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2.0 out of 5 stars 2 & 1/2 stars: good writer but questionable hero and..., Jan 26 2004

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S. Reader "scibarfan" (Franklin, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Majors Mistake (Paperback)

heroine, not to mention the historical gaffes and plot holes.

It took me a long time to like the Major; what he did to his wife was reprehensible. She had every right to be as angry as she was at the beginning of the book.

As to historical errors, locate the review that mentions them but gives the book 3 stars. My biggest complaint was: how the heroine was supposed to recover socially even though the hero remarries her? Divorce in that day was the end for a woman; polite society would never again welcome her.

The "crippled" war veteran is a nice character touch when so many heroes are physical perfection. Some of the servants are interesting characters. The book's early villain never reappears, and the secondary plot is very weak, serving only to get the hero to the heroine's location and to bring about the climactic scene.

Pickens' skill as a writer still allows the reader to enjoy the book despite its flaws (and her tendency to make the names confusing), but it's not one of her best.

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1.0 out of 5 stars simply ridiculous, Nov 13 2000

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Gwen (Grand Rapids) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Majors Mistake (Paperback)

What an awful book. I have read a few of Ms. Pickens story's and generally like them. This, however, was really bad. I almost did not get past page 10! Julian, the Marquis of Sterling, was married to Lady Miranda when they were quite young. Through the manipulation of a trusted friend, Julian, accompanied by this trusted friend, finds Miranda looking like she just came from a tryst. In fact, this "tryst" was with this friend, and Miranda was not willing. Julian, shocked, flees and runs off to fight the war, but not before telling his lawyer to file for divorce. Besides the obvious difficulties of getting a divorce in the early 1800's, and he was not even there to testify, the story falls apart when he comes home 7 years later. Older, more mature (finally), he goes to visit a supposedly fond Aunt, who, for the past 7 years, Miranda and her son have been living with. Yes, a son who Julian knows nothing about. Now I know some regency writers try to develop fiesty girls as their lead romantic characters. But this defies logic. This was not fiesty but stupid and trite behavior. This aunt, who supposedly loved Julian, kept from him all those years the fact that not only did he have a son, but an heir? Hello, Ms. Pickens, this was a time when titles and nobility were the end all. Then, when Julian finds the boy, and he says he wants his son to raise his heir, the aunt threatens him? Says she will pack up Miranda and the boy and flee to Scotland, where English laws do not apply? Hah? She would deny the boy his heriatage? The mother, who had no money herself, would deny her son his rightful place and money to feed him? Not in those times. It would have been far more realistic to have Julian agree to have Miranda live with them than to act as if, as a peer, he had no means to gain his son. All he had to do was walk to town and the local magistrate would have gotten his boy back. That is how things were done back then.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable weekend story, Sep 23 2000

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Elaine Davis - See all my reviews

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Though I don't normally read Regency romances, I tried this one and enjoyed it. I wish though, that there was more detail and information provided. Its hard to do justice to a nice story in 216 pages. I liked all the characters, but again they could have been better developed. I agree with the observations of the previous reviewers, but I still seem to have enjoyed the book much more than they did.

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Major's Mistake
This story line is a pet peeve of mine, and somehow seems to be
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the piece seemingly finds his wife... Read more

Published on Aug 21 2000 by tregatt

3.0 out of 5 stars Lack of Research spoils this read.
One of the Major's major mistakes is that he left for the war in 1801 and returned from fighting in the Peninsula in 1808. Read more