Title: Slightly Anachronistic
Product review: Mary Balough is one of the stars of Regency romance. Although she sometimes has her heroines taking sexual risks that would have been unusual at the time (Slightly Wicked, Simply Unforgettable), her grasp of the history and tone of the period is outstanding. I can't imagine what happened here. Characters worry about psychological trauma eight decades before Freud invented the term. And carry on about each other's emotional baggage -- 175 years before Seinfeld! This appears to be a hastily-written, poorly thought-out novel, which is too bad, given other reviewers' clearly demonstrated strong interest in Alleyne's story. The rest of MB's work is terrific; I guess this is just a stumble in her waltz with the era.
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