Dancing at Midnight
by Julia Quinn

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Book Review: Mediocre Attempt...surprised...sequel to 'Splendid'
Summary: 2 Stars

~Lady Arabella Blydon meets Lord John Blackwell by accident when she accidentally trespasses on his property. Quickly she senses deep hatred and deep and dark secrets that he wants to keep hidden. Quickly she becomes facinated by his brooding and dark personality. By unlike her curiosity, he doesn't want anything to do with the innocent 'chit' and warns her to stay away from him.

Lord John Blackwell is new to his title and his lands he has aquired for perticipating in the military. All his life, the seventh child of an Earl and pretty much forgotten, he has made his own way. Until one fateful day in the army, he has kept a secret hidden from everyone. If it ever got out, he would be shunned. Wounded and battered, both physically and mentally, John has no time or patience for an innocent girl who thinks he is 'too mysterious' to pass up. But Belle's persistance makes him see he can love and he deserves to love. The only thing holding him back is his dark past and someone who wants him dead for it...
Can he overcome his past and let Belle in on what he has done? Will she leave him? Can he risk it? Will the love of an Earl's daughter heal his ragged heart and help him see the light?

I really thought it would be enjoyable considering the plot, but it just dragged. The 'secret' is kinda weird and when the reader finds out what it is and why he is so distraught, you feel angry and badly, but then you start to get irritated with him and his commonsense. There is no reason to keep the 'secret' inside. Actually, I found no reason to keep the secret at all. See for yourself...but I will say, it is a very mediocre read and not worthy of Ms. Quinn's name.

Tracy Talley~@

Summary of Dancing at Midnight

Lady Arabella Blydon has beauty and a brain, and she's tired of men who can see only one without the other.

When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. During an extended stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man.

Lord John has lived through the worst horros of war...but nothing could have been as terrifying to his tormented heart as Lady Arabella. She is intoxicating, infuriating...and she makes him want to live again. Suddenly he's writing bad poetry and climbing trees in the pitch-dark night...just so he can dance with her as the clock strikes midnight. And even though he knows he can never be the sort of man she deserves, he can't help wanting her. But when the harsh light of day replaces the magic of midnight, can this tormented soul learn to love again?

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