Tempting Fortune

2,5 estrellas. El primero de esta serie ya se me hizo un pelin largo, pero es que esta segunda entrega se me ha hecho eterna. Y eso que la historia empieza muy bien y me estaba gustando cómo se desarrolla la relación entre los protagonistas y se trata la adicción al juego, peroooooooo a mitad del li......more

First of all, there's a reason Jo Beverly can prop open all the doors in her house with the various award trophies she's accumulated over the years. She brings a period of history to life with such seeming ease, I am always plunged into whatever milieu she creates and finish her books every time, ev......more

So the lowest rating of a Jo Beverley novel so far. I haven't read a ton of her books, yet, but this was a disappointment. It wasn't major until the ending, but the distrust and lack of communication was a problem from start to finish and kept this at three-stars that later collapsed. And I had an a......more

I'm a bit lukewarm about this one. It felt a little dated, (1995, and it showed) but I don't mind that if the characters are appealing. I'd read a few reviews that warned that the heroine, Portia, was fairly unlikeable, and guess what? I agree. She was OK at first, but as I read on, I got more impat......more

What in the bodice ripper was this book? The plot moved so abruptly from one ridiculous scene to another that it felt low-key gothic at times (minus the violence and the ghosts) The heroine is a moron and I swear the author was forced to change her age from 15 to 25 at the last second just to appease......more