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The Secret Fiancée by Catharina Maura

3.92 AVERAGE

thebookishbrewnette's review against another edition

3.0
Lex was easily one of my favorite Windsor brothers, and I enjoyed he and Raya's relationship throughout most of the book; however, when Sierra goes missing his anger and the way he reacted took me out of the story and made me want to put the book away.

I think Lex's hurtful words and distrust, while still harsh, could have allowed me to want his happiness and forgiveness from Raya, but that anger and physical response paired with his controlling nature was too much, and really took me out of this story dropping it to more of a 2.5 for me.

There were also quite a few grammatical errors and typos that made the book not feel as put together as the previous ones I have read. There were so many great parts and I laughed quite a bit when Lola was involved, but there was just a bit too much real conflict for me to feel like this story was as happy as the others.
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alinarecs's review

2.5
ngl i was just skimming this book most of the time because it felt like lex could do absolutely anything and raya would just take it.
good to know that even if he puts a gun to her head & threatens her she’s going to be completely fine
honestly the fact that she wasn’t even mad at him for calling her a bitch ???? like girl u didn’t even call him out for that??? you were so stuck on the part where he confessed to “pretending to try” like uh we have more pressing matters
tbh this is probably the first time catharina maura has disappointed me w a book ://

erinmd156's review against another edition

2.5
emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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abbyjoc's review

4.25
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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angelica_elle_reads's review

3.5
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pyiab's review

2.5
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

feichtersgirl's review

5.0
emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

kristen0311's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

zimzalazom's review against another edition

4.0
Reading Notes:
- Omg I love her, I love Raya sm :(((
- Gago I love Raya’s family also, makes Faye’s pale in comparison
- Aww they’re cute
- Awww sad backstory
- Gago this is starting to get weird
- I’M SORRY HE DID WHAT

Post-Reading Notes:
- I SINCERELY LOVE RAYA
- WTF SA LAST 1/4TH OF THE BOOK THO FUCK YOU LEXINGTON
- BUT GOOD GROVELLING THO
- THANK GOD HE WENT TO THERAPY
- I LIKED THIS :( DIOFAYE U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS

devyn_3d's review against another edition

5.0
HANDS DOWN BY FAR MY FAVOURITE BOOK BY CAT YET! Lex and Raya have officially taken first place as my favourite couple of hers, they are just too perfect. I knew this one would become my favourite but definitely didn’t expect it to make it almost impossible to beat. Thank you Cat for another amazing book, I can’t wait for sierra’s story next. ❤️‍