Because she 'gets away' it's treated as a joke. Worse, he basically sets it up so he can molest her and never apologizes for that either. Instead he gets worse: anything from his point of view is always about her body and sex. Once the hero does learn her identity, he never apologizes for his actions. Instead, we have the heroine being completely abandoned, disrespected, and treated as an object. The premise caught my attention because I thought it would really play up the dramatic irony. Net/net good book for a "new to me" narrator and author. Anyway, there weren't too many of those so it was forgivable. There were some instances when her female and male voice seemed the same that I had to rewind a bit because I thought Olivia was supposed to be talking.
As to Billie Fulford-Brown, she's not one of my favorites but I liked her narration of the book. This is my first book by Callie Hutton - although I won't be rushing to get her next book (like Lisa Kleypas, Eloisa James and Sarah MacLean), Callie will be an author that I won't mind reading again. I also thought that it was worth my time to write a review. Yes I bought this book because of the title. I also liked that the original conflict was resolved earlier and not too late in the book that it felt like an abrupt ending. For example, I disliked Jason's "rakish ways" and Olivia was too accepting of her plight in the beginning - but both their characters developed at a good pace that redeemed both characters towards the end.
The story was not angst-ridden so my reactions weren't extreme but the story was engaging enough to be good.
I can believe that characters at their age and within the regency period can think that way. For example, the dialogue between characters were believable and both demonstrated the right maturity level.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
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