The Before:
Yet another book from my Esty box. I loved the line on the back cover, "He called himself John Smith, but to Catherine his name was temptation."
I couldn't not read this one.
It was a pretty good romance. Catherine was a good character. She felt a little more well rounded as opposed to some of the previous female main characters. She was an active character and (understandably) didn't exactly trust Justin to begin with.
The Concerns:
Justin is all of the problems with this book rolled into one. I mean, first of all, "Justin" is a 80's/90's d-bag name, not the name of a leading man in a Regency Romance. Surprisingly, I did not take issue with his amnesia. I didn't like that we as the reader knows who he is and are inside his head. That gets things a bit confusing. It would have been a lot better it Barbour just kept the reader with Catherine.
Justin was also accused of rape by a woman in his past...
Yeah, I'm not on board with that. And it's a very quickly dismissed line. This book was published in '97 and I really thought we would have more sensitivity to that sort of thing. And it never says that it wasn't rape... It just says that his seduction of her was consensual from his perspective. Gross.
Plot: 5/10
Writing Style: 6/10
Meaningfullness: 1/10
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