When she was a child, Roselie had been told that girls
couldn't
be spies or diplomats, that it was impossible, even though
Roselie had been the confidante of her late father, who
worked
for the Home Office. Roselie had given up on her dreams,
until
Fate made it possible. Roselie and Brody had been
childhood
friends, until they grew apart when he went away to
school. But
for the past two years, Roselie has been purposefully
staying
out of Brody's sight. While she knows he works for the
Home
Office, he has no inkling that Roselie is also a spy.
Roselie
has always been in love with Brody, but nothing will keep
her
from doing her job. Brody and Roselie are unknowingly both
on
the trail of the Marquess of Ilford, suspected of treason.
SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is slow to start, which is
understandable, as there is much setting up the story. I
hoped
the pace would pick up, but alas, it never did. I
understand
that men could not grasp that a woman was more than
decorative
during the Regency era, but one would expect a spy who
sees a
capable woman to accept the fact. That Brody did not was a
major problem with SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, as Brody forever
kept
Roselie from doing her job simply because he was incurably
pigheaded. Instead of focusing on doing his own job, as
the
professional he was supposed to be, he just kept trying to
hindering every and all of Roselie's moves, and it made
the
story painfully slow and repetitive. He does not even
bother to
concentrate on what he should be doing, he is obsessed
with
stopping her from doing anything, which was especially
frustrating because SHE knew what she was doing. Had he
let
Rosalie be, the story might not have stagnated so much. I
had
liked Brody at the beginning, but his charms soon faded to
nothing; I felt like telling him to shut up and get out of
Rosalie's way, and let her work with her "uncle", the
Honorable
Hero Worth, who was an absolutely delightful character.
And it took so many words to get the simplest idea across;
no
verbal curlicues, or purple prose, but torrents to words
to
make sure that the reader grasped even the most elementary
notion. On the other hand, this made for excellent
dialogues,
and demonstrated what wagging tongues can do. Danger
lurks. For
pages and pages, danger lurks; danger that must be
stopped, and
again it took an eternity before knowing what that looming
danger was. To be honest, I'm still not exactly sure what
it
was, and I never got what those SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS were
either. At least, sex seemed to make Brody a little, ever
so
little, less fixated on thwarting Roselie's every move.
Roselie
and Brody's attraction is undeniable, and readers for
whom
fast-paced action is not a requirement will enjoy SIX
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.
In the sixth novel of the enchanting Rhymes With
Love series from New York Times
bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a nobleman falls in love
with a beautiful spy he must protect…
Lord Rimswell is a man of honor and absolutes. If he says
something is impossible, it is. Yet his life of right and
wrong is turned upside down when he finds himself in a
compromising situation with the most unyielding, yet
maddeningly beautiful, woman in London. If only he had not
given in to the irresistible temptation to kiss her. Now he
must marry her.
Miss Roselie Stratton is the very definition of
impossible—headstrong, outspoken, and carrying a reticule of
secrets that could ruin more than her reputation. Kissing
Brody is hardly the most ruinous thing Roselie has ever done
as a secret agent for the Home Office…nor will she let a
marriage of convenience stop her from continuing her work.
Little does Roselie realize that she has underestimated
Brody's resolve to keep her safe—for he has hopelessly
fallen in love with her and is determined to do the
impossible by stealing her heart in return.
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