Reviews for In Scandal They Wed

The average rating for In Scandal They Wed based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-08 00:00:00 Richard Chappell In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I love Sophie Jordan's books. There isn't one that I don't think is incredibly well-crafted, and so it seems inevitable that I would love In Scandal They Wed. And I did. ISTW is reminiscent of the very best of the genre -- the Johanna Lindsey and Julie Garwood days, when heroes were handsome and troubled and heroines made mistakes that mucked everything up, and we, as readers, just chewed our nails, wondered how happily ever after would ever happen for these two, and then sighed when it finally came. That's the way it felt to read ISTW. Spencer is gorgeous and troubled, haunted by his dead cousin and devastated by what he perceives and his personal failures. Evie makes a snap decision that sets her on a path that any other woman in her position would make without question. And it is so so so fun to watch them struggle to get together. And when they finally do, it's oh-so-satisfying.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-26 00:00:00 Keith Grizzle This should not be categorised as a historical romance. There's nothing historical about it. For the millionth time: 1.- ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN GOT SHIT (NO TITLES, NO ESTATES) 2.- THERE WERE NO ADOPTION PROCEDURES IN ENGLAND (AND WALES) BEFORE 1901. 3.- NO ILLEGIMATE OFFSPRING COULD BECOME LEGITIMATE BY MARRIAGE, OR OTHER MEANS, ONCE HE/SHE WAS BORN. The crime against basic background knowledge (necessary and uncircumventable, if you want to call yourself a writer of historical romances, irrespective of what your target readership knows or does not know)is compounded by a writing that never rises above the amateur.