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Title: 2 stars for a traditional but flawed Balogh
Review: This is not one of Mary Balogh's better romances. I admit I have a problem with Mary Balogh's longer fiction. I find she crams an awful lot of plot twists & turns into her "Super" regencies, and in some of her longer novels...in place of character development, there's alot of dialog & plot weakness. There was just too much going on here, the romantic element & sexual tension (which Balogh can write so well in her shorter fiction) got overwhelmed. There was nothing particularly memorable about this hero or heroine; frankly, they seemed pretty blah. The reason they initially got separated seemed weak, and the reason they finally got together seemed weaker. So what if the hero cried when the heroine miscarried? I didn't feel anything for him, I just didn't care. This was kind of a "by the numbers" Balogh, with all her signature bits, but no heart.
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