Customer Reviews
I liked it !! - By: Ms. L. C. Kelly, 14 Jul 2008 
I greatly enjoyed this. It's nice to have some light reading from time to time & PV's are always easy reading. I liked it a lot. You do end up sympathising with some, especiallly poor Catherine. The end seemed rushed into the final 80 or so pages but I'd still recommend it.
How dragged out can you get ...... - By: J. A. Simmons, 11 Jun 2008 
Subject, Lloyds was interesting to me as many of my clients were then caught out, lost their large homes & refreshingly discovered that 'big' was not necessarily 'beautiful' ! The copy reader failed in several areas - but I became tired of sections that started 'she' this & 'she' that - a few paragraphs on you could establish which 'she' was referred to. I thought it was unecessarily drawn out, could have been more 'gutsy' if about 1/3 shorter, removing many needless conversations. This is the 1st PV book I've read, not in a hurry to read another.
Not her best - By: Adaisa, 09 Jun 2008 
Oh dear, I do agree with Booklover. I'm a great PV fan because of the escapism, the Britishness, the wonderful romantic scenes & the authentic mentions of Barbados where I live, but this was reallly not her best. The ending was too serendipitous, & the characters too alike, I became quite confused & had to keep on checking the cast of characters.I lioke her characterisation of women but its a bit unreal that every wife who takes a lover finds an honourable understanding sexy upstanding man who loves her madly...too unbelievable.
However, if you are a PV fan you'll not regret reading it, or stop being a fan.
Long winded and very disappointing - By: Mrs. S. E. Calladine, 31 May 2008 I have never read one of Penny Vincenzi's books before & I won't bother again. It was like a murder mystery (or suicide mystery) that never happened. This business with Lloyds was totallly pointless. What was the outcome of that? What about that chap who organised the meeting in the first place (George Meyer). He disappeared as did many other characters, alll of who we had to get to know during the book & keep referring to the long list of who the characters were to keep track of things. It was a great let down. I was reallly annoyed at the end. I was expecting to find something like Elizabeth & Simon had planned his disappearance or that woman at the end who turned up at Court had been plotting with Simon. What a complete let down. And where were alll these women that Simon was supposed to have had affairs with? It was alll consumed with suggestions that something interesting was going to happen when it didn't.
Penny Vins Best Yet !!! - By: Chevvy, UK, Winchester, 30 May 2008 
Hi I love her as a writer & this has masses of suspense for each character. Starting gently it introduces the cast & I loved the ending! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED & 5 friends were reading it at the same time & loved it too!
