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rainelle_barrett's review against another edition
5.0
The Virgin and the Rogue, written by Sophie Jordan is a wonderful book. Kingston and Charlotte’s romance brought steamy to the table in this story. Sophie Jordan, can definitely write romance between two characters. There was not one dull moment to be read. The dialogue chosen, helped make the book easy to read.
This allowed the reader to focus more on the romance of the story. Page after page, the book brought excitement, shock and a little naughtiness to the readers imagination. The story begins with Kingston escaping the bad memories of how his father had treated Kingston’s mother. He goes to his brother’s house. Charlotte, who unbeknownst to her has fallen victim to her sister tonic.
Leaving Charlotte doing things that no lady should be doing. Poor Kingston, he doesn’t think so though. Anyway, Kingston quickly sees that there’s an attraction there, but for Charlotte, it took a little convincing. The book had exciting tryst near ponds, in the kitchen and the family library at midnight. There are angry sons.
Loving sisters and a sister that you would need to keep an eye on, when she makes you something to drink. There are loathing parents and one mother you could strangle. And a poor dining room table asking, what has it done to cause such abuse. My fellow readers, I recommend this book. Until next time... read on!
I voluntary reviewed this ARC after receiving a free gifted copy.
This allowed the reader to focus more on the romance of the story. Page after page, the book brought excitement, shock and a little naughtiness to the readers imagination. The story begins with Kingston escaping the bad memories of how his father had treated Kingston’s mother. He goes to his brother’s house. Charlotte, who unbeknownst to her has fallen victim to her sister tonic.
Leaving Charlotte doing things that no lady should be doing. Poor Kingston, he doesn’t think so though. Anyway, Kingston quickly sees that there’s an attraction there, but for Charlotte, it took a little convincing. The book had exciting tryst near ponds, in the kitchen and the family library at midnight. There are angry sons.
Loving sisters and a sister that you would need to keep an eye on, when she makes you something to drink. There are loathing parents and one mother you could strangle. And a poor dining room table asking, what has it done to cause such abuse. My fellow readers, I recommend this book. Until next time... read on!
I voluntary reviewed this ARC after receiving a free gifted copy.
_ems28's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
tweedlebug's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? It's complicated
3.0
sophie1990's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
gwensadventure's review against another edition
3.0
I was bummed since I got this reccomendations from a Reddit thread of 'regency romances with i retesting female characters'. That was not what I found. I didn't really like the premise of this book, i thought there were weird relationship dynamics and the characters were lacking depth. Overall, not a win for me (but I will likely read more for the series. I'm not sure what that says).
intensej's review against another edition
1.0
This was terrible. It read like a poorly written fan fiction in which the author randomly selected the words “aphrodisiac potion” and “house fire” before starting to write.
rangsi's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
mzdeb's review against another edition
2.0
Received a digital ARC from NetGalley.
Maybe wandering into the middle of this series didn't help, but some other people reading this series didn't seem as thrilled with the character development as well. It's always a tough sell when a character does a practical 180 from their usual character in previous books--especially when it rapidly devolves into what sounds like a bad porn flick the first quarter of the book. Reverse-engineering sexual tension from what's usually the near-apex of a typical Regency/Victorian-era story arc (now I know I've read too many of these--I used the word "apex") is always tricky. I might've given it another star if I had already known the other characters in this series; as a standalone it didn't work for me here.
Maybe wandering into the middle of this series didn't help, but some other people reading this series didn't seem as thrilled with the character development as well. It's always a tough sell when a character does a practical 180 from their usual character in previous books--especially when it rapidly devolves into what sounds like a bad porn flick the first quarter of the book. Reverse-engineering sexual tension from what's usually the near-apex of a typical Regency/Victorian-era story arc (now I know I've read too many of these--I used the word "apex") is always tricky. I might've given it another star if I had already known the other characters in this series; as a standalone it didn't work for me here.