Romancing the Countess by Ashley MarchMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
What can I say of this book? A slow, almost painfully so, ride to satisfaction. It's kind of strange in the beginning because you're kind of wondering how they're going to get together, since they don't think they can stand to be in the same room together for very long. Their spouses cheated on them with each other, and they're taking it differently. Leah is being brazenly bold & daring and not caring about what the ton thinks. Sebastian is being angry and resentful, because he was most hurt by the realizations that came with the joint-deaths of their spouses. All through the first half, I yearned for more of a passion between the two, but was at the same time grateful that I wasn't reading the same story, just done with different names yet again. It's really hard to find something refreshing in published books these days.
I also must say that the sensuality in this book is no where to be found until the very end. It's kind of disappointing, in that regard, for me. I think it actually gives the book more of a sense of reality. You're not thinking to yourself "He must be some looker, if she could do all those things with him so quickly!" You're thinking "I wonder what's holding her back, since she's so irreverent elsewhere in her life."
Also, the things the little 18 month old said? Were slightly advanced, to say the least. It wasn't a deal-breaker for me, though. By the time he was talking and such, I was more intrigued by the push-and-pull between the main characters.
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