This book didn't grab as much as the earlier ones in the series. Jane didn't even show up, and was only mentioned once, in passing. The series should be called The Henrietta series, as she seems to be more of a recurrent character.I really liked the main character, Charlotte the book worm. However, I don't feel the author did a good job of making her or especially her love interest, Robert, come to life. The story about the kidnapping of the King was good, but the execution (of the plot, not the...

I read the first book in this series at best friend's recommendation, and was mildly pleased but not overwhelmed. At the promise that the series gets better and better, I picked a later volume at random based on the storyline that looked the most appealing to me. I was correct that I would like this story-within better than the Pink Carnation, both because the characters appeal to me more and because the writing has improved. There are still a few times when I feel like the women are a little bi...

4.5 stars I know some readers have said that this one drags a bit, but I honestly loved it. For me, I think the draw was the heroine. In previous books, Charlotte Lansdowne comes across as tentative and quiet, overshadowed by her grandmother, the dowager Duchess of Dovedale. The story opens as Charlotte's beloved cousin Robert, Duke of Dovedale, has returned from India.Much of the story focuses on the Hellfire Club and Robert's attempts to infiltrate same in order to solve a mystery. Robert's me...

Lauren Willig has created two very likeable characters in Lord Dovedale and Lady Charlotte, who mimic their present day counterparts with errors in miscommunication. Eloise Kelly, who for her Ph.D. dissertation is on the trail of the legendary English spy the Pink Carnation, and her lover a true descendant of the Carnation’s, Colin Selwick. But beyond the errors caused by their simple lack of courage to communicate neither storyline offered much of a mystery filled with intrigue, or threat of da...

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I greatly appreciate that this book is much cleaner than the first few books of the series. On the other hand, the story was not nearly as interesting as the previous books. The whole spy part of the series was basically absent, except for a few thrown-in references to the Pink Carnation or the Black Tulip. I am hoping that a later book will help tie this book in to the whole underground spy world - perhaps the villain in this book was actu...

This is one I think I should like more than I do, it's got a madcap element at the end that I usually enjoy in books, but the putting Charlotte aside for her own element REALLY grates and the Colin/Eloise, she thinks he's a spy bit is just so dumb.Series ranking:1. The Masque of the Black Tulip2. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose3. The Deception of the Emerald Ring4. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation5. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine

4.5 stars. I liked the fairytale quality of both Charlotte and Robert and the story did bring a touch of fact into it. Now, please excuse me, I have a unicorn to catch ;)

I was surprisingly impressed by this latest Willig novel. I mean, I absolutely adored Pink Carnation and I tend to reread it very regularly, but for some reason I haven't felt the same about many of her other efforts, particularly the last one (Crimson Rose). I suppose on one level, Willig's very detailed and carefully drawn characterizations tend to incline the reader to identify very strongly with certain of her heroines. With that said, perhaps it's no surprise that I like short, outgoing, bo...

This was really sweet!! I feel like I was ruined by Mary/Vaughn that there's no way the follow up books could touch the complex tangle of emotions that went there but it was a valiant attempt, and Robert and Charlotte were ultimately super sweet. I really liked how both Robert and Charlotte had already set notions of each other - him as a prince, and her as a delicate creature to be put on a pedestal and it was really nice to see that break down as they really got to know each other as people an...

Solid 4 star book! I really enjoyed Charlotte and Robert’s story. Eloise & Colin did have a very lame storyline about how she randomly suspects him of being a spy, but luckily there wasn’t much of it.

Highly enjoyable! I liked the inclusion of the royal family and the Hellfire Club. I enjoyed the feistiness of the heroine. The hero with the over-the-top inferiority complex...not so much. But it made for a good story.

I think this was my favourite book in the series so far, it was just so good. Charlotte and Robert were childhood friends so when he comes back to England from abroad, sparks fly. Unfortunately, Robert has to infiltrate a decadent Hellfire Club in order to stop a murderer. Both get caught up in a web of intrigue and a plot to kidnap the King.- Loved Charlotte. She's a wonderfully fresh heroine who still believes in everything good about the world. There were a lot of lovely fairytale references....

After the last book with a hunt for the Black Tulip and two darker characters as protagonists, what comes next? I was curious about the next pair and what particular espionage challenge they would face. I tried to keep my expectations open since the author delightfully changes things up with each new book.

Charlotte has been waiting at Girdings for her knight in shining armour to come, just like those glorious murals depicting her ancestors bravely battling their foes on long gone battlefields or the books she consumes copiously. She even has her own dragon with her grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale. Then on Christmas Eve, out of the snow, Robert returns. Fleeing the family home for India all those years ago, the Duke of Dovedale returns like a knight returning from a long crusade in th...

I really wanted to like this one, I did, I did. But everything just went to bits at the last part of the book, and it tipped over into the too-silly-for-words category. Which I hate, especially when the first two thirds of the story was pretty darn good. For the longer review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_T...

Inevitably in any popular series, sooner or later the writing gets stale- character arcs become unbelievable, plots are rehashed, or the reader can simply feel the writer's own weariness for the once beloved story lines. Not so for Lauren Willig! If anything, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine is the strongest book in the Pink Carnation series so far.Framed once again by the research and relationship trials of graduate student Eloise Kelly, Night Jasmine opens after Eloise and her new beau Coli...