An Inconvenient Beauty

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An Inconvenient Beauty
Kristi Ann Hunter
Bethany House Publishers 

     I began reading Kristi Ann Hunter's Hawthorne House series when the first book came out, and I enjoyed it- I do like a good historical novel set in the Regency period, and while this series isn't written in true "Regency" style, it's lighthearted and fun, as well as often comedic.

     However, the previous book in the series left me a little disappointed, and I'm afraid the same happened with An Inconvenient Beauty as well. I wasn't sure why the novel wasn't clicking with me, but by the end I think I had it narrowed down to that fact that the writing is a bit too repetitive and over-explanatory; it dragged the plot and the humor down.

     There were some things I liked about the book, though: Isabella is a character who in any other romance novel might have been seen as the villain,  as she's beautiful and encourages multiple suitors that she never has any intention of committing to. However, told from her perspective, we get a completely different picture of her than what she appears to be to everyone else.

     Yet despite this, I can't help but feel that the novel felt a little empty to me. The complete series looks really pretty on my shelf, though.

I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

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