You know this might have gotten a lesser score if it weren't so funny. Beatrix is by far the most hilarious of the Hathaway siblings and her fairytale romance with Christopher is only because she seems content to live life like everything is a dream. The first scene with Beatrix and Christopher is beyond wonderful. She reminds me a little of some unknown character in my mind that is tough yet beautiful and cares little about what people think of her. She's shocking to the extreme which makes it all the more fun when Christopher is involved. 
 The book really starts out wonderfully. Beatrix, full of heart, pleads with her friend to write to the soldier and suitor who had been writing to her. Only Prudence is a selfish and superficial type and has no interest in making a soldiers life a little easier to bear. Bea takes it upon herself to correspond with the soldier in hope of giving some comfort but it quickly becomes more and Bea is distraught because Captain Christopher Phelan believes he's writing Prudence. 
 The letters between the two are fun and sweet. The moment these characters share once brought together are anything but dull. Beatrix has the most going on in her life, in comparison to her siblings - maybe not Leo, and she's always happy. How can one not be drawn to her. She's also ready with a quip that makes you laugh out loud, and I did so on more than one occasion. 
 Now, I do have to admit that the story did lack something that the others had but I feel the correspondence and Beatrix's antics and remarks more than make up for it. 
 There is a newcomer to the story towards the end and I am curious about him.