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The Duke Effect by Sophie Jordan

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

3.0

This book would have been a fun read with a wonderfully progressive main character … except. First, a main development is driven by
a lust potion, essentially, that takes away the love interest's ability to say no
, which is quite enough to tarnish it. The second problem is that the main plot is driven by the love interest threatening to reveal certain activities of the main character. This set a very sour note from the beginning. While I've enjoyed my share of dubcon enemies-to-lovers, both aspects were handled rather ham-fistedly.

Also, the sex isn't even good, and the romance isn't particularly believable. 
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