Sarah's Library

6/3 - Kind of reminds me of her spin-off Cynster trilogy that started with Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue, as the first 1/2 of the book features a carriage chase, although it differs from the Cyster Sisters trilogy in that this time the heroine is chasing the bad guys instead of being kidnapped by them.  This is probably a 3 1/2 starrer for me.  There's really not much sexual tension, it almost seems like Miranda sees Roscoe as her last resort for a relationship with a man and she sort of figures "oh well, he's pretty good looking and he's rich, he'll do" and he figures "she's probably the only woman of breeding age who is likely to give me a second look, she'll do", it doesn't feel like a great passion from either of them.  I have absolutely no idea what's going on with her brother and his kidnapping, it doesn't make any sense.  I thought maybe Aunt Gladys was responsible, hoping that with Roderick out of the way Miranda would feel like she had no other choice other than to marry Wraxby.  Then I thought maybe Roderick somehow knew about her attraction to Roscoe and was in on his own kidnapping all along in an attempt to push the two together.  Now that he's been rescued with some serious injuries I've discarded both theories and haven't been able to come up with a new one, logical or not.  To be continued...

9/3 - I felt the revelation of who the kidnapper and would be murder was, was a little convenient and contrived.  The kidnapping was just a vehicle for Miranda to need Roscoe and for them to be in close proximity to each other, which would naturally engender physical closeness and bring about the romance.  None of it felt natural or real, it didn't read like a great passion for either of them, although they both thought that it was.  It feels like her most recent books have lost a lot of their passion - the Cynster Sisters trilogy was also lacking in that area, although not as much as The Lady Risks All.