Dancing At Midnight - Julia Quinn

"Look at me," John gasped. "I cannot remember the last time I allowed
myself to be so happy. I smile all day long without knowing why. I climbed a bloody tree, vaulted through your window, and here I am—laughing.It's the middle of the night, and yet here I am
with you. Dancing at midnight, holding perfection in my arms." -John Blackwood to Arabella Blydon" 


John! Belle! I love them both. I always looking for a perfect hero with a perfect heroin which I thought would make a perfect love story ever. Until I met John & Belle and then I realized I was wrong. John was crippled. He was limping handsomely I must say. He was a Baron and I like him even sometimes I prefer mere mister than Baron (Duke biased). I love injured hero. I told myself I would be happy with a someone like John, not perfect but at least he was perfect for me (in this case for Belle). I pictured him walking and limping and in pained and I..I..I love him. I'm in love. I'm in love with a fiction hero. An injured one. A crippled one. And I don't give a damn. I want someone like him. Always thinking he was not worthy for someone, pushed that person away when the truth he was everything anyone ever dreamed of having. I love the fact that he was a soldier. He had nightmares, he blamed himself with everything, he thought his soul was dark and love was not an option in his dreadful life. I love troubled heroes. I love imperfect heroes. I love John and Hugh(next Smythe-Smith hero) . I found this story was so heartbreaking , so tender, so lovely and awakened  poignant feelings. The ending was marvelous of course. Belle came at his rescue. She saved him from his bleak life. She gave him love. He was loved by what most of the ton agree a perfect woman. Belle was for him. They were meant for each other. I couldn't help myself from crying when I thought John was going to die. Spencer was going to shoot him, and I don't like thinking my perfect hero die. I still can't get over the matter. I ached for him and I know just how he felt about himself. I always feel like that. I am not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But with John, I feel perfect. I feel like there is hope for the like of us (John and me) who was hoping for a perfectly happy ending when myself is not perfect to grasp the perfection. I am so attached with John character that I found myself hoping he was not just a novel's hero. But I can't thank Julia Quinn enough for creating him. He was everything that was closer to the reality. I'm sorry. I love the story so much. Lots of 'aww' moments but for now, I just want to cherish this wonderful moment with MY PERFECT IMPERFECT HERO!