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D Very disappointing!

The Story Shipping hieress's father isarrested for treason, She searches for the real spy, Heiress investigates the man who accused her father, They are attracted to one another as bad thing happen,

The Characters The captain will have the heiress, She is his. Mine! The heiress is physically attracted to the captain, She hasn't felt this way since soandso,

The Plot Boring!

Final Thoughts There's a reason this book falls through the cracks, This story is unlike Bournes other fabulous stories, :
Even though this book took me FOREVER to read a case of pick it up, read a few pages, put it down because it was so well written, I had that urge to keep reading.
Many other books have failed me when I've done this in the past,

I enjoyed the characters, setting, story but at time was a bit confused as to what the greater picture was as far as the 'who is Cinq' question went as this is the first book I've read by this author.


I loved the dialogue, it felt like the characters were right in front of me talking it was so well written, Some of the characters were nasty, others selfcentered and yet others terribly sexy, I got all that and could easily picture each individual,

This will not be the last book I read by this author, Looking forward to many more! Original review March:,stars. It was hard to decide whether to round up or down, Bourne is definitely a quality writer, but this wasn't my fav of this series so far, This is theth one I've read I'm reading them in chronological order, I didn't dislike, but I didn't love it either,

I think I had three main issues with this book:

There was a little too much descriptive historical detail, The writer has clearly done a ton of admirable research, but I'm not reading to learn about the history of crime and smuggling in nineteenth century London.
I want a believable historical backdrop, but really, I just want to be swept away in the romance, Which leads me to my second gripe,

The romance was very late in coming, Yes, there was instant attraction from the start, That's OK. But it was draaaggggeeeedddd out, and apart from some nice kissing, our lovers didn't hook up till very late in the book, It felt as if the writer was deliberately coming up with reasons for them not to get together, It felt a little forced or artificial to me, I was frustrated by this aspect of the book at times,

Third: For me, there was too much of an emphasis on the crime and smuggling element, Yes it was a vital part of the book the MCs and plot revolved around it, But some scenes just seemed to linger overly long on the nasty characters and their dirty deeds, Looking closely at London's seedy underbelly isn't that interesting for me, Others may love this aspect of the book, but it's not my preferred reading,

Overall, I did enjoy some aspects of the book, and I will definitely read the others in the series, But for me, this one just didn't quite hit the mark,.
This was not to my liking, The story started great and interesting but it went downhill very quickly mostly because it was so slow, I skiped a lot of pages and it is a big deal because I never skim no matter how dull a book is, The romance in this book is very skimpy, a little lack luster, it's more of a spysuspense kind of story with not a very good mystery case, I figured who the bad guy is the moment they got introduced to the story with some lusting added to it.
Also I don't much care for Joanna Bourne's writing style, It just doesn't sit well with me, And again the secondary characters were more compelling than the hero and heroine combined just like in the first book of the series,

The story had so much potential but it just didn't live up to it, I don't know if I'll continue with this series, Maybe I'll give it just one more try, Maybe I'll have more luck and I'll like the third book, Like they say, third time's a charm, : Regrettably, I wasnt as entertained by thisas I was w/ TSL, I was bored outta my mind many parts of this bland sophomore slump, Perhaps Ive made a grave error in reading MLAS amp the resplendent “The spymasters lady” back to back, cuz MLAS pales in comparison by a few shades.
There are so many missing KEY elements here that were prevalent in TSL : razorsharp wit, nonstop gritty actions amp adventures, discernible bullethawt chemistry, neverending surprises amp vibrant characters.
MLAS cover is a marked improvement from TSL, alas, the inside cover art shows an unappealing hero, The premise has potentials but it almost seems like JB lost her muse between TSL amp MLAS, W/ the exception of thestchapters, NOTHING really interesting happens in the next hundreds of pages, Jess spends the early chapters recuperating, feeling faint amp facing eviction, being bullied, snarled , cut off midsentence by the angry, vengeful dude whenever she opens her mouth.
Sebastian starts getting snippy w/ Jess from the moment he finds out her real identity from his pal, Adrian, but he also lusts after her delectable body.
Theres too much mundane chitchat amp overdescriptive décor amp furniture, The main thread is bout Jesss desperate endeavors in proving her fathers innocence amp finding the elusive culprit, Cinq, The hero amp the plodding pace got a lil bit better, but it still didnt grab my attention from cover to cover like TLS did.
Another letdown : the lone luv scene happens briefly,pages before the anticlimax, The ending lacks romantic vibes that TSL had, even tho both books have no epilogues, This is very uninspiring. TSL was a much superior effort, in terms of quality, H/Hs personalities amp romance, I hope her nextwill live up to JBs gold standard, This My Lord and Spymaster's not a disaster of epic proportion, but I expected much better than this, after having a taste of what JB's really capable of, in TSL.
don't think Just read everything by Joanna Bourne, NOW
I love how she writes her french character's dialogue in English, You can almost hear them speaking French, Very clever dialect.
And the plots are amazing, I started with My Lord and Spymaster some time after New Years Day and finally managed to finish it only about five weeks later.
Impressive by my standards, as I tend to leave a book be after such a long time, But there was Hawkers story Im still dying to read, and there was the promise of The Forbidden Rose which I loved.


