Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable)
by Mary Balogh
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Author: Mary BaloghEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-24
ISBN: 0440244234
Number of pages: 419
Publisher: Dell
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- ISBN13: 9780440244233
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Book Reviews of Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable)
Book Review: The wager as a risk was fatal to this love story.
Summary: 2 Stars
The wager? To seduce AND RUIN the innocent and respected Katherine within two weeks. The book never ever recovers from this disgusting beginning in my opinion. Not to mention the fact that if he HAD succeeded Katherine's family would have had to call him out so that he would either die in a dual or be banished forever. Or marry Katherine right then and there. None of that is ever mentioned. Jasper just trips along planning to ruin her, cost is never mentioned. There is this extremely cold blooded seduction in Vauxhaul Gardens where you keep waiting for Katherine to STOP him and when she doesn't what can you think but SL*T? The woman just met him little more than an hour before! I was furious when Katherine did nothing to stop him as well as disgusted at him for agreeing to such a despicable wager.
This whole scenario made the following chapters of the book heavy going even though three years passes. I still found it hard to believe that Katherine would ever under any circumstances speak to him again. But even before the villains enter and force a marriage Jasper is making headway with Katherine. Does she have ANY self-respect? Jasper's care and concern for his sister help to redeem him a little but not enough to overcome that hideous scene in the Gardens.
Ms. Balogh does work very hard to overcome this dreadful beginning and I will say that when the crises moment comes it is touching. But it still wasn't enough for me to believe these two characters could have made a go of it. There just never was a believable spark between them and I don't know a woman alive who could have forgiven the contempt he spewed on her during that aborted seduction. Even the author calls it "The most obscene, disgusting wager ever written into a betting book."
It was. And no matter how many times Jasper said "I love you" I didn't believe him. It did not help that they decided to make another wager after the wedding and stop having sex for a month. Why? That wasn't very clear and left the book very rushed at the end while they are supposed to be connecting and falling in love, but not touching. The point was lost on me. Even worse than not finding much chemistry between our main characters was that much of the last of the book was just slow and boring. The most interesting character was Uncle Seth. We couldn't even have an interesting scene where Prunella and Clarence get thrown off the property as they should have been. When Charlotte says she's glad they came because family is important I nearly puked. That was carrying forgiveness way too far. After what they had done to Katherine's reputation out of pure maliciousness? No satisfaction there either. I at least wanted to hear Jasper tell Clarence he would not be allowed to marry Charlotte under any circumstances. Since that was the motive behind all their nasty deeds that should have been addressed. But everything is forgiven in a Balogh book. No behavior too contemptible that it cannot just be ignored.
I also don't like Ms. Balogh's new quirk of having her last two heroes have "lazy eyes." Both Jasper and Elliot's eyelids are always drooping at half mast when they look at the heroine. How is this attractive? It makes me think of someone who has had a stroke. Eyelids at half mast are unattractive under any circumstances. And several times she says their eyelids are at half mast while their right eyebrow is lifted. I don't even think this is anatomically possible. This new affectation is just annoying. I'm sorry to have little good to say about the new series. Will book three be strike three?
Summary of Then Comes Seduction (Huxtable)
New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us back in time to an age of scandal and glittering society?and brings to life an extraordinary family: the daring, passionate Huxtables. Katherine, the youngest sister?and society?s most ravishing innocent?is about to turn the tables on the irresistible rakehell sworn to seduce her, body and soul....In a night of drunken revelry, Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, gambles his reputation as London?s most notorious lover on one woman. His challenge? To seduce the exquisite, virtuous Katherine Huxtable within a fortnight. But when his best-laid plans go awry, Jasper devises a wager of his own. For Katherine, already wildly attracted to him, Jasper?s offer is irresistible: to make London?s most dangerous rake fall in love with her. Then Jasper suddenly ups the ante. Katherine knows she should refuse. But with scandal brewing and her reputation in jeopardy, she reluctantly agrees to become his wife. Now, as passion ignites, the seduction really begins. And this time the prize is nothing less than both their hearts.?
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