Tomasz Ch Ch থেকে Sidorame Barat I, Medan Perjuangan, Medan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia
For some reason my brain was not altogether there when I started reading this book because I kept getting confused at the very beginning. I'm not sure why, but it took me an awful long time to get into it and I, in fact, carried it around in my bag for a good two months. Once I did, I flew right through it. I always enjoy Gwyn's stories and the fact that she mentions so many places in our hometown. It's fun to read along while being able to imagine exactly where the characters are. I used to be a messenger in downtown Pittsburgh for many, many years and I know the exact alley where the tailor's shop was located (and of course any good Pittsburgher knows the Dollar Bank building and its famous lions). I haven't been into the downtown area for quite some time so it was nice to revisit those places via this book, as well as her others. As always, Gwyn has a great way of describing her male characters that makes you want to salivate. I first found this author as a result of a Colin Firth Google alert because her first book, "Seducing Mr. Darcy" makes frequent mention of Colin. I knew immediately that Gwyn was surely a kindred soul! This book continues to prove that thought. Our hero, Hugh Hawksmoor, is described as looking a bit like Patrick Dempsey, another of my favorites! (and towards the end Gwyn again manages to squeeze Colin's name in!) **MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS** (nothing major) Storywise I did have some questions though. I may have just missed this (as I said, my brain was in a reduced state) but I never could quite figure out who Nathaniel was or what his purpose was to the storyline. I also had kind of hoped that maybe somewhere along the line, Joss would have perhaps remembered something about Hugh (Monk) from when she was a child. She kept mentioning his seemingly unforgettable eyes and I thought maybe that was something that would have jarred her memory. Or perhaps she would have overheard Nathaniel calling him Monk and that would have jarred something. Anything. I had just hoped that at some point before the end that she would have maybe had a flash of a childhood memroy involving Hugh. (Then again, I remember absolutely nothing of my youth, so.....) I also didn't like the fact that Joss was so young. I think the description for that feeling might be called "resentment"! hahaha. All in all, a lovely read - as usual!