Book 26: The Serpent Prince

TITLE: The Serpent Prince
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Hoyt
STARTED: May 6, 2008
FINISHED: May 13, 2008
PAGES: 369
GENRE: Romance

FIRST SENTENCE: The dead man at Lucinda Craddock-Hayes feet looked like a fallen god.

SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] WHEN THE DEVIL MEETS AN ANGEL...
Country bred Lucy Craddock-Hayes is content with her quiet life. Until the day she trips over an unconscious man-a naked unconscious man-and loses her innocence forever.

HE CAN TAKE HER TO HEAVEN...
Viscount Simon Iddesleigh was nearly beaten to death by his enemies. Now he's hell-bent on vengeance. But as Lucy nurses him back to health, her honesty startles his jaded sensibilities-even as it ignites a desire that threatens to consume them both.

OR TO HELL
Charmed by Simon's sly wit, urbane manners, and even his red-heeled shoes, Lucy falls hard and fast for him. Yet as his honor keeps him from ravishing her, his revenge sends his attackers to her door. As Simon wages war on his foes, Lucy wages her own war for his soul using the only weapon she has-her love...

THOUGHTS: This book didn't do it for me. While I applaud Hoyt for once again messing with genre ideals and matching a common heroine with a lordly hero, the pair did not pull off the story emotionally. This novel followed the trend of lust at first sight but, instead of blossoming into love, it just sorta was. The back-story and secondary characters were full fleshed out and added much needed depth to the story. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the hero's niece played with tin soldiers. Said niece came across as spunky and vivacious without hitting that stock character territory.

I just wanted some spicy to this book. It was rather bland, despite all the duels.

RATING: 5/10 [Meh.]

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