Reviews

De hertog die ik verleidde by Scarlett Peckham

lenanico's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The Duke of Westmead proofs that consent indeed is very sexy.
- While his sister on the other hand is queen of overstepping boundaries...
And Poppy admittedly is embarrassingly relatable to me.

For something that isn't really my usual taste I enjoyed this A LOT. Maybe partly also for the aesthetic. The vibe feels the way the covers of the "Emily Wilde" books look like.

"The Duke and I" got nothing on this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Grief

Minor: Blood, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Cursing

hollitha's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.25

sarah_gb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

jamiehanna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

3.0

I enjoyed the love story but I wish it hadn’t been the same mistakes over and over for each of the main characters. Also, could have done with less of the extremely dark background for MMC. 

being_b's review against another edition

3.0

A lot of serious subjects that seemed to be used mainly for their capacity to induce misunderstandings-- once the hero and heroine resolved the misunderstanding, the painful event was never referred to again. Left the characters feeling somewhat contrived, and I imagine if any of said painful events had ever happened to me I'd be DNFing the book in a hurry.

Examples of painful events raised and dropped without due consideration:

Spoiler

The heroine's orphaning at a young age, the heroine's guardian uncle's death directly before the story begins which results in her unexpected eviction from her home, a rape attempt by the heroine's childhood "friend," the hero's father intentionally burning the hero's first wife and child to death, the hero's sister entrapping the hero and heroine into marriage by deliberately ruining the heroine's reputation and business... I could go on.

Also, a personal pet peeve-- the heroine goes from 0 to riding crop in the course of an evening. Whatever happened a good old-fashioned spanking with a bare hand or a hairbrush? Walk before you run, people.

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

Very angsty with a lot of conflict driven by miscommunication. The conflict between Poppy and Asher was very realistic and that’s what made it PAINFUL to read at times. This is a pretty slow burn, emotionally, but the payoff is VERY HOT. I loved how Poppy was fiercely independent and curious. I thought the way the author portrayed the evolution of their sexual relationship from her being a virgin to her being a Domme was really well done and believable (ie, it didn’t happen overnight!!). Excited to read the rest of this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

kiwifire's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

erinla42's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

amywrites's review against another edition

4.0

This is my favourite of the series and I'm glad I read it backwards!

I lived for the angst and heartbreak and fights.

Poppy was wonderful and I adored her (and her 'dark side' was just 😮‍💨). I just wish we saw a hint of it before as it kind of came out of nowhere.

melazer1's review against another edition

Technically cheating - nope