Review: Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

I had to give this one a few starts before I was able to finish it. I didn't love this one...and I was disappointed because Mary Balogh is one of my favorite authors. To me the writing and the voice of the characters was stiff and formal. I didn't feel like the characters were speaking, I felt like a narrator was speaking. All of the characters had the same "voice" and I found myself not investing in the characters.

The story line wasn't all that original, which doesn't usually matter to me if the characters have a personality. I just wasn't feeling it for this one. The main character Anna was orphaned at birth but it turns out she is actually a lady. She has to adjust to her new life, with the help of the Duke of Netherby and they fall in love in the process. There is a lot of potential here and I will give the second in the series a read.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced readers copy. 3/5 stars on Goodreads.

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