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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
It was a bit dull in the middle but overall I liked it. Really probably a 3.5.
Wilde in love was my first book from Eloisa James and if I am being honest, it wasn't my cup of tea.
I am not a fan of the writing style - it got me confused more time than I could count, I wasn't "attracted" to both main characters and their love story. I was more entertained by Lavinia and Parth or North and Diana for that matter.
That being said, I enjoy some passages, I won't say which one because I didn't see them coming and it was better that way.
I might gave this author another chance with book 2 or maybe another series entirely.
I am not a fan of the writing style - it got me confused more time than I could count, I wasn't "attracted" to both main characters and their love story. I was more entertained by Lavinia and Parth or North and Diana for that matter.
That being said, I enjoy some passages, I won't say which one because I didn't see them coming and it was better that way.
I might gave this author another chance with book 2 or maybe another series entirely.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
I wanted to like this...actually I really didn't care if I did or didn't, but OH MY GOD. At first I thought it was just how I was reading it, maybe I just wasn't getting into the story the way I was supposed to. I have an issue with historical...anything, especially when I feel that some names and places might be a little off. (Wilhelmina, really? Alaric, I'll excuse, but no respectable Englishperson would name their kid anything like that...not for another hundred years anyway!) Like, I got it, Willa's not impressed with this adventurer dude, and Alaric digs that she is the only woman in England who wants nothing to do with him, I feel that. So I listened to the audio book.....I literally stopped on the same chapter as last time, my first instinct being correct.
I know this author is popular, well like, but I just don't get it. It's the same stuff I complained about in my Born to be Wilde review; the heroine is "not like other girls" and Alaric is....stale. I get the impression he's supposed to be some rogue, debonair, adventurer type who goes on such batshit crazy exhibitions that when he writes about them, no one believes it. That he's an asshole with a heart of gold. But he's just boring. He barely interacts with Willa, and yet barely into the story, he hasn't had more than a couple of conversations, all stilted, all...forced. I just couldn't get into it. It probably didn't help that I had the weirdest fucking narrator. Honestly, if you need a laugh, get your hands on Wilde in Love, narrated by Susan Duerden, it is....breathtaking.
I know this author is popular, well like, but I just don't get it. It's the same stuff I complained about in my Born to be Wilde review; the heroine is "not like other girls" and Alaric is....stale. I get the impression he's supposed to be some rogue, debonair, adventurer type who goes on such batshit crazy exhibitions that when he writes about them, no one believes it. That he's an asshole with a heart of gold. But he's just boring. He barely interacts with Willa, and yet barely into the story, he hasn't had more than a couple of conversations, all stilted, all...forced. I just couldn't get into it. It probably didn't help that I had the weirdest fucking narrator. Honestly, if you need a laugh, get your hands on Wilde in Love, narrated by Susan Duerden, it is....breathtaking.
DNF times 2! I tried. I really tried. I like Eloisa James, a lot. I tried to re-read this book, because I thought maybe I was in a bad place the first time, but no. I just could not get into this book. Maybe it's that the entire book takes place at one house party with endless conversations or maybe it's the foppish dress, but alas I could not get into this.
This was a fun, uncomplicated read with lots of humor and an easily unfolding romance. There is a slight case of insta-love present in the book, but the hero has to work extra hard to get the heroine to fall for him. I giggled a lot while reading and enjoyed how the hero wasn't caught up in the Georgian fancy dress of the time.
In fact, James does a fairly good job of poking fun at the fashion sense during the late 1700s. I'm interested to see how the next two books in the series pan out. Looks like she's hooked me in for the ride.
For readers who enjoy Tessa Dare.
In fact, James does a fairly good job of poking fun at the fashion sense during the late 1700s. I'm interested to see how the next two books in the series pan out. Looks like she's hooked me in for the ride.
For readers who enjoy Tessa Dare.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
There was an unhinged missionary’s daughter trying to do a murder and I was high key rooting for her.