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bookishkelly's review against another edition
3.0
The premise of this book hooked me straight away. I love the idea of a heroine discovering who she is after a life of living to please her parents and society. I also adore a hero who is patient, gentle, and understanding towards the woman he cares about (though make no mistakes, he's still very strong and passionate). And I enjoyed how slowly the romance unfolded between them as they got to know each other.
However, there were a few missteps. The book lacked any strong sense of conflict, and I felt more could've been done with the dethroned duke. The writing was good, but not spectacular, and the dialogue sometimes felt off.
I still really enjoyed reading this. I think because it hit upon a lot of trope that I enjoy, I was more forgiving than I would've been without those elements.
I don't know if I'll actively seek out more from Megan Frampton. I did like Nicholas' brother and had hoped to read more about him, so if he ever gets a book I might check it out.
However, there were a few missteps. The book lacked any strong sense of conflict, and I felt more could've been done with the dethroned duke. The writing was good, but not spectacular, and the dialogue sometimes felt off.
I still really enjoyed reading this. I think because it hit upon a lot of trope that I enjoy, I was more forgiving than I would've been without those elements.
I don't know if I'll actively seek out more from Megan Frampton. I did like Nicholas' brother and had hoped to read more about him, so if he ever gets a book I might check it out.
mephala's review against another edition
2.0
The second (full length) installment in the Dukes Behaving Badly series had an interesting premise, but unfortunately suffered from unlikable characters, somewhat hollow plot, and very little actual romance.
I really wanted to like this book, but instead Put Up Your Duke felt like a chore to finish.
From the start I just couldn’t connect with the heroine; Isabella’s character arc of “being beautiful and perfect is such a burden and all I want is to break free” maybe wanted to be this empowering story, but just felt awkward. I couldn’t force myself to root for her as on many occasions she just acted really childish. Like wheninstead of wearing a dress she wanted, she decided to put on one in color she loathed to somehow punish her husband. Husband who, may I add, didn’t care what she was wearing through the whole book as she was beautiful in anything, AND didn’t understand or was even aware that this color held any significance. And my grumpy self kept thinking, who are you really punishing here? I understand that for her the color pink was symbol of “perfection” she hated about herself, and by wearing it she was showing Nicholas he wasn’t worth (?) her true, “imperfect” self, but it was such an immature behavior.
I felt much more sympathy towards Isabella’s sister, Margaret. So much so, that I was really disappointed when the (obvious) plot twist about her was basically swept under the rug and none of the characters seemed that shocked upon this rather big revelation.
Our male lead, Nicholas, was an ok character; I liked he was kind of goofy and sweet sometimes, especially when he was telling Isabella bedtime stories. Sadly, through most of the book he was just really really… horny.
That’s another thing, I felt there wasn’t much of a romance between the main couple. They just wanted to bang each other and when they finally did, they suddenly decided they are in love.
Clearly I wasn’t in the mood for Put Up Your Duke, as I usually don’t mind historical romances that are on the lighter side. Maybe if I liked the characters more this wouldn’t be such a dud for me.
2/5 stars
I really wanted to like this book, but instead Put Up Your Duke felt like a chore to finish.
From the start I just couldn’t connect with the heroine; Isabella’s character arc of “being beautiful and perfect is such a burden and all I want is to break free” maybe wanted to be this empowering story, but just felt awkward. I couldn’t force myself to root for her as on many occasions she just acted really childish. Like when
I felt much more sympathy towards Isabella’s sister, Margaret. So much so, that I was really disappointed when the (obvious) plot twist about her was basically swept under the rug and none of the characters seemed that shocked upon this rather big revelation.
Our male lead, Nicholas, was an ok character; I liked he was kind of goofy and sweet sometimes, especially when he was telling Isabella bedtime stories. Sadly, through most of the book he was just really really… horny.
That’s another thing, I felt there wasn’t much of a romance between the main couple. They just wanted to bang each other and when they finally did, they suddenly decided they are in love.
Clearly I wasn’t in the mood for Put Up Your Duke, as I usually don’t mind historical romances that are on the lighter side. Maybe if I liked the characters more this wouldn’t be such a dud for me.
2/5 stars
rosetyper9's review against another edition
4.0
http://www.thebookvixen.com/2015/07/book-review-put-up-your-duke-by-megan.html
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