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Penny and Gabe are such a good Duo. They're so opposite but work so well at the same time. Tessa knows how to write a funny, Swoony and beautiful story. Gabe has a bit of a past but is doing very well for himself but is trying to deny Penny. While Penny has a long list of animals who lives next door and it’s a nuisance for the property he wants to sell. So Gabe helps Penny with organising safe and loving homes for her animals. But he can’t resist Lady Penny for long.

The parrot storyline had me in hysterics. Best comedy moment in a while.

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🔹Defiant Duke

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🔹Opposites Attract

🔹Animal Lover

🔹Intimate Spice

Genre/Type: Historical Romance 18+

APK: Audiobook

Audio Length: 7 Hours 7 Minutes

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Spice: 🌶️.5

Series or Stand Alone: Book 3 in the Girl Meets Duke Series

Tropes or Themes: Neighbours & Opposites Attract

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved the first book in this series but if you've read one you've read them all. As this is my third book in this series, I'm finding the characters harder to connect to as they're so similar to the characters from previous books. Also the third act breakup/conflict is completely unnecessary. I understand good stories need conflict and tension but issues for the sake of issues that are resolved within the next ten pages are completely pointless.

These are fun easy reads and I'd still recommend them.

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

When Penny meets her dashing neighbour Gabriel, known as the 'Duke of Ruin' they don't off to the greatest start thanks to Gabe's objection to her menagerie of rescued animals. When they team up to find new homes for the animals, they grow closer and can't deny the feelings they have for one another.

This was another lovely, enjoyable read in the Girl Meets Duke series. I always like picking these books up as they have me swooning and smiling in equal measure. Penny is just a wonderful character and the this book is the epitome of the grumpy-sunshine trope. I liked all of the interactions the two characters had with one another, and they had a lot of chemistry but also a lot of love and warmth between them as well.

One of my favourite things about this series is the friendship between all the girls. We see Emma, Alex and Nicola in these books (and I would advise reading this series in order so you're not spoiled for the first two), and how they all help each other and Penny but what I loved as well was Ash and Chase adopting Gabe when they realised Penny liked him so much. The interactions between the men really had me chuckling, and the scene in which Marigold the goat gives birth was utter gold.

I'm pretty sure Nicola's story overlapped in this one so I'm really looking forward to reading it when it comes out to see what happens.

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hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Definitely my favourite of the series! I loved following Penny who loves animals and needs to overcome her fear of getting back into society. The romance was the perfect blend of sweet and hot. I can't believe I have to wait so long for book 4.

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