Reviews with content warning for Miscarriage - Sous l'Emprise du Désir

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Sous l'Emprise du Désir by Lisa Kleypas

29 reviews

krisrow's review against another edition

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4.0

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tattu's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-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

2.75

Este debe ser el primer libro que leo de esta autora y entiendo el amor que le tiene la gente, porque escribe muy bien y sabe cómo engancharte. Sin dudas la seguiré leyendo. Pero esta historia... agg.

Para empezar el romance me pareció nulo, sentí que la relación de los protagonistas se basaba en sexo. Cada vez que estaban juntos, cogían. No importaba donde estuvieran. Y si bien había algunas demostraciones de cariño, siento que se quedaron cortas, parecía que me estaban dando un resumen en lugar de mostrármelas.

Además, ¡eran demasiadas! El tipo parecía un animal en celo, cada vez que la veía, se le paraba. No tenía reparos en coger donde sea

en un carruaje, en un teatro, unos días después de que ella tuviera un aborto espontáneo, etc.

Hubo otras cosas que me molestaron, pero lo dejo acá. Para ser justa, debo decir que el libro es muy entretenido y que el personaje de Amanda me gustó mucho. Sentí que siempre, en toda su vida, puso por encima de todo su felicidad y su bienestar. Además, formó su propia carrera y vivía de lo que le gustaba.

También me encantan los libros de romance histórico con mujeres más grandes que su pareja masculina

Si les gusta el romance histórico y el erotismo, vale la pena darle una oportunidad.

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jo_jo77's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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cheypreston's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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missrrg's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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alexisgillogly's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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nicole_defran's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

2.75

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karenmsecrest's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

Classic Kleypas! Romance, sex, an independent heroine who writes popular novels, a brilliant hero with a dark back story, the rules of society try to ruin everything, but love conquers all. Sigh.

Jack Devlin is my favorite Kleypas hero (apologies to St. Vincent and Derek Craven).

The love story made me swoon, and the spice level gets kicked up to 11.

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unsweetener's review against another edition

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3.5

Is this book dated? Yes. Problematic? Certainly. Worth a read if you're exploring the Kleypas backlog? Definitely.

Amanda really toes the line of being insufferable, but it worked really well in terms of drawing her overall character; even when I was rolling my eyes at her, I was rooting for her. Devlin was a fun, domineering self-made hero, and there's plenty of soap opera-esque angst and drama, especially towards the end.

Definitely feels of its time, but that actually made it kind of refreshing. The audiobook narration was fine.

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csryann's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Suddenly you notes

3.75/5✨
I’m not a huge fan of the “bit like other girls” narrative that jack assigns to the two women in the story he gets along with but lord am I a fan of longing
Seeing myself in Amanda probably isn’t the healthiest when I’m only 23 but it does give me something to daydream about lol
The agony of wanting to read more battling the violent shame I would feel reading this on the T is great
I’m starting to learn that there is such a thing as too much smut. The longing isn’t as good when they can physically be together so I’m really waiting for the conflict to come (and I know she’s coming soon)
While I love a good unexpected pregnancy (controversial, I know) I HATE “betrothed to another”
Jack Fr pissed me off with his “love confession” like wtf was that
Honestly got worse after they got together in the end lmfao
Bruh. How did one plot point almost completely ruin the book for me. Fr stop reading when she becomes editor of the magazine and you’ll be happier.

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