I decided to read a few Eloisa James' books after her interview on WUWM the other day. She's a Shakespearean professor, and had a lot of intriguing things to say. Honestly, while this certainly a bodice ripping romance, I really had a lot of fun reading it. The dialogue was smart, the story entertaining enough for me to read word to word, and the sexual tension was fantastic. The marketing makes James' novels seem a bit racier then they actually are (more build up to relationship and sex than actual sex, which is what I enjoy in a romance), but when the sex does happen, hello.

This is the second James' book I've read, and I enjoyed the plot of this one far more. I loved Xenobia's spunkiness, the fact she was running her own business to let her control her future, and her unwillingness to settle for anything less than what she deserved. Huzzah, girl power.