Review:First I have to say....I am not a reader of fantasy. Yes, I have read fantasy books in the past, but, when given the choice between an interesting fantasy book and an interesting book in just about any other genre, I will always choose the other book. I was assigned this book by a member of an online book club I belong to, whose purpose was to choose a book out of my usual genres. Well, this person picked a great read for me. I throughly enjoyed getting to know and care about the well develo... Read more

Review:Eloisa James is one of my favorite authors because she always creates books that can run the gamut of emotions. This book is another prime example. Merry is an heiress from America who was engaged twice before coming to London. She is now engaged to Cedric but meets a stranger on a balcony. Trent meets a feisty American on the balcony and decides she is the one he will marry until he finds out she is engaged to his brother. While both are fighting their attraction some entertaining and embarrass... Read more

Review:I generally love Eloisa James's books, so much so that this was an auto pre order.What a disappointment. It didn't even feel like it's a book by the same author I've come to love. The characters are not even a bit developed, in fact, Vanders reads like an overgrown eight year old who can't reason and throws a tantrum when he doesn't get his way. With the addition of an erection. Which he displays to Mia by dropping his pants when he barely knows her, because he's not happy with what she had to ... Read more

Review:I enjoyed this book overall, but it was slow moving. It took more than a few chapters to get into it, and I wasn't fond of Diana. I was confused about why she didn't leave North a note when she left. Also, North didn't seem to fight for Diana, or care if she married him, until the end of the story. Read more

Review:This book was very well-written where prose was concerned, amusing and not so straightforward a copy of the tale of Cinderella, much more original than that. The characters had depth to their personalities and the description for details was rather well done. Read more

Review:I have read several of this author's previous works, so I decided to ignore the review that was disappointed because this book seemed much more of an introduction of all the characters in this sister series. That reviewer was right on. While I like the James style of having her two main characters be part of a group dynamic, in this book, they become lost in the sheer number of other characters involved. At the end of this book I really couln't recall anything special about Tess and Lucius th... Read more

Review:The hero in When Beauty Tamed the Beast is based off of the character Gregory House, from the TV show House M.D. This made me unsure about picking up the book. While I love House, I was afraid this would read like really awful fanfiction. Luckily, that wasn't the case. When Beauty Tamed the Beast is very light and humorous with engaging characters. There are also a few homages to the TV show casually thrown in (such as the mention of a patient with the last name Cuddy) but they weren't annoying.... Read more

Review:I loved this book and it remains one of my favourites to read. Only thing though, there are more chapters about Jemma from Duchess of Mine than I would have anticipated. Those chapters were interesting and provides greater insight into the next book in the series but felt a bit out of place? Nevertheless, When the Duke Returns is a novel that I will continue to revisit time and time again Read more

Review:A lot has changed for Jen Lancaster since she first started writing, and in "My Fair Lazy" she realizes that not all of it is for the better. In a world overrun with reality television, is it really acceptable to just be less stupid than those people on TV? Not so much. In her new memoir, Jen shares her antics and adventures while working to become more cultured and escaping the comfort zone into which she has fallen. It's not always sunshine and roses, but it's always witty, insightful, and... Read more

Review:Sweet story, faintly predictable but enjoyable. However, the peppering of frequent grammatical and syntax errors made some passages very irritating...honestly, it read more like Gaiman-esqe fanfic than professional literature. Read more