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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I felt very disjointed reading this story., December 9, 1999
This review is from: More and More (Mass Market Paperback)
In the past, I have read a number of Ms. Cameron's contemporary novels and enjoyed them. Preferring historicals, I picked up More and More, but I just could not get into the plot. There were many times I was so frustrated with the writing style that I was tempted to not finish the book at all. I persevered, hoping it would get better, and it didn't. There was very little cohesion between paragraphs, let alone chapters. I found myself jumping from place to place, trying to figure out what happened or was currently happening. The relationship between Finch and Ross also confused me. Hot, cold, professional, lovers and all within a few days. True, they had known each other for a few months, but only in passing. Their relationship only grew in the few days which the story takes place. Virtual strangers who partake in some pretty hot, explicit sexual preludes, but when the time comes to make love, he carries her off to his room....and awaken the next morning. From what preceded this scene, I was vastly disappointed. One redeeming feature to the story is the structure of the characters themselves. Finch and Ross are fairly well developed and we get to know each one, their motivations and indecisiveness. Finch is refreshingly open about herself and her feelings, though I can't help to feel that she is a late 20th century woman plunked into the early nineteenth century. Her behavior is not well suited for the setting of the story. Although we learn what makes Ross "tick", I never feel like I get to know him. Whereas in most books I feel like I know the lead characters, am somehow become their friends, that feeling of familiarity is lacking. The secondary characters, those at number 7, number 8, and Hayden add spice to the story and compliment it well. I thought our narrator of the story quite an interesting twist, but once again, disjointed and uncomfortably written. You never quite knew what was going on until the end. Who was this disembodied voice? The author, a character, and how did they know what was going to happen? Though a fascinating literary device, I did not like its execution. All in all I do not recommend this book, stick to some of Ms. Cameron's other novels.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More and More, February 28, 2000
This review is from: More and More (Mass Market Paperback)
At 29, Finch More is considered "on the shelf" in Regency England. She is a spinster whose time for love has come and gone. She has made a life for herself as the co-owner of a shipping firm with her brother, and has rooms in a former glorious mansion located at 7 at Mayfield Square and finding simple pleasure helping him run an import business. As the book opens, however, Finch finds herself in trouble, accosted by a strange man issuing oblique warnings. From the moment Ross forces her to tell him about the encounter, their fate is sealed. Ross's work may have instigated the danger, but Finch and her brother are right in the thick of it, and Ross and Finch will have to work together if they want to keep Finch's brother, and themselves, alive. Ross, Viscount Kilrood, a mysterious and handsome troubleshooter who takes on commissions for foreign Sultans and the like. He's sworn his allegiance to a cause that allows no room for family or love, no matter how interesting he finds his neighbor's sister. He becomes a customer Finch has no idea how her simple spinster's life will change. Suddenly, mystery, intrigue and a passionate romance are on the horizon. More and More is a quirky, passionate historical romance which Cameron fans should adore. Ross and Finch are sharp, intelligent and funny. The dialogue is crisp and witty, and the passion is fiery. The addition of a meddlesome ghost is quite funny, as are some of the predicaments in which Fitch finds herself. A charming and funny romance which fans should love.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Boring and repetitive--most disappointing!, May 22, 1999
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This review is from: More and More (Mass Market Paperback)
I have enjoyed Ms .Cameron's contemporary romances so much, I finally decided to try one of her historicals. Although I like historicals, this one was a great disappointment. The characters had no depth, the same sex (not love) scene was recycled over and over, and so was the dialog! Very little seemed true to the period; servants were the intimates of the "gentry," the heroine was sexually curious and liberated; in fact, there seemed very little sense of period at all. If the author hadn't identified the date, I doubt I could have placed this in any particular pre-industrial revolution era with any accuracy. I highly recommend True Bliss, Sheer Pleasures and Pure Delights--skip this one!
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