Name: My Unfair Lady
ISBN: 9781402229909

Kathryne Kennedy

When American heiress Summer Wine Lee hires the impoverished Duke of Monchester to teach her how to be a proper lady so that she can win over New York society and her future in-laws, she never expects to fall in love with him.

My Unfair Lady

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The Good Things: Byron wasn't a towering example of man muscle. Yes, he was still muscular and happened to know kung fu, but he was a short man. While it wouldn't work for me personally, I loved meeting a hero that was not described as the second coming of Heracles. And he was sarky. That made me love him all the more. Also? He was poor! Yes, he held the highest title of the Peerage next to that of royalty. But he was dirt poor! Let's hear it for a hero that is a poor, short, has a tongue that could flay the skin off your back and is a non-Heracles without the slightest whiff of Croesus! 

The Bad Things: I could have started at least three drinking games during this book. The word "tarnation" was waaaaaay overused. Also, Byron didn't just laugh. He always threw his head back and laughed. For someone who doesn't like being a spectacle, he sure made himself one often enough. And Summer spent so much time caressing her knife I began to wonder if she had penis envy and was using it as a substitute. 

More Good Things: Our plucky heroine. I didn't want to throttle her. Well, most of the time. When she wasn't saying "tarnation" or moaning about how she had to go back to the fiance back across the pond. She could fight, use her penis replacement knife, shoot, ride bareback, adored animals and went all out for her shot at experiencing passion. And when she finally realized what she needed to realize, I was cheering for her. Out loud. Shouldn't have done that in public, but oh well. That just proves that I liked her.

The Mediocre: The "someone is trying to kill our hero" subplot. Meh. It was necessary I suppose and proved mildly entertaining in spots but I would have liked to have seen more done with it. 

The Judgment: A fun book, quick read and entertaining. As a friend of mine would say, "It was well good."

My Unfair Lady

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