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The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

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hollsyy's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.75

It was cute and easy to read, but not my cup of tea. The set up for the MMC's interest was well written and I enjoyed their contrasting personalities. However, I wasn't on board with the banter between the side character's husbands, Ash and Chase. Given that I've read Ash's story previously, the banter they had was boyishly out of character and felt very juvenile and kind of took me out of the story. Furthermore, the chemistry between our main characters was there, but it wasn't very electric. It all felt... rather dull. Additionally, I'm not a big fan of time jumps and epilogues and this had both - back to back. You don't have to spell out their happy ending... it's historical romance it's pretty much a given.

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stovie's review against another edition

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4.5

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valeria_gzz's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

4,5 stars. I loved this!!! Penny reminds me of me when it comes to being boy obsessed. And UGH it was so hot that Gabe would let Penny make her own decisions!!!

Literally the only thing I didn’t like is how Gabe’s personality flipped a switch in the third act conflict. Like what??? It was so dumb.

Go penny for standing up for herself to that paedo!!

I LOVE Ash and Chase and I think I really do need to reread The Duchess Deal!

Also wooaaahhh I feel like this book was very hot in not the physicality of the sex but the emotional aspect of it and that’s sooo much hotter (at least to me)

Reread 11/26/2023
After this reread I don’t care about the third act conflict anymore this is 5 STARS!!!

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katrinaward's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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katewheels13's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

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3.5

Tessa gets it.

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my_name_is_jess's review against another edition

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funny fast-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

4.0

I loved Penny and Gabe’s story! The banter was, as always, top notch. The sass was sassing, the sham was shamming, and the romance was sweet and perfect.

Penny’s history of abuse was quite unexpected and I didn’t love the way it was addressed and “resolved”.

Audiobook: 5
The audiobook narration was *chef’s kiss*

Spice: 3
Spice scale:
0 Kissing - no sex implied or stated
1 Closed door (sex implied or stated but reader not present)
2 Open door (on page vanilla sex), euphemistic language
3 Open door, explicit language
4 Explicit and repeated, may contain some kink
5 Explicit and repeated with a variety of acts and kink

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