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 Not Splendid...
What happened??? I could barely get through this one! I can't for the life of me figure out how Quinn can write a book like "When He Was Wicked" (which was the best book I've ever read) and then have a novel like this in her name. I'm simply dumbfounded. Well on to her next one...I'm on a mission to like her work again!
 i loved the hero
Oh wow, i have read all of Quinn's books, i was missing this one, and oh what a lovely surprised. I loved the plot, the characters and the romance. Emma turned out to be the exact same heroine from beginning to end ( some authors tend to describe someone at the beginning of their book, as smart, charming witty, and by the end, they have lost all of their distinctive qualities) I was glad Emma was kept true to herself. My favorite "part" of the book was the hero. There was something about Alex, he was so well portrayed and described, *sight*. I believe that a very important part of a book is the likeness of their characters. Authors tend to give us a vague description of what the characters look like, we as readers and "heroines" tend to make up in our heads what a hero would look like, these stories, gives us ample opportunity to make up an imaginary perfect guy, and so it makes us enjoy the books even more. In this case, Mrs Quinn nailed it to the t, Alex was just how i imagined him to be. It was not disappointing. I must say, i even envied Emma a little, but with that being said, i must confess that these two characters were perfect for one another.
*SPOILERS*
I loved it at the end when Alex takes Emma to her uncle and aunt's house and says that he had throughly compromised her, because he wanted to marry her so bad, and she being "Emma" such a hard-headed girl!! was refusing to. It was just adorable.
I was very pleased with the story. I would most definetely recommend it.
Julia Quinn's first and my favorite!
This was the first book I read of Julia Quinns and I still go back to it time and again. I love it! It is the sweetest story and great when things aren't so great around you in the real world! I recommend Highly!
 A "Splendid" Read...
This was the beginning for me into the world of Julia Quinn. I'm glad I found this book and the many pages of enjoyment it held! :-)
 It was OK but there are better...
I love this author but this book was just OK for me. It was somewhat entertaing, but for the most part it was predictable and the characters are unbelievable. And I really didn't find it very romantic. The characters really didn't show their tender side to each other very much, yet you were suppossed to believe they were madly in love. It just didn't ring true. The only reason I didn't give it 2 stars is b/c I've read the author's other books and she gets much better. From what I understand, this was one of her first books. Her later writing are much better. But I don't recommend this book unless you have absoultley nothing else to read and you need to kill some time.
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