Well written, but as exciting as drifting down a lazy stream. There's no thrill of pursuit, no nefarious plans of espionage - just a mediocre mystery (oh, this had such potential for twists & turns deeply intertwined with the characters from the first book!), and offers us arrogant Alex - who is as bland as toast and just as appealing.

The first tale in this series was a treat, but this second story was good as a bedtime sedative, not much more.

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I am not sure I have read a novel by Jane Feather before but honestly I was quite dissapointed. To Wed... ended up being a lackluster tale of a normally sensible young woman who seemingly loses all of her sense and intelligence and weds a russian prince who she has only met four times. The prince in question is not so much wicked as callous and brutish in his treatment of Lavia and his quest to dethrone Czar Alexander. Honestly I was so upset by Lavia's non-sensical marriage and the period inappropriate euphasisms that the author kept using (ex: level the playing field) that I found it hard to enjoy the novel. Also it seemed much longer then needed. There are much better period romances out there then this one.

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I really enjoyed the book even though I had a hard time with the spy stuff and it probably would have helped if I read the first book first just so I can have a handle of the characters. I thought Livia and Alex were a great match. Alex, being so high-handed, needed someone clever like Livia to handle him. What I liked about Alex is that he was open to learn. What I find amazing about Livia is her ability to learn when to fight for something and when to back off. It's not exactly action packed but I think the interactions between Livia and Alex was interesting enough to carry the book.

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Ihave also read the trilogy
I liked them very much
The Prince was less an interesting character than the 2 Englishmen
however the info about the Russian social system
and the exile situation in London of the time was nicely written

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I usually like Jane Feather's books, but I found Prince Alex so obnoxious that I couldn't continue with it beyond the first few pages (and I almost never stop reading a book once I've begun it). It may be that I was just not personally receptive to the book at the time, so I hope to read the first book in the series to get some background, and give it another try.

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