Today's post is on Once Upon a Kiss by Jayne Fresina. It is the first in her Book Club Belles Society. It is 401 pages long and is published by Sourcebook. The cover is green with the heroine and hero on top in a state of déshabille. The intended reader is someone who likes historical romances and mild retellings. There is mild foul language, sex, and no violence in this book. The story is told from the third person close of the two main characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- The Perfect Hero
When handsome, mysterious Darius wainwright stroll into town, the Book Club Belles are instantly smitten with his brooding good looks and prideful demeanor. It's as is he walked out of the pages of their favorite new novel, a scandalous romance called Pride and Prejudice. But Justine Penny can't understand why her fellow Belles are starry-eyes in the newcomer's arrogant presence- surely a wicked Wickham would be infinitely more fun...
An Unlikely Leading Lady
Justina is the opposite of Darius's ideal woman- not that he's looking for romance. But when he discovers her stealing apples from his uncle's orchard, he can't resist his own thieving impulse. A stolen kiss from the mischievous Miss Penny leaves Darius wanting much, much more. If it's a dashing villain she desires, Darius is more than willing to play the part...
Review- An indifferent sort-of retelling of P&P. I wanted to have a really good time with this novel but in the end it was just meh. The blurb is also not right. Darius never tries to be more villainy to get Justina. He does act much more like Darcy than Wickham. Now that said we do have sex between them before they are married but that is part of this kind of romance novel. There is lots of set up for future novels but I will not be reading any of them. There is nothing really wrong with this book but it was just very meh for me.
I give this a Three out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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