Toby D. (bookswapper) reviewed on 5/20/2008 + 188 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This book was interesting - set in 1890's England, heroine is a suffragist working for women's right to vote, the hero is a portrait photographer. He is from a disadvantaged background - son of a prostitute, suffered abuse, then got rescued and taken to an orphanage. He is hired to take the heroine's picture in a compromising situation to discredit her campaigning before an important parliamentary vote. The situations between the couple seem to advance very rapidly, at the expense of character development/plot. Book seems to be about 5-6 chapters too short, with some gaping holes where events move too quickly or activities are glossed over without reasonable timeframes - too much attempt to get the entire plot into a few weeks chronologically. Interesting subject that is not covered much, different time period. Book leaves many plot thread stubs with no movement or resolution for the main characters (nightmares? abuse? exes?) and for some obvious sequel lead-ins for two more books.

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