This book was a quick and easy read. I always love a good Regency romance ;) The "mystery" part of the story was pretty weak. It gave you about 5 seconds of guessing the bad guy before the perspective switched to that character and he basically said "Hey, I'm the bad guy". And then nothing really happened in that arena until the final few pages. You had a few moments of guessing he killed the former husband, but again the bad guy's perspective came along and he said "Oh, yeah, I killed him". Wah, wah...But the romance side was what you'd expect from a romance! He has tons of money and is dashing. She's beautiful and intelligent. The only nice change was that she was a widow so you didn't have to deal with all that blushing crap other stories give you. The prologue helped you jump into the story with the injury and all that fun stuff. And I am curious to read the little sister's story after seeing a summary in the back. Highly recommended for a beach read with a glass of rum and juice in your hand! Tried to like it...but the Heroine is Utterly UnlikeableI dislike leaving overly critical reviews, so I hope this one comes across as objective rather than glaringly harsh. I have read one other book by this author and that story I did enjoy. Although, I found that her characters talked and acted a little stiff for my preferences but it was otherwise an entertaining read. This particular story...not so much. I mostly skimmed the last half of the book. When it first started out the prologue grabbed my attention, but shortly after I lost interest. But I pushed through hoping it would get better. Sadly, It didn't.I found the heroine to be a snob and frankly kind of prissy. I like the hero and a few other characters but the heroine I just couldn't get past. For me she ruined the whole story and once again I found the characters and the dialogue overly stiff.On a positive note...there is one aspect that I really like about this author. She writes excellent character descriptions; I get a great physical sense of how the characters look and act.I'm still sorry to say that I wouldnt recommend this story to anyone I know. But I WILL say, it REALLY is personal preference. If a snooty heroine and stiff dialogue doesn't bother you give it a try, you might like it.
What do You think about The Bride Wore Blue (2002)?
Good enough read. I liked it enough to read the next one in the series.
—gagascreamo
