Lord Ruin
by:
Carolyn Jewel (author)
Carolyn Jewel,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: The Sinclair Sisters 1, English-language edition,Pub by Carolyn Jewel, Author
Carolyn Jewel,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: The Sinclair Sisters 1, English-language edition,Pub by Carolyn Jewel, Author
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940012245076 (0012245070)
Publish date: March 12th 2011
Publisher: Carolyn Jewel, Author
Edition language: English
For some reason I keep getting a error message when I try to give this book a starred rating. I'd give it a 4 1/2. It's on my keeper shelf. :)
The basic set-up: plain-ish spinster Anne Sinclair injures her ankle while she and her family are houseguests of some lord who is the BFF of the rakish Duke of Cynssyr. It's decided Anne needs quiet and laudanum for the pain, but the problem is there's a full house - the only unoccupied room is that...
My first thoughts about this book were that it had a lot of promise but wasn't coalescing into a cohesive whole. My last thoughts were that it was just a hot mess. The plot was hard to follow, the writing was awkward, and I couldn't understand why Anne, who already had one desirable man in love wit...
My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...I tried and tried to like this book but there were just too many eww-factors and my pet peeves I couldn’t ignore. More than once I wanted to DNF it. At one point I want it to end, simply end and relieve me of my mis...
Definitely a keeper, even though the mystery subplot is a bit confusing and hard to follow - the reader really has to pay attention to follow what's going on. Would have been nice to see the secondary romance develop a lot sooner in the book, although I will pay more attention to those 2 characters ...
12 years ago
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