Oh boy, am I glad I started with The Forbidden Rose, seeing that The Spymasters Lady was enjoyable but nothing to be too excited about.


The first half, no strike that, the firstof the book I was first confused, then irritated and finally downright annoyed and ready to give in.
The book had nearly beaten me with its constant hints and red herrings that werent really hints or red herrings, I was more like this:



I dont need nor do I want infodumping, On the contrary, I love it when a story slowly unfolds, but for that to happen I need a few markers, All I got in My Lord and Spymaster was a heroine running through the streets and the rooftops trying to find proof that her father was not the infamous French spy Cinq, while the hero wasWell, I dont

know what he was.
He was lusting after Jess Whitby, thats for sure, He was also convinced that Jesss father was indeed Cinq, If there was some sort of romantic development between Jess and Sebastian, I didnt see it, by the way,

I didnt know when the story was taking place, The name Lazarus, already mentioned in the two previous books I had read, was dropped here and there in connection with Jess, but Jess also seemed to have spent years in Russia.
In what order all this had happened, however, was not disclosed until we finally, finally meet the infamous Lord of Londons underworld, Lazarus, By that time, I was well past themark, And again finally, finally things started to make sense, Finally!

I wouldnt presume to believe that I have sussed out Ms, Bournes conceptualisation of her female characters, But from the three books I have read so far, they are all cunning, deadly, alluring and superintelligent,

I loved Marguerite,
I liked Annique, though she had me scratching my head,
Jess Whitby, however.

Jess Whitby thy name is idiot,
Seriously, am I to believe that a woman, watched by threefour different parties/agencies, can loose their tails as easily as it was described Am I to believe in a heroines intelligence putting herself in constant danger when she has other resources at hand And I mean it, at every corner I was told how much she knew of Londons many opportunities to get things done.
What does she do The complete opposite,

Even at the end, when everything is in the open, when Sebastian tells her repeatedly that they needed to talk, she states she cant as she would only start crying, although its so very, very clear that Sebastian would help her in any way possible, and that he has the means to help her, too, I might add.
What does she do instead She ignores him, walks off and puts herself once again in mortal danger,

I hate that, I hate, hate, hate it when a heroine is portrayed as some sort of superheroine and does the most idiotic things, When she is unwilling to listen to reason, unwilling to cooperate, if not for her own sake, then at least for the sake of her loved ones.
At this point, I might as well say: Jess Whitby thy name is Too Stupid To Live,

The only saving grace was her talk with Hawker once again Hawker, There were only glimpses of romantic moments between Jess and Sebastian, None of the slow unfolding of feelings between William and Marguerite, for example,

Well, Im done now and Im clapping myself on the shoulder for finishing it, But I can thank Hawker for that, I am glad I started with The Forbidden Rose first as it introduces many of the characters that pop up in the books.
Had I started with the date of the publication of the books, I doubt I would have made it to The Forbidden Rose.
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