Jan's Reviews > An Inconvenient Vow

3.5 stars. I liked the romance between Jeffree and Sabina. (view spoiler)[ His obsession with her hair, particularly her braids, was cute. (hide spoiler)] The gradual growth in Jeffree was nice to see after his dry and loveless upbringing. Sabina truly brought him out of himself.

It took quite a while for Sabina to realise her own feelings, in fact a bit too long. Although I enjoyed the read overall, this was my problem with the book - for me it was too long. About 3/4 through, the business with (view spoiler)[Sabina's sister Isemay (hide spoiler)]was a little confusing and seemed to just drag on. I admit I did a little bit of skimming here. The epilogue with (view spoiler)[ Jeffree abasing himself before the queen also felt a little bit unbelievable, almost ridiculous to me. I couldn't really see the point of the scene. (hide spoiler)]

I'm still on the fence about the setting of this series. I find it hard to fully get into the zone of this pseudo-medieval world. I guess it does give the writer certain freedoms, but for me personally I would prefer it be set in the real world in medieval times, still with made up characters, but with real places and customs.

So yeah - a decent read, but too long and would have been more enjoyable for me if a couple of sections got the chop.

My kindle edition has a very nice cover, with (presumably) Sabina in a lovely deep red dress. Nice.