Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don’t know if the publisher paid a bunch of people to write 5 star reviews or what, but when I read “one of the best books I’ve ever read” over and over, I have to wonder if there’s some payola or just a crazy coincidence that so many readers have read so many crummy books that this one would be one of the best ever. The characters here are mainly stereotypes except for Duchess, the heroine, who is just so tirelessly nasty and boringly profane that I was sick of her quickly. The other characters change behaviors and actions so often that they soon become untenable, as the author manipulates the reader unashamedly and as he does so, the plot becomes ridiculous. In the end the whole book collapses into a pile of nonsense. Not recommended.