Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Boring, skimmed through to the end

I haven't read any books by this author before, and would not be inclined to except that other books have better reviews. The book cover was misleading--the hero was wounded in battle but is totally healed so there isn't really a "beauty and the beast"/wounded hero aspect to it. The author continually sprinkled in regency phrases like "in a fidge," "cry roast meat," etc. to the point that it annoyed me. The story was slow moving. I never grew to care for the characters, and I didn't see why any of them felt love for another. This went into the trash.