Laura T. reviewed on
Helpful Score: 8
Story: 4.5
Romance: 4.5
Overall rating: 4.5
Near perfection! I have very much enjoyed the Desperate Duchesses series. It was agonizing to wait for this book to be delivered to me--finally! Yet, how satisfying to turn the final page.
Every Eloisa James fan knows that her style includes a lot of description to make the characters, home furnishings, landscape and costume come alive for the reader. Combine those vivid images with an interesting storyline and witty dialogue, and it is clear how James is able to deliver winner after winner.
I appreciated that Eleanor struggled emotionally between her new attachment and her former attachment, but I was happy she figured things out so quickly. Leopold, on the other hand, was somewhat dense in his similar dilemma. All the signs were there and he is simply too smart to have missed them as written. That out-of-character portrayal is the only reason I didn't give James a perfect 5.
I would have enjoyed a little more teasing foreplay to accompany the attraction, but overall, a very enjoyable and satisfying conclusion to the series.
By the way, if you go to Ms. James' website (EloisaJames.net), you can read her "Final Chapter" to this story--which takes place between the conclusion of the story and the epilogue and includes all of the characters from the Duchess series.
Enjoy!
Romance: 4.5
Overall rating: 4.5
Near perfection! I have very much enjoyed the Desperate Duchesses series. It was agonizing to wait for this book to be delivered to me--finally! Yet, how satisfying to turn the final page.
Every Eloisa James fan knows that her style includes a lot of description to make the characters, home furnishings, landscape and costume come alive for the reader. Combine those vivid images with an interesting storyline and witty dialogue, and it is clear how James is able to deliver winner after winner.
I appreciated that Eleanor struggled emotionally between her new attachment and her former attachment, but I was happy she figured things out so quickly. Leopold, on the other hand, was somewhat dense in his similar dilemma. All the signs were there and he is simply too smart to have missed them as written. That out-of-character portrayal is the only reason I didn't give James a perfect 5.
I would have enjoyed a little more teasing foreplay to accompany the attraction, but overall, a very enjoyable and satisfying conclusion to the series.
By the way, if you go to Ms. James' website (EloisaJames.net), you can read her "Final Chapter" to this story--which takes place between the conclusion of the story and the epilogue and includes all of the characters from the Duchess series.
Enjoy!
