![]() ![]() Most of the story was wrapped up in the dull minutiae of running an estate, fussing over bank loans to do up outhouses and the like (riveting for home renovators everywhere, I’m sure). Villains were obvious and easily overcome with frank conversations (to reform their ways and become uninteresting side characters in later books). ![]() Needless to say, I wasn’t impressed when nothing did. Now one of the pros of this approach is the low stakes and lack of drama makes for an easy read- yet much as I wasn’t looking for something too heavy, I was still looking for something interesting to happen. They remain unchanged by the events of the series and are either as good or as bad as they begun. Mind, her staticity in no way affects the other characters. That’s right, four books of her plodding along in much the same way, with her only lesson being you are perfect just the way you are. The main character is practically perfect in every way from the very beginning- meaning she doesn’t grow or change over the course of a FOUR BOOK series. Yet far from delivering, this stomped all over my hopes and actually drove me a little mad. ![]() Charmed by other regency fairy tales, I picked this up with high expectations. And that’s not really what you want from a light-hearted fantasy series. ![]() It got progressively worse, with increasingly unlikeable characters. I have deep regret over reading this entire series. ![]()
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