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mrsbooknerd's review
3.0
I've avoided Mills and Boon lately because I tend to find them underdeveloped and they are often too sexless for me. I definitely prefer my regency romances raunchy and developed. Well, any genre to be honest.
Apparently I've read both Asher and Cristo's books but I couldn't call them to mind easily. I only awarded them 2* ratings as well, so I imagine they were of the same breed as 'The Dissolute Duke' a quick, nice read but one that I won't remember in a week.
Though I will admit that it was more developed than I had originally thought it would be, there was still something lacking in both plot and emotion. There wasn't a great deal of sex or any real physical relationship so I hoped that emotional ties and deepening romance might take centre stage, but I never really felt any depth with these aspects either. Their relationship wasn't particularly passionate, their romance not particularly deep, and as characters they weren't overly funny, serious, dazzling etc. But nor were they so dull that I wanted to give up reading. It was all just a bit flat, I suppose.
I also struggled with the repeated themes of the brothers hating on Taylen and him denying everything. I understand that this was the greatest obstacle, but it would have felt more human to have the brothers begin to doubt the story that they had heard, or to change their opinion of Tay even slightly.
Overall, this was a nice, quick afternoon read, and I would label it as 'ok', but I wont remember it come next week and I wouldn't recommend it as a novel that will set worlds alight.
Apparently I've read both Asher and Cristo's books but I couldn't call them to mind easily. I only awarded them 2* ratings as well, so I imagine they were of the same breed as 'The Dissolute Duke' a quick, nice read but one that I won't remember in a week.
Though I will admit that it was more developed than I had originally thought it would be, there was still something lacking in both plot and emotion. There wasn't a great deal of sex or any real physical relationship so I hoped that emotional ties and deepening romance might take centre stage, but I never really felt any depth with these aspects either. Their relationship wasn't particularly passionate, their romance not particularly deep, and as characters they weren't overly funny, serious, dazzling etc. But nor were they so dull that I wanted to give up reading. It was all just a bit flat, I suppose.
I also struggled with the repeated themes of the brothers hating on Taylen and him denying everything. I understand that this was the greatest obstacle, but it would have felt more human to have the brothers begin to doubt the story that they had heard, or to change their opinion of Tay even slightly.
Overall, this was a nice, quick afternoon read, and I would label it as 'ok', but I wont remember it come next week and I wouldn't recommend it as a novel that will set worlds alight.
samstillreading's review
4.0
Fun romance historical with a forced marriage, a heroine with a missing memory and a hero who returns to claim his forgotten bride. Action aplenty!
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