Rushed To The Altar (Tambatan Hati Sang Earl) (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, and his twin brothers have been set a rakehell challenge by their sick and dying, elderly rogue of an Uncle. The stitch is that they must meet this challenge and be successful by their Uncle's standards in order to inherit any of his wealth and legacy. However, Jasper is just as devious and roguish as his Uncle ever was and while he has every intention of meeting the challenge to gain his inheritance, he will do it on his own terms. Thus enters Clarissa Astley, orphaned daughter of a prosperous merchant, who has her own dire problem finding her lost/abducted brother and protecting them both from an evil, machinating Uncle of her own. While Jasper and Clarissa each play their own game of charades, thinking the other will be their personal savior, their hearts walk the path of sacrifice. How will it end? In love or betrayal? Jane Feather produces a moderately entertaining story. The plot is enticing, but the characters only mediocre. While the heroine is definitely written as a strong, intelligent, stubborn female, at times it is taken too far leaving the reader frustrated and ready to pull out hair. This story had a very unusual twist where the heroine's virginity is taken not by the hero, but by the heroine herself (if you can imagine that?)I won't spoil it any further by elaborating, but let me just say I was holding my breath, and holding my breath, just for a rather hidden generic response from the hero. I expected some gut-twisting emotional episode, after all this is regency England, and an act such as this performed by a woman would have been utterly unheard of. After all, a woman's one thing of value other than an inheritance of wealth was her virginity, a thing of great value and importance. The whole episode ended up feeling very unrealistic, and left me rolling my eyes. Needless to say, the hero could have been a little bit more emotional. Therefore, he didn't elicit the kind of emotional response or loyalty he could have from the reader. Just a mediocre "3" on my list. I have read better. The book started well but then fizzled out for me. The fact that the heroine pretended not to be a virgin and then how she went about to losing her virginity was far stretched and almost funny. I could not take her seriously after that. Jasper was nice, handsome and very very understanding. What I liked about him was that he liked being underestimated when it came to knowing the truth of what the heroine was upto and then surprising her with his obvious intelligence. All in all an interesting read but will not be going back to it again.
What do You think about Rushed To The Altar (Tambatan Hati Sang Earl) (2013)?
Every once in a while it is fun to read a quick romance!
—aoceanicfly
They say Jane Feather wrote this book. I doubt it.
—titimira
