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jessgj's review against another edition
Just wasn't feeling it. Writing is good but a bit more Tell, Don't Show than I'd like.
pagesfromhome's review against another edition
Just a pause for right now, I’m sure I’ll come back to this one!
0ivy0's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Exactly what you'd expext from a straight regency romance. Felt like the author hadn't done enough research about regency Britain, however I could look past it and still enjoyed the read
anthy's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
lizm98's review against another edition
They had me till I had to read the POV of the male lead
00laura23's review
3.0
3.5
This was a really interesting story and I very much liked the romance. Alex is an interesting, flawed character. I loved that he fell first and what he was willing to do to get his HEA. While Millie at times drove me nuts, I did like her and her unique, boldness. The secondary characters were interesting and added to the fabric of the story. It’ll be fun to read their romances as the series progresses. I really hope that we’ll get to see more of Alex and Millie through the rest of the books.
This was a good start to the series and introduction to the Strathmore family. There were times in the middle that I felt like the story was dragging and just wanted things to move along. Overall, I enjoyed spending time with these characters and reading their story.
This was a really interesting story and I very much liked the romance. Alex is an interesting, flawed character. I loved that he fell first and what he was willing to do to get his HEA. While Millie at times drove me nuts, I did like her and her unique, boldness. The secondary characters were interesting and added to the fabric of the story. It’ll be fun to read their romances as the series progresses. I really hope that we’ll get to see more of Alex and Millie through the rest of the books.
This was a good start to the series and introduction to the Strathmore family. There were times in the middle that I felt like the story was dragging and just wanted things to move along. Overall, I enjoyed spending time with these characters and reading their story.
jhen_squared's review against another edition
1.0
Suffice to say, I didn't like it and judging from the reviews, my opinion is unpopular.
The writing read like something I'd write at 16. It barely reeked of London in the 1800s. It read and felt so contemporary, so modern that it hardly felt like a historical fiction novel. The conversations between characters felt forced at times or like they were just there to fill space and kill time in other parts. The miscommunication between the characters was just, so ridiculous and done so poorly. All Lucy did was cry.
They fell inlove after speaking to each other outside of a ball twice. Once out of those two times was for an apology. The insta love was a ship I could not board. At all. Didnt understand and couldn't see where they managed to fall in love with the page time I had covered.
The characters also all read like they were 16, especially the leading male character. For a man of 23 and a rake, he's stupid and makes the dumbest most childish choices (and no I'm not referring to a main characteristic of his). He reads like a 12 year old boy instead of a grown man almost all the time. I didn't (not once) find him charming, disarming, great or charismatic. Millie sure thought he was but honestly, after everything I read I don't know what she saw. To be fair I don't know what saw in her either he'd only known the girl all of 5 minutes. Wasn't buying it.
The sex scene, God sex in romance novels really do make me uncomfortable. What with the 'stroke her heat,' and 'calling forth her wetness,' and 'gently knead her breast with his hand.' What is this girl, a piece of dough to make bread? It's not even flowery, it doesn't feel intimate all they use is the word 'want' and 'desire' and I always wonder if these authors that write these scenes have ever had sex before. Or made love before. Because surely, it's more than this? Anyway.
I almost didn't finish but I did and it ended the same way romances always seem to freaking end. I read one romance a year or try to and I think that's it for me for right now. Definitely not continuing this series.
The writing read like something I'd write at 16. It barely reeked of London in the 1800s. It read and felt so contemporary, so modern that it hardly felt like a historical fiction novel. The conversations between characters felt forced at times or like they were just there to fill space and kill time in other parts. The miscommunication between the characters was just, so ridiculous and done so poorly. All Lucy did was cry.
They fell inlove after speaking to each other outside of a ball twice. Once out of those two times was for an apology. The insta love was a ship I could not board. At all. Didnt understand and couldn't see where they managed to fall in love with the page time I had covered.
The characters also all read like they were 16, especially the leading male character. For a man of 23 and a rake, he's stupid and makes the dumbest most childish choices (and no I'm not referring to a main characteristic of his). He reads like a 12 year old boy instead of a grown man almost all the time. I didn't (not once) find him charming, disarming, great or charismatic. Millie sure thought he was but honestly, after everything I read I don't know what she saw. To be fair I don't know what saw in her either he'd only known the girl all of 5 minutes. Wasn't buying it.
The sex scene, God sex in romance novels really do make me uncomfortable. What with the 'stroke her heat,' and 'calling forth her wetness,' and 'gently knead her breast with his hand.' What is this girl, a piece of dough to make bread? It's not even flowery, it doesn't feel intimate all they use is the word 'want' and 'desire' and I always wonder if these authors that write these scenes have ever had sex before. Or made love before. Because surely, it's more than this? Anyway.
I almost didn't finish but I did and it ended the same way romances always seem to freaking end. I read one romance a year or try to and I think that's it for me for right now. Definitely not continuing this series.
bookwyrm_roo's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
juzabatiero's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
3.5
brgntteva's review against another edition
1.0
I have never skipped pages, and yet here I did. I really liked Millie, such a lovely character, fierce, diverse, honest. And Alex as well. Bit I didn't really get the Love at first sight from him. And everything was a bit sudden. And I just couldn't read the "misunderstanding" parts, which I skipped almost entirely. Regency might not be my thing.