Review: His at Night (Sherry Thomas)
His at Night by Sherry Thomas Publisher : Bantam (2010) Format : Mass Market Paperback | 417 pages Genre(s) : Historical Romance Description . I've heard so many good things about this author that I really, really wanted to love this book. But I didn't. The overall concept was interesting (more funny than interesting), albeit improbable. However, as this is a work of fiction I was prepared to go along with it and have some fun. A 'dumb' hero is pretty original, or at least I've never read about one of those. The thing is, the author didn't pull it off. The entire plot, the characters, the whole book were a little... off mark. The first thing that annoyed me was the fact that the author decided to explain right at the beginning that Lord Vere wasn't actually dumb, he just pretended he was. Now, this is probably more a matter of personal taste, but I'd have preferred if, as the story unfolded we, the readers, discovered this ...