Janice Bennett (1)

I'm not sure whether I like it or not. The writing - the descriptions and characters - are excellent. The premise is more than a little silly (well, most time-travel romances are), and the romance itself seems to get lost in the rest of the story - or at least, I never got caught up in it. His choice about his future seemed much more important than their feelings for each other. There were also a lot of homonym wrong words, which are annoying - peak for peek, wither for whither, like that. show more And her silly obsession with chocolate. I like the characters, but I dislike the story - or I like the story but dislike the writing - or something. show less

This is an entertaining Regency romance, in the vein of Georgette Heyer and Joan Aiken. It's enjoyable and well written, but not particularly striking. As is often and aggravatingly the case in these stories, the heroine doesn't explain her actions or feelings. One charming aspect was the way the main character's students collaborated to assist her romance.

I'm not quite sure what to say. It started off rather cute. I enjoyed the interactions between the hero and heroine. Quite a lot of it was rather funny and I loved Xanthe and Miles as well as Phoebe.

The heroine spends a great deal of time being angry at the hero but their reactions to each other were great...

...But for some reason it all started to get annoying around 60%. I started to get annoyed with Phoebe's anger. I started to get annoyed with some of Xanthe's* magic... I wanted to see show more some "romantic" interactions between the H/h. I wanted to see more long glances and...I don't know but I wanted more!

All in all, it's a cute Regency romance and rather funny.



*Note: How funny is it that the fairy godmother is named Xanthe! show less

I was a quarter of the way into the story and wondered if it was a romance, not sure who the hero was going to be. I skimmed a couple chapters at the end and still couldn't tell. It seemed like a Nancy Drew book. I did not finish.