Sandal of Love is about Lady Sera, a duke's daughter, whose reputation is ruined
by a false rumor. The rumor is that she was compromised by Quinton, the Earl of
Sutton, a man she hasn't ever met. The Earl's father gambled away the family
fortune, and he is forced to marry an heiress in order to keep himself from the
poorhouse. They both arrive at the same conclusion - they must marry to save
themselves, and big surprise - they fall in love within a
week.
Ridiculous! First of all, the characters are shallow - one
dimensional and unsurprising. Sera and her friend seem fairly bright and
knowledgable about the ways of the ton. Why then does she not suspect that her
**nemesis** started the rumor so that she could move in on Lady Sera's suitor,
the Duke of Wathersby??? DUH. I figured that one out immediately. Still, TOO
MUCH time and TOO MANY words are spent pondering and hemming and hawing over who
started the rumor, who has anything to gain by it, and whether it was the Earl.
Lame. Second, there is no character development. Sera and Quinton "fall in love"
after 2 balls, an opera, a morning call, a gift, some flowers and a clandestine
meeting where Quinton crawls in her window to make sure she is not deathly ill.
Incredible. Absolutely unbelievable. At the end of the book, we know as much
about the characters as we did in the beginning. There are no surprises, and we
know nothing aside from their insecurity re: them getting
married.
Although this love story is G rated - I don't even remember any
curse words - it is a complete waste of time and money. No wonder this book is
only found on Amazon, and not on other noteworthy booksellers' websites
