Reviews - Second Duke's the Charm

160 reviews for:

Second Duke's the Charm

Kate Bateman

3.8 AVERAGE

jtapia's review

3.75

adventurous 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

colleens_conclusions's review against another edition

5.0

I loved reading Second Duke's the charm. I wasn't sure if I would like it based on the first chapter and the fact that I did put it down when I first tried reading it.

I picked it up again this week and couldn't stop reading once I started.

I liked Justin and Tess's romance and how he fell first. Or maybe they did at the same time. I liked the spy part of the story, it added more intrigue.

I definitely can't wait for the next book.

Thank you Netgalley and P

mskennedyreads's review against another edition

Enjoyable. Just read it to read book 2, which sounded really interesting.

ks2_alwaysreading's review against another edition

4.0

Really enjoyed this one. Giving it a 4 stars instead of a 5 because I felt the mystery the ladies took on was honestly rather simplistic and lackluster--it left me wanting more in that regard.

pammie823's review against another edition

4.0

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

dishajetly_123's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

happily_after_heas's review against another edition

3.0

This book would be SO MUCH BETTER with more POV of the MMC. It really needed a better balance. I liked what I was given and I liked the FMC just fine. But the book would have been so much stronger knowing more of what *he* was thinking and feeling. IDK if this was an author decision or something publishers are moving toward but readers WANT the male POV. It's often the more. . . interesting (??) POV or controversial? IDK but we need it.

jbruno87's review against another edition

3.5

megatron_'s review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: No

bookish_haze's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 68%

I usually love everything by Kate Bateman but this was so, so insta love and straight into bed that I just couldn’t deal with it. I wasn’t vibing with the romance and I wasn’t vibing with neither of the main characters as individuals. Might pick it up some other time if for no other reason than I’ve read everything by this author and I hate not finishing one of their books, but at least for now, this is a DNF.

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