![]() ![]() There’s also been a tendency towards the melodramatic throughout the series (the dénoument of The Sum of All Kisses, I’m looking at YOU!) which I’ve found somewhat jarring when once again set against Ms Quinn’s usually more lighthearted fare. She’s known principally for deftly written romantic comedies full of sparkling wit and humour, but this book – this series, in fact – has employed some darker themes which haven’t always sat well in conjunction with her normally light, comedic style. The questions as to the hero’s…well, hero-ness then struck me as being something that isn’t quite in Julia Quinn’s normal way. ![]() But when I reached the end of the book, I found I was thinking of him as a decent man who had been backed into a corner and who made a very poor decision as a result rather than as a truly horrible person. All the negative comments I’ve seen concern the actions of the hero, the eponymous Sir Richard, who – it’s true – perpetrates a rather despicable deception on the heroine. ![]() I’ve seen a lot of very mixed reactions to this book, which is the final novel in the author’s Smythe-Smith Quartet. ![]()
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