The Trouble with Honor...And there is a lot of Trouble: Reviews

dear readers,

(I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review).

THE TROUBLE WITH HONOR
(Cabot Sisters: Book 1)
Written by Julia London
genre: historical romance

3 STARS 

Honor Cabot has never wanted to fall the rules and living under stepfather's roof and money allows the eldest Cabot daughter some freedom.  Now that her stepfather is on his deathbed and her stepbrother is to marry her rival Honor is being forced to marry.

Knowing all the consequences she goes to a well-known rake, George Easton to have him woo Monica, her sister-in-law, so she can break off the engagement.  Instead Honor falls for George but of course he keeps her at an arm's length.

I have to say I could not like Honor Cabot no matter how much I tried.  She was very selfish and a bit of a bully.  I felt bad for her rival, Monica who we were supposed to see as the bully and selfish.  George Easton was also self serving so I guess in the end they made a good pair.  The last half of the novel dragged a bit in trying to get a HEA ending. As much as I like Julia London's writing I will not be continuing with this series.


love,
kris

All I Wanted Was to Stop Reading: Review

dear readers,

(I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review).

ALL I WANT IS YOU
Written by Elizabeth Anthony
genre: erotica, historical erotica

DNF

At age thirteen Sophie loses her father to the Great War and her mother to an illness.  Like her mother before her she is soon a maid at the Great Hall - the country house of a Duke.  There she discovers her mother was a bit too friendly with men and her father may not be her biological dad.  Wanting a better life she declines her childhood friend's proposal and instead is being lead to a world of sex and secrets by the late Duke's widow.

This is an erotic novel set during and post WWI.  The novel is trying to be Downton Abbey but instead of scandalous it falls a bit flat due to the very simplistic writing.  If you are looking for an erotic novel and writing does not matter you may be able to finish this novel.

love,
kris