More Than a Mistress (Mistress Trilogy #1) By Mary Balogh

More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well, that definitely was different, this is my first Regency book with a lady as a mistress,it didn't have the severity of most books, or the dramatics, as all Mary Balogh's books it had the touch f gentle smoothness and lightheartedness which I'm over the moon for.

Jane was more of an adorable character, at the beginning I couldn't help but smile every time she talked, I kind of understood Jocelyn attraction to her impudence, she was supposed to be a servant but all she did was scold the master of the house^^. I also felt she was more responsible than here years, for she was barely crossed her teenage years and yet she confronted everything that faced her with utmost rationality and calmness, I respected her for it.

Jocelyn was supposed to be the arrogant lofty kind of man, who didn't give any second thought to those who are beneath him, and as other users mentioned to me before he would look at them with his quizzing glass that hinted of disdain, well truth to be told sometime it did sound hilarious when he did it but the other times it felt as if he used it as a shield. But when someone gets to dig deeper they would find a very sensitive kind of man, soulful and artistic that was suppressing under a tight leash, and I hated his father for it.

- I realized it had a touch of Beauty and the Beast in it, which is my all time favorite Disney movie, that's why it's a huge plus

- I liked their going-on banter, especially at the beginning when he was shocked when she spoke back t him, plus the reaction of the other characters on such occasions.

- I liked how he played the piano so soulfully, and every scene he played and she singing along, and how he was bragging about her, when he made her sing to other people.

- I liked the scene at the music room, when she first got to know that he plays.

- I honestly liked that week they spent together when she started as his Mistress, they were cute, him playing and painting, her embroidering and singing.

- Loved every scene she cried with him at her side

- Loved that night while he was crying clinging to her at his lap telling her about his past, I really loved him there.

Overall, *thumps up*

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