Wow! There was a lot of... um... description and atmosphere in this book. At multiple points I wanted to build a time machine, travel back to 1820 or whenever, and ask her to kindly get to the point. I know it is a Romantic novel (the style, not the theme), but the atmosphere should add to the story, not BE the story. At one point I counted 3 different similes describing the same thing. Whew.

That being said, the story itself was very good. The characters were very well described. I probably would have really liked this story if someone would have edited it down significantly before it was published.