Book Review: A Kiss at Midnight

Title: A Kiss at Midnight

Author: Eloisa James

Genre: Historical Romance

Rating: 3/5

Description:

Miss Kate Daltry doesn't believe in fairy tales . . . or happily ever after.

Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince . . . and decides he's anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions.

Gabriel likes his fiancee, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn't love her. Obviously, he should be wooing his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him.

Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after.

Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble . . .

Unless a dowry of an unruly heart trumps a fortune . . .

Unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything.

What I think:

The story begins with a prologue like this:

This story begins with a carriage that was never a pumpkin, though it fled at midnight; a godmother who lost track of her charge, though she had no magic wand; and several so-called rats who secretly would have enjoyed wearing livery.  And of course, there's a girl too, though she didn't know how to dance, nor did she want to marry a prince.

I absolutely love the prologue. Although, I couldn't help but to feel that the beginning (starting from chapter 1) was quite slow. But, the story gets interesting as I read along. I could see that the author was trying to develop the relationship between the characters. 

I absolutely love the humorous banter between the characters. It has a few spontaneous, wit dialogue and sexy, romantic moment. It was quite refreshing to read another remake of Cinderella. A must read book for all fairy tale & Cinderella fans.

Book Review: The Lady Most Likely...

Title: The Lady Most Likely...

Author: Julia Quinn, Eloisa James & Connie Brockway

Genre: Historical Romance

Rating: 3/5

Three of the brightest stars of historical romance invite you to a party at the country home of the Honorable Marquess of Finchley

Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife, so his sister hands him a list of delectable damsels and promises to invite them— and a few other gentlemen—to her country house for what is sure to be the event of the season.

Hugh will have time to woo whichever lady he most desires . . . Unless someone else snatches her first.

The invitation list includes:

The horse-mad but irresistibly handsome Earl of Briarly

The always outspoken Miss Katherine Peyton

The dashing war hero Captain Neill Oakes

The impossibly beautiful (and painfully shy) Miss Gwendolyn Passmore

The terribly eligible new Earl of Charters

The widowed Lady Georgina Sorrell (who has no plans to marry, ever)

And your hostess, Lady Carolyn Finchley, an irrepressible matchmaker who plans to find the lady most likely... to capture her brother’s untamed heart.

And again, I picked up this book as a friend gave it to me. I actually got 5 historical romance novel from her, and I was planning to make this a historical romance week :)

The Lady Most Likely... is a novel in three parts written by three different authors, who continue the stories. The first part was written by Julia Quinn. The second part was Connie Brockway and the third was Eloisa James.

The first part was my favorite. I love Julia Quinn style the most in this book. It was a sweet romance with a bit humor. And it was a bit sexy. There were some minor romance between Lady Carolyn Finchley and her husband. I like that. The second part had a cute story line but, it get confusing at some part where the author changed the point of view. And the third part was bland. 

The thing about three different author is that, some of the character, like Hugh, changed. He had different personality in the first part, and he changed in the second and third part. But, I guess, that's understandable as the three author had different style.