“Holding both Minx and Dancing at Midnight, I was intrigued to choose the latter book by reading its synopsis, can't say I regret the choice. Quinn has created a heartfelt character of John Blackwood; he was very vivid, his inattentive family and his neglected childhood very believable, not to mention his pronounced limp was another good quality, all added to his gripping charm. The same, however, can not be said about our heroine, Belle. Belle's strong personality was falsely displayed; her heroism instead came from her reckless actions. She was dismissive towards her society and family which is very unlikely, knowing that she lived in England's regency era. What irritated me most about Belle though was her idea of love; she blindly fell in love with John because she felt he needed her? Despite that, she wasn't completely insufferable. The love scenes were overly introduced, one scene was more than enough. A fast good fast read. ”
Mona A wrote this review Thursday, July 17 2008.
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