By Loretta Chase

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4 out of 5 stars

I think my attention span has been so squashed by our modern daily barrage of rapid fire sights and sounds that I can’t enjoy some objectively good classic Romance. 

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase, for example, is by all standards a very good book. It is not a slow book, and yet I felt the effort it took me to slog through it. 

In brief, in Regency era London, a tall, non-aristocratic writer / newspaper reporter crosses paths and horns with a handsome, dissolute Duke. Obviously, they get over themselves and fall madly, deeply in love. It’s a delightful story. And yet, like I said, here I was- a modern day half-brain - unable to fully enjoy it. 

This made it a 4 star read for me. I just wasn’t IN IT. But it’s a classic romance for a reason! Loretta Chase is a master and these characters are memorable and it’s a great story with SO much plot. So if you like a lot of plot in your romance novels, definitely give it a try!