I liked Constance since I always love it when the heroine is something other than the beautiful belle of the ball society girl and is a wallflower, shy, "on the shelf," or whatever. The book had such potential because although the story is not very original, Camp is a talented writer and I found her characters interesting. I don't know if this is how Camp normally writes her novels, but if it is I don't think I will continue reading her books. Though I kept on waiting for that to happen here, it NEVER did and it was extremely disconcerting. Every historical romance I have ever read is written in third person narrative and the writer takes us back and forth between the hero and the heroine's POV (sometimes adding that of secondary characters). As others have remarked there was nothing really unusual or innovative about this book, but it would have been an enjoyable and sweet read if it hadn't been for one hugely annoying thing that I could *not* get over: we never hear Dominic's thoughts. The Marriage Wager is the first in Candace Camp's Matchmaker Series and I wish I could give it a higher rating, but I just cannot bring myself to. Had such potential but the narrative completely ruined it for me - we *never* hear the hero's perspective!
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