Book 2: Noble Destiny

TITLE: Noble Destiny

AUTHOR: Katie MacAlister
STARTED: January 9, 2010
FINISHED: January 14, 2010
PAGES: 366
GENRE: Romance

FIRST SENTENCE: "You can't leave me now!"

SUMMARY: [From Amazon.com] After scandalously eloping with an Italian count, Charlotte Collins returns to England a penniless widow and finds to her dismay that she is no longer welcomed by polite society. Determined to regain her rightful place as the toast of the ton, Charlotte begins searching for an eligible, wealthy, and, more important, handsome, nobleman. Already hunted by every marriage-minded miss and lovelorn widow in London, Alasdair "Dare" McGregor has no intention of succumbing to Charlotte's matrimonial schemes, but somehow he winds up having to propose to the seductive minx. Charlotte is convinced that Dare will now provide her with everything she most desires, only to find that her new husband insists on a marriage based on love. So Charlotte, a remarkably original heroine whose unique outlook and frequent mangling of English will bemuse, bewitch, and beguile readers, constructs another of her "brilliant" plans. Imbued with a delectable sense of wit, the second of MacAlister's "Noble" Regency historical romances is an irresistible, laughter-laced treat.

THOUGHTS: Never have a met a more annoying, selfish, and stupid heroine. I honestly can't believe I stuck with this book until the end. Charlotte aggravated me so much that I was hoping something incredibly horrible would befall her character. She didn't deserve Dare. Heck, she didn't deserve to be in a book. Our so called heroine is so self-absorbed in her own problems that her brain does not seem to compute how she simply uses people for her own need. On top of that, Charlotte's mangling of the English language is not cute or humorous. It makes her character even more shallow and unbelievable stupid than I thought possible.

The only reason this book does not bomb is because of the hero and the secondary characters. They may have been rather dull but, unlike Charlotte, they at least had some redeeming qualities.

RATING: 3/10 [Poor, Lost Interest]