Josi S. Kilpack

In all honesty LORD FENTON'S FOLLY is very much the kind of book young teen me would have read over and over again. A dandy hero, a practical but somewhat romantic heroine, family secrets and marriage of convenience...all the sorts of things young Lexie endlessly sighed over.

Kilpack writes with a clear sense of emotional intensity. Her observations about Alice and her place within her family struck a chord within me. Alice's bitterness over her dreams being dashed had me upset for her.

While Charles spent basically 80% of this book pissing me off, there's no denying that he came by those infuriating habits honestly. And oh so many secrets!

The book moves quickly and organically; every action the characters took felt true to themselves and the situation. This didn't stop me from being exasperated with the two of them as their Cold War escalated to truly being vicious towards each other, but step by step you could see how that relationship grew.

In the end I certainly enjoyed this, just wish there had been less acrimony at times.… (altro)

I loved this!!!! Solid story about a plain heroine in unrequited love with her handsome friend. He hurts her numerous times and is very slow to realize his feelings, and I enjoyed every moment of angst! My only complaint is that he struck me as rather shallow and I couldn’t understand what the heroine saw in him, but then I didn’t read the first book in the series so I might have missed something there. I’m off to comb the author’s books for other tropey reads! I only wish there was any steam at all, I think the author is a Christian romance writer, but it’s not too preachy.

Also, regarding the angst, I appreciated that the heroine did not just passively accept the hero’s change of heart, especially after he had been so hurtful towards her, even if it were unintentional. I hate books where all it takes is two sentences from the hero to suddenly resolve things. I was vaguely annoyed that the fact that she didn’t immediately acquiesce was treated like a failing in her part. I thought it was rather sensible of her, and the hero should have to work to earn her trust!… (altro)