the little bookish

It was a good read. The story's a bit darling. I liked the characters. I found their personalities quite unique. The story's about two strangers who had unpleasant pasts, gotten into forced marriage, and they're hoping to find contentment, happiness and love in each other through their marriage.

Marcus is a true people person despite his brooding. He's actually really nice and kind. He's a keeper and quite an excellent lover. Miranda is just so innocent and serene that made to my liking. Men liked her because she is such a sunshine and her presence makes men desire her and women envy her. So when these two connected, passion is there with intensity but oh how I wish it to explode since there's no declaration of love between them. Or it may have but not in the usual I-love-yous way.

How I wish, too, that Marcus' brother St. John wasn't as bad as his character's written because I quite liked him. He seemed so carefree, friendly, nice and kind. Such attributes, in other historical romance characters I've known, usually are rakes but there are tenderness, nice and kind in them. In here, it's opposite but it's still nicely written as it went along with the plotline. It did make sense why he's being nice and all.

Lastly, only if Miranda's didn't do that one thing, this book might earn another star. Read the book if you're curious to what I am talking about.

Read on your own peril.