why, marry him, of course.
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