Juvenile writing

I rarely leave bad reviews, avoiding them by only buying books with at least 75 reviews to avoid those "stacked" by relatives and friends. I made an exception for this one and was almost immediately sorry. Full disclosure: I only made it to the 20% mark and deleted it from my Kindle. Stilted, choppy writing with obvious foreshadowing [like the footman in the hallway trying not to look interested just after h has a conversation with her brother about the H being a spy for England] made it impossible to be absorbed into the story or feel any emotional connection to the characters. I read hundreds of books each year and am willing to bend some grammar rules for a sophisticated story line with interesting characters. This one felt like a pre-teen novel being read out loud in a monotone.

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