Status Updates From His Rags-to-Riches Contessa...

END OF CHAPTER 8: "Andiamo," she said. "Let's go win some money."
START OF CHAPTER 9: 'She couldn't stop smiling. She jumped down into the gondola, making it rock wildly. "We did it."'
LUCA: *goes on to recount a bunch of plot progression that is inexplicably not on-page*
SARAH: ....WHAT THE HELL IS THIS. 💩

Still waiting for the Cunning Plan of Revenge to kick in. C'mon already.

I really wish we'd start DOING this Cunning Plan(tm), rather than TALKING about it. 🙄 This is my second Kaye book & I'm sensing a pattern. She's a good writer -- the settings & visuals are lovely -- but her dialogues waffle on & her heroes are uber-respectful (great in RL, boring in romance novels).

--"How did you find me? Was it Jack who tipped you off?"
--"I have not had the misfortune to meet your paramour. In fact I'm reliably informed that he is en route to the New World."
--"I would rather you'd been reliably informed that he was on his way to the underworld."