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I was looking forward to reading this book, which picks up where the first one ends. But the fiesty Lillian of the first novel seems to have disappeared in this story. Westcliff seems much the same character as he was in the first book, and his character I enjoyed. But Lillian seems to have gone from this independent, strong-minded woman to very much a wallflower, almost ditzy at times. And I really disliked what happens between Lillian and St. Vincent. As a dramatic device in the story, it just wasn't plausible to me. It didn't make sense. His character does a complete about-face. It especially bothered me since I'd previously read Mine Until Midnight, I think it is, in which St. Vincent is written so differently, he might be another character entirely who just happens to have the same name. Not sure I'm going to bother reading the remaining books in the Wallflower series. I've really enjoyed her other books, but this series just doesn't do it for me.
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The book was received on time and was in great shape. I was very satisfied with this merchant and will order from them in the future.
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The best of the quartet. I loved the unwilling romance between Marcus and Lillian. Marcus had no choice but to get over his prudish ways and I loved the struggle that ensued with each challenge that Lillian put forth. There was a perfect balance of romance and conflict.
I also loved the scenes with the entire wallflower group. Great book!
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This is the second book in a series where four women, calling themselves Wallflowers, make a pact to help each other find husbands. They are not willing to slide gracefully into spinsterhood and not at all opposed to doing whatever it takes to land an acceptable husband.
Having seen the oldest of the wallflowers recently wed and happy in the book Secrets of a Summer Night (The Wallflowers, Book 1), it is now the second oldest wallflowers turn, Lillian. Lillian is an American heiress whose family would like her to marry into a titled family. Unfortunately while her physical and financial attributes are plenty, she lacks a certain polish that English aristocracy requires. Lillian is vivacious, a little bawdy, and a whole lot of fun to read about.
Lillian finds herself the guest once again at Stony Creek, home to the one man that looks down on her the most, Lord Westcliff. But suddenly these two opposites are attracting and Lillian blames the chemistry on her new perfume.
The four girls that make up the wallflowers are bubbling with charm. Each one has a unique perspective and disposition. It's easy to befriend them and near impossible not to enjoy their adventures and schemes. Lillian is honest to a fault, but that's part of her appeal and it gets harder for the reserved Lord to not appreciate her differences among the English beauties he is accustomed to.
The side characters are just as interesting as the main, successfully gaining your interest into the next books in the series. Lisa Kleypas writes a humorous and romantic historical with enough sizzle to steam up your reading glasses. I am hoping the USPS fairy will hurry up and deliver the 3rd and 4th books soon, I am anxious to read on!
The Devil in Winter (The Wallflowers, Book 3)
Scandal in Spring (The Wallflowers, Book 4)
Cherise Everhard, August 2008
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Lisa Kleypas is one of my favorite authors and I never till now thought that she could write a bad book. Well, I didn't hate this one, but certainly regretted paying money for it.
The decsription of the characters, Marcus in particular, is superficial. Lillian on the other hand, she's so out of her time, a heroine for a contemporary novel and not regency. Not even an American could be that liberated and free spirited and spend time between the peers, she would have been ejected asap. Another anachronism, also of the american side, is the opening scene, where Marcus is attracted by Lillian after he watches her playing baseball with her friends. To the best of my knowledge, baseball is a sport completely unpopular outside USA even now. The possibility that a proper British-bread member of the peer would be so familiar at that time with it, as to show Lillian new ways of throwing the ball, is unbelievable. If Ms Kleypas wanted to write the book as a hymne to the American culture and free spirited people, she should have placed the whole story in America and not regency England, where not her heroine nor her hobbies fit. After this scene, as far as I can tell, the two heroes lusted each other, but no mention of how or why they fall in love is made; physical attraction seems to drive the whole story here.
Not recommended in any way.
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