The Sum of All Kisses Mass Market Author: Visit Amazon's Julia Quinn Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0062072927 | Format: EPUB
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For her cousin Honoria Smythe-Smith’s sake, Sarah Pleinsworth will do her very best to hold her tongue, but asking her to be civil to Hugh Prentice really is asking the impossible. It isn’t enough that four years ago, Hugh’s alcohol-induced actions nearly ripped Honoria’s family apart. The resulting scandal also cost Sarah the chance to participate in what turned out to be the best husband-catching season in recent memory. However, nothing is going to ruin Honoria’s wedding to the Earl of Chatteris, and if that means Sarah must paste a smile on her face while talking to fellow guest Hugh, so be it. Of course, that smile becomes much easier to maintain with each additional kiss Sarah finds herself suddenly sharing with this impossible man. The third sparkling book in her Smythe-Smith quartet is quintessential Quinn: witty, whimsical, and wonderfully romantic. --John Charles
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Quinn is always a delight! ... a wild romp ... there's witty banter, a colourful cast of characters and enough secrets and scandals to keep the gossip-mongers happy. A great, entertaining read RT Book Reviews
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- Series: Smythe-Smith (Book 3)
- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Avon (October 29, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0062072927
- ISBN-13: 978-0062072924
- Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
There is something about Julia Quinn's writing that hits all the pleasure sensors in my brain. I laugh, cry, love and hurt with her books. She is probably my favorite living author and all I need is to see her name on the cover to grab it up. I could not wait to get my hands on THE SUM OF ALL KISSES and Ms. Quinn did not disappoint. Probably, because Julia Quinn never ever disappoints!
The story of Hugh Prentice and his duel with Daniel Smythe-Smith will never cease to bring pure drama to the pages. It will always be the dramatic, heartbreaking and defining moment of this series. A moment where two young men made a stupid mistake that will define them forever. More than define them they will always carry scars and it seems will keep paying for a youthful mistake.
Well, at least that's what life looks like for Hugh Prentice. Daniel suffered for a long time, but now he is home, back in the bosom of his family and about to get married to the love of his life. Hugh on the other hand is broken. He has a damaged leg and a reputation for being a bit too serious. More than that, Hugh can never dance, never carry a woman in his arms and never feel like he is a complete man.
I loved this book. THE SUM OF ALL KISSES starts with the most ridiculous, melodramatic and irrationally entertaining first meet I have ever read. When Lady Sarah meets Sir Hugh, fireworks fly, words are swung like knives and feelings are hurt. And yet, I laughed. I laughed, giggled and chuckled through most of this book, but that opening is gold. Sarah's hatred for Hugh is melodramatic, but also legitimate and it seems impossible that these two people will ever fall in love.
Then they do. They fall in love, slowly, realistically and oh so romantically. This relationship is similar to Mr.
I am fast becoming a fan of Julia Quinn, in this second of her titles I have read, the stories are easy and engaging: with enough angst that is resolved by the end to make them the perfect afternoon getaway. In this book, the third in the Smythe-Smith Quartet, we have an unusual hero for most romances of this era. Hugh has a brilliant maths mind, little patience for the niceties of courtship, and a limp sustained in a duel after a night of cards with his best friend.
While Hugh has known the Pleinsworth family for a long time, in fact, the duel in which his leg was maimed nearly resulted in the family’s downfall, and Lady Sarah missed her debut because of the fallout. Outspoken, matter of fact and actually quite clever, Sarah can’t stand Hugh: his personality and hers are oil to water.
When Hugh starts to see Sarah in a different light, he believes his disability will keep her at bay: his own self-esteem is shot to bits, he feels less than manly and cannot imagine his life full of laughter.
The first interactions between Hugh and Sarah are melodramatic, as befitting the females of the family: and while the barbs are sharp, the dialogue is clever and telling, and nothing short of pure entertainment. Of course, this being a romance and we must push the issues: they are in close company with preparations for a wedding, and they must learn to at least exist in the same space.
Slowly but surely their understanding in one another grows, as does their attraction. What Sarah often sees as Hugh being ‘too serious’ is his own lack of faith or belief in his own worthiness as a man. Even more interesting, Sarah barely acknowledges his disability: it wasn’t the reason she didn’t like him, or consider him a possible match.
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