so, besides austen biographies that are missing important social issues that i feel should have been included, i also finished Wallflower (The Old Maids Club book 1) by Catherine Gayle.
Overall the book was pretty good. a meh++
the hero was so sweet, the grand gestures he made to win her over was fantastic. the problem was tabby's reticence to marry besides a pact made was not explained until 3/4 of the way through the story. there were some major plot details thrown in and randomly thrown out at the hero that came way too late for me to not be annoyed with her self-hating. once those stories were told, and some of her past details came out, much of her reluctance to believe our dashing hero made more sense. but, some readers might not make it to that point because they get annoyed with poor tabby first. i'd suggest sticking with it, the end is out of control!!
my problem is all the little details that went no where, just little mysteries included as ways to prepare the reader for the next books. they felt to set-upish, and so disconnected that i was distracted at those moments in the story. these details for future books could've been introduced in a smoother manner so the story was more seamless, but alas, the great difficulty in romance novels is introducing multiple strong heroines to develop an entire series without overshadowing the heroine being featured in the current book. parts of this book did not do that well. i'll still read the next two, however, so they aren't that bad.
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