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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I've read may MB books and she rarely disappoints me. Her stories push all my romance buttons so it's hard to not rate her stuff 3 or more. Having already read the "Survivor Club" series (which ranks way up there for me), I can't say Slightly Married is a carbon copy but there are some strong similarities. Do I care? Not at all!
From the get go, I was immediately drawn in by the premise of the book, a colonel honoring a dying soldier's request to promise to comfort and protect the man's sister. When he meets the man's sister, Eve, Aiden offers her marriage, as a purely business arrangement, to keep her and her large household of misfits from being turned out of her home and those working for her from losing their jobs.
Because of a series of events, Aidan and Eve's business arrangement begins to metamorphose into a different king of relationship.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the Survivor's Club series.
Because of a series of events, Aidan and Eve's business arrangement begins to metamorphose into a different king of relationship.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the Survivor's Club series.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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:
Yes
What a good book! A well done marriage of convenience plot is one of my favorite things, and this one was touching, romantic, and beautifully written. I liked both the hero and heroine, and the secondary characters with whom they were surrounded were interesting as well, especially the hero's family, the Bedwyns. This is the first in a series of books about them and I'm looking forward to reading more.
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The 2nd of my thrifted reads, costing but a mere quarter. Again, I went in with relatively no expectations of what I was getting.
A pretty standard "forced by circumstance to marry" kind of romance where the whole "this marriage isn't real" problem persists as the leads are torn between romance and maintaining the lives/dreams they had previously thought were the most important things.
Aiden and Eve were decent enough characters; I liked that Aiden was described more harshly and less attractively than a lot of other heros, with a large frame and hook nose and serious countenance. They didn't endear themselves to me especially, though.
Overall, not a bad read, and in fact more pleasant than my previous mass market paperback romance read was, but I didn't feel especially moved by the romance. In fact, how easily the two of them have sex and then refuse to communicate themselves throughout most of the story really dampened things for me. It's a usual kind of "I thought you didn't like me but you actually do like me so you took my words more harshly than intended and now I see your actions as an affirmation you don't like me so I'll continue to hide my feelings also" situation that's not uncommon in romances--especially historical.
The immersion of regency England was fine, the writing was fine (though I did find a number of grammar and punctuation errors; tsk tsk), and overall the book was decent to get through.
I didn't love it, I don't hate it, I'm not sorry I read it but I'm also unlikely to read it again. I don't think I'll bother with seeking out the other books in the series because they all seem to essentially be "strangers have a night of passionate sex but then they fall in love later" and that's not my preferred way of romances happening.
A pretty standard "forced by circumstance to marry" kind of romance where the whole "this marriage isn't real" problem persists as the leads are torn between romance and maintaining the lives/dreams they had previously thought were the most important things.
Aiden and Eve were decent enough characters; I liked that Aiden was described more harshly and less attractively than a lot of other heros, with a large frame and hook nose and serious countenance. They didn't endear themselves to me especially, though.
Overall, not a bad read, and in fact more pleasant than my previous mass market paperback romance read was, but I didn't feel especially moved by the romance. In fact, how easily the two of them have sex and then refuse to communicate themselves throughout most of the story really dampened things for me. It's a usual kind of "I thought you didn't like me but you actually do like me so you took my words more harshly than intended and now I see your actions as an affirmation you don't like me so I'll continue to hide my feelings also" situation that's not uncommon in romances--especially historical.
The immersion of regency England was fine, the writing was fine (though I did find a number of grammar and punctuation errors; tsk tsk), and overall the book was decent to get through.
I didn't love it, I don't hate it, I'm not sorry I read it but I'm also unlikely to read it again. I don't think I'll bother with seeking out the other books in the series because they all seem to essentially be "strangers have a night of passionate sex but then they fall in love later" and that's not my preferred way of romances happening.
I liked this one best so far of all the Bedwyn books I've read. I had been getting tired of tentative virgins who needed to be hand held through their first night of love.
I liked the evolution of the characters. I'm looking forward to the rest of the Bedwyn brood...
I liked the evolution of the characters. I'm looking forward to the rest of the Bedwyn brood...