I've tried to read A Night to Surrender twice before, but the third time was the charm and I finally finished it. It was better than I thought it would be. There are a lot of silly parts, but some emotional stuff, too. ( )

*3.5 ( )

There comes a time when an author that someone esteems finally produces a work that is embarrassing to read. This book was ridiculous, boring, awful, and plan creepy! Compared to the Castles Ever After series, this was a huge step down for Tessa Dare. This was like the stereotypical romance books readers avoid because it's so stupid and pointless.

First of all, the heroine was a complete Mary Sue. Susanna happened to be good at everything: shooting, medicine, teaching, therapy, marketing, genealogy, agriculture, and, of course, mind-reading. I'm all for intelligent heroines, but this one was a reach. She was so perfect that she was insufferable and boring. I was bored reading about how she was so smart that she felt all alone and couldn't talk to anyone. Thank goodness for that mind-reading.

Bram was also a whiney little wimp. I wish he had gone back to the army with his bad knee so he could get blown up. Despite all of his determination to lead a militia, Susanna somehow reads his mind and decides he needs hugs and pets. Why? Who knows. Especially since he goes after her religiously for everything but hugs and pets.

I seem to be in the minority for not liking this book, but nothing will make me change my mind. The pacing was everywhere. The dialogue was patronizing and stilted. The dad makes a complete character switch at the end of the book, creating a bunch of fake drama. The romance was... yeesh. It was manipulative and terrible. That's all I'm going to say. ( )

so good. so funny. so charming. ( )

¿Es posible renunciar a lo que más se desea cuando la recompensa puede ser maravillosa?
Bienvenidos a Cala Espinada, un lugar en que las mujeres de salud delicada disfrutan de la brisa del mar y donde los hombres en la flor de la vida… brillan por su ausencia. ¿O no?
Cala Espinada es el destino preferido de cierto tipo de damas bien educadas: muchachas enfermizas, escandalosas o muy tímidas; jóvenes esposas desencantadas con el matrimonio o jovencitas demasiado encantadas con hombres inadecuados. Pero también es un paraíso para los que viven allí.
Victor Bramwell, teniente coronel del Ejército británico, alejado del servicio por una herida de guerra, está dispuesto a cualquier cosa con tal de recuperar su comisión. Incluso a convertirse en el conde de Rycliff y a crear a toda costa una milicia en Cala Espinada. Por supuesto, ese no es lugar para alguien como él; allí solo hay solteras… y ovejas. Aunque también está la exquisita Susanna Finch, una mujer decidida a llevar a cabo su utopía personal y salvar un ejército de damas, reivindicativas, modernas, de las garras de los hombres de Bram.
Se ha declarado la guerra entre los dos bandos y ninguno de ellos está dispuesto a ceder.