Jultri's Reviews > Lady Be Good

This book didn't work for me. I liked the heroine, who was plucky, tough, independent and not scared of pursuing her dreams of a better existence for herself. The hero, I had issues with. He used her in the beginning without remorse. Even when he saw that she was forced to steal the letters out of fear for her safety, he felt no qualm utilising her fear to achieve her submission to his blackmailing. He treated and spoke to her disrespectfully at times, like she was a common whore. Even when he affianced himself to Catherine, he still laid claim to Lily, and when he finally chose to be with her, he swept her off her feet and went on their way, never glancing back at Catherine nor apologising for breaking their arrangement. And this book made me hateNick O'Shea, the hero in the next book, whom I previously adored as my ultimate Irish fantasy. He was utterly cruel to Lily in the beginning, and he must have been abusive to instill such terror in her.