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Title: Not her best--nor yours!
Review: I have never been BLOWN away by Hendrickson's novels but usually found them sweet if nothing else. This novel was so excruciating I had to force myself to finish it. While her facts on the Regency are right, her portrayal of manners was completely and totally off. I could only assume that everyone at the house party featured in the book was mildly retarded because sane members on the Ton in the Regency would never have behaved or spoken as they did in this book. Furthermore, the characters had little to no depth and even less consistency in their motivations and emotions. The dialog was stilted and the events most contrived. For such a well-publicized Regency author, very poor show! Frankly, and I'm sorry to sound so dramatic, I'm simply stunned that her editor/publishing house allowed this to pass.
